The farmer delivered our chick eggs to our classroom and we were all very excited. Ask your child where they are keeping warm and growing. Most days we have the opportunity to look through a scope and see the chicks develop. Each day something has changed. Ask your child what they noticed today. In 16 days, we are expecting our chicks to hatch.  Ask your child to make a prediction about how what is growing inside the egg that might have changed  when we observe the eggs next. 

Big Ideas: 

  • Living things have life cycles adapted to their environment 

Curriculum Competencies: 

  • Observe objects and events in familiar contexts 
  • Ask questions about familiar objects and events 
  • Make simple predictions about familiar objects and events 
  • Make and record observations 
  • Transfer and apply learning to new situations 
  • Sort and classify data and information using drawings,  pictographs and provided tables 

Content: 

  • non-metamorphic life cycles of different organisms 
  • similarities and differences between offspring and parent 
  • compare observations with predictions through discussion 
  • compare observations with those of others 
  • communicate observations and ideas using oral or written language and drawing 

Core Competency: Critical Thinking and Reflective Thinking 

  • I can ask questions and consider options. I can use my observations, experience, and imagination to draw conclusions and make judgments. 

First Peoples Principles of Learning: Learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational. 

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