Peep..Peep...Hatching Chicks

Hi Friends... Anna here from Simply Skilled in Second!  I hope this finds you all well on this Sunday morning.  I am here to share a little bit of Spring with you :)

When I first started teaching second grade, I wanted my students to have a hands-on experience with live animals by doing a life cycle unit.  I chose chicks...of course...aren't they just the cutest little things!

Unfortunately, I don't get to do this unit anymore because our Kindergarteners do this unit in their classroom so I had to give it up. Sadsville!!! :(  But it was one of my favorite units to teach :)

An online friend of mine recently told me that she was going to be hatching chicks with her second graders and I begged her to send me some pics of it because I wanted to blog about this unit for a while.  

Here are a couple of adorable videos on Hatching Chicks...

Check out this website of an actual farm.  They have real-time video footage of different types of hatchlings...how adorable is this!!!!

Check out this cool website on Candling your chick eggs.  This is AWESOME!  Candling our eggs was one of my favorite things to do.  It is amazing what you can see inside of the chick egg when you apply light to it.

My sweet friend shared some photos with me of her class hatching chicks this past week and I was sooooo happy to follow along on her fun chick journey through pictures... 

Excited little ones checking out the eggs...they didn't even take off their backpacks...

STRAIGHT TO THE EGGS...they said!

Getting all warm and cozy in their incubator!

And the EXCITEMENT BEGINS....

THEY'RE HERE....THEY'RE HERE !!!!!  YIPPPEEEE!

TOO CUTE FOR WORDS!!!  

As the students watched their chicks go through their life cycle, they documented the progress of the life cycle in their flip flap book...

The students did observations and kept a log about what they saw as the chicks progressed through their life cycle.  

It was a fun time had by all and I am so grateful that my friend took me along for the ride!

If you would like to get your hands on this Hatching Chicks Flip Flap Book, click the image below...

Thanks again for stopping by!

Hugs,

Anna

 

Soooo many Bright Ideas

Did you get a chance to hop around and check out the AMAZING ideas in the Bright Ideas Blog Hops?

In case you were extra busy and missed out...here's a recap of what our uber-talented Chalkies contributed...

You can get to the specific posts by clicking the images.

Karen shared how to build reading stamina...



Nicole shared tips for improving student conversation...
 


Deb shared a site for finding great book sales!



Katie shared organization tips... (can't figure out why blogger is changing her formatting...blogger can be such a sassafras!)

Lisa shared tips for successful Partner Reading Conversation...

  

Greg shared how to make glue sponges (have you seen this cutie on video yet?)...

Jessica shared small group planning ideas...

Casey shared tips for making math stations easy...

Heather shared about Testing Goody Bags...

Stacy shared several ways she uses numbers in the classroom...

Monica shared how to use up extra pronged folders as personal slates...

Corinna shared how to organize your A-Z readers...

 

Laura shared how she organizes money...

Anna shared tips for Guided Math Stations...

  

Alyssha shared how to keep track of who you've conferred with...

Randi shared about teaching key words in math problem-solving...

 

I just had SUCH a blast reading through these posts again to snag the images! Chalkies are amazing!!! Can't believe I have not hugged a single one of them in real life! It WILL happen, though!!

P.S. You have until midnight TONIGHT, March 22nd, to enter the March Mystery Box Giveaway...

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