Almost there....

So this week our mesh nets were chock full of butterflies! Our late bloomers are so beautiful! This week we only had one focus, incorporating engineering and technology into our lesson.

This was somewhat of a challenge for us because I feel as though our content, butterflies, isn't too hands on. However, we made it work. This week Sarah and I created butterfly life cycle models with our students. We used paper plates as the background and glues various items such as leaf cut outs, twigs, and pasta onto the plates. For our technology focus, Sarah and I made sure students knew how to properly use tools such as glue and tape. They were very attentive while we instructed this and they all used the materials how we asked them to. 

After our lesson, we took the butterflies with us to "release them into our courtyard at college." When we did release the creatures, they must have started getting separation anxiety because they didn't want to leave! Next week is our last week :( I'm going to miss my little second graders!