I have uploaded a calendar for our chicken hatching process. With each day I tell what we are doing. I also made a calendar of my own listing journal ideas for that day. We have started reading books about chicks, chickens, hens, and rosters. I have introduced a lot of vocabulary to the students like incubator, candling, testing, embryo, hen, roster, hatchery, male, female, broiler farm. breeding, down, free-range farm, grains, hatch, and yolk. The students are just loving it. My first year doing this we videotaped the hatching. So, I have been showing the students the end results and they just can't wait! I found excellent books from Keystone which I will list at a later date.
This whole process really ties in all different areas of my curriculum. I have the student journal daily about the process. During their journaling they predict and confirm their predictions. They also learn vocabulary and use it in sentences. They develop their understanding of sentence structure and ending marks. And lastly, they become very detailed illustrators because they care so much about this topic! I also get many books that relate to hatching chicken eggs and set these books out. The students LOVE looking at them. They often go to the library and look for "chicken" books!
It really is a fun part of the year because my students are becoming more independent and writing and reading on their own! I really enjoy it!
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