A Dance With the Butterflies

A Dance With the Butterflies
I wanted to tell you that I had the hardest time getting class started this morning because the children wanted to tell me all about what they were going to do for their project and/or what they had learned about butterflies. It was so exciting to see so much excitement for learning. They were so excited, you would have thought they were going to Disneyland for the day! I loved it! I can see that I will be able to share with them my knowledge of computers and programs. This will
be fun!!!! Hurry up caterpillars grow!
Norma

New Friends

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Originally uploaded by Lanise.

These two spent the day looking at each other. Could it be love?

Newly Emerged Butterfly

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Originally uploaded by Lanise.

Here's one of the pics.

Ladybugs

Here's a link to a page about our ladybug life cycle experience.

Our Butterflies Emerged!

Hi to all,
Borrowing hubby's updated laptop - this summer I'm getting my own new technology - smile!
I've loved reading about what is going on with everyone. This is truly SUCH an exciting topic!

I was worried about our painted ladies from Insect Lore. We have had good luck in the past with this company, but when I borrowed the keys to the school from my principal to go in and check on them over Memorial Day weekend, we had no butterflies. I was concerned that they may have died in chrysalis (has happened in the past with larvae from Carolina Biological).

Today, however, we were THRILLED to find 11 butterflies had emerged. The kids "snacked" with them for more observation time, and then we released those who were ready and able (7) after lunch.

Each class brings their own special twist to this experience. This class immediately became "scientists" taking notes on their own from Day 1. Many said today, "I've got to get notes down about this!" Could a teacher ask for more - smile???

I posted two photos (looked clearer when I took them than when I saw them uploaded) in flickr.

Also, on a ladybug note (I've seen a few postings about this) - I would HIGHLY recommend raising ladybugs. We did it a couple of years ago with larvae from Insect Lore. They did great, and it was a WONDERFUL experience for all of us. I will try to find a page I made about it and post.

Now onto our project piece!

A Dance With the Butterflies: May 2006

A Dance With the Butterflies: May 2006
Susan,
Thanks for the reference to the article. I'll try to read it tonight. I can see how Lanise's project paper( one she gave to her students) works with this design now and how it is different from Differentiated Instruction. I'm excited to try it. Thanks again.
Norma

Butterflies Just Arrived

Our butterflies just arrived before Memorial Day weekend. We are really excited to get started. We have wonderful plans for what we are going to do,just hope there is enough time to implement them.

I am not familar with UDL, but I've been reading a little about it. I am from California and it sounds a lot like Differentiated Instruction that we are doing in our state. Does anyone know the whether they are the same or not?

Norma

Painted Lady Resources

Me, again,
Thought I'd share a webpage I created last year when we did our butterfly unit. For those of you who are raising painted lady butterflies, you may find some of the links helpful. I plan on using the page as part of my multiple format presentations. In case the link above doesn't work, here it is:
http://geocities.com/ljacoby_2000/butblog.html.

Also, I was involved with a UDL online course last year. I made a page which is really a compilation of ideas from the participants. One helpful tip is how to access the text to speech feature in Appleworks. There is a box on the page that explains how to do it. I am planning on using this feature in my presentations, as well.
http://geocities.com/ljacoby_2000/udl.html

Happy Moms' Day to all our Moms!

Butterfly Presentations

Hi to all,
Our caterpillars are arriving this week. In trying to put together UDL lessons (challenging!!), I decided to look ahead to the end of the project and what I would be asking my students to do.

Thanks, so much Susan, for providing it to people in pdf form. I also put it online at
http://geocities.com/ljacoby_2000/udlbutproject.html

Also, Butterfly Vocabulary can be found here.

I joined the Flickr group - it's very cool, especially the badge feature which I hope to use for this project.