Chicks Last Day :(

We said good-bye to the chicks :( This year we did not have the turn out that we have in the past. We only had three chicks hatch out of 36 eggs. The three that did hatch one of them was very weak and didn't make it past one day. However, I think the students really enjoyed this experience. They learned so much about journaling and raising an egg into a chick. We used many different forms of information from past videos of the chicks and the internet to books and experience. The students LAST journal entry on the chicks is listed below.

Koree

Day 23

Thar is anathr chick. It had an egg shell on it.

*There is another chick. It had an egg shell on it.*

Day 24

We sad good bi to the chick's. Christa Spilbauer took the chick's. I think the chick's will play at Christa spielbauer.

*We said good bye to the chicks. Christa Speilbauer took the chicks. I think the chicks will play at Christa Spielbauer’s house.*

Luke

Day 24

we sed good by to the chicks and we wur sad. The chick went to christa spielbauers hous to get mor spas.

*We said good-bye to the chicks and we were sad. The chicks went to Christa Speilbauer’s house to get more space.*

Jenny

Day24

We sed good by to the chcks LuvthechcksI I sed to the chcks Christa spielbauer fed the chcks

*We said good-bye to the chicks. “Love the chicks,” I said to the chicks. Christa Spielbauer will feed the chicks.*

Isabella

Day 24

the chicks are gon for evr and evr. I am sad

*The chicks are gone forever and ever. I am sad.*

Nik

Day24

Today the chics aru going to ther nooW home

*Today the chicks are going to their new home.*

Day 24.

The chiks are gon. The prsn hoo took the chicks is christa spielbauer. They are going to run.

*The chicks are gone. The person who took the chicks is Christa Spielbauer. They are going to run.*

Day 24

Today the chics aru going and the chics aru ganound run in the hen hous.

To ther noow home thae are gana runaround in the hous

*Today the chicks are going and the chicks are going to run in the hen house. To their new home, they are going to run around in the house.*

Day 23

we got a new chickin Today . Mrs murley tuk the chickin Out of the egg bekus it wus haf Way out.

*We got a new chicken today. Mrs. Murley took the chicken out of the egg because it was half way out.*

**Entries with no names could be Ava, Tristum,

Today we came to school and TWO chicks had hatched!! The students are so excited! We spent some time picking names for the chicks and the students came up with Fluffy and Stripes. We went through the process of teaching the chicks how to drink water. We had to dip each chick's head into the water. By the end of the day the chicks were eating and drinking on their own and the students felt like such great"parents" to these chicks!

We also spent some time letting each student hold the baby chicks.

Isabella

Day 21

we hav zoom egg mite hatch

*We have some eggs that might hatch.*

Day 22

the bedding and water and food and Lampe

*The bedding, water, food and lamp…*

Koree

Day 21

The chick's might hatch tomorrow.

*The chicks might hatch tomorrow.*

Luke

Day 21

I think the eggs are going to hatch tomorrow.

Day 22

two eggs hacht today . And ther are 33 eggs left .

*Two eggs hatched today and there are 33 eggs left.*

Tristum

Day21

I Think Ten eggs aur Going To Hatch

*I think ten eggs are going to hatch.*

Leah

Day 21

I hope ol of the eggs are going to hatch.

*I hope all of the eggs are going to hatch.*

Day 22

two of the eggs hatchd last night. We poot bedding and wotr and food in a big kintaenr . And Mrs. Murley nedid to dip the chiks heds in the wotr.

*Two of the eggs hatched last night. We put bedding, water, and food in a big container. Mrs. Murley needed to dip the chicks heads in the water.*

Jenny

Day21

We lookd at the eggs be kus we he'd a crp

*We looked at the eggs because heard a chirp.*

Day22

The chicks

*The chicks…*

Marilyn

Day 21

i thik that The eggs or goonu Hatch To Moro

*I think tha the eggs are going to hatch tomorrow.*

Day 22.

Today we tuch the chick's

*Today we touched the chicks.*

Ava

Day 21

We think the egg's are going to hatch and we are so excited!!! I think 11 egg's are going to hatch.

*We think the eggs are going to hatch and we are so excited!!! I think 11 eggs are going to hatch.*

Day 22

We are going to watch a chick viteow. Two egg's hatched!!! Father took the two egg's out. We look at the chick's. Our mom's look at the chick's.

*We are going to watch a chick video. Two eggs hatched!!! Father took the two eggs out. We looked at the chicks. Our moms looked at the chicks.*

Today we came to school and TWO chicks had hatched!! The students were so excited to see the baby chicks. They are so cute! We spent some time thinking of names for these chicks and the students came up with Stripes and Fluffy.

Nik

Day 21

The eggs might hatch on Wednesday.

Day 22

2 eggs hatch

*2 eggs hatched*

Chick Entries day 14-20

What a beautiful weekend we had! Awesome weather, St. Patrick's Day weekend, and the Extravaganza! The Extravaganza went awesome. Our class basket went to the Miller Family. Their thoughts are to bring the quilt back and have each student take a picture with it!

We are also finishing up on our Studentreasure books. The students only need to finish the illustrations for the second part of their book. We will be submitting our book for publishing Thursday March 29th.

I have been a few days behind with adding the students entries so here are the entries for day 14 through day 20. There are no eggs cracked as of now but we are waiting!!!

Luke

Day.14

ol of us went to the incubator and mrs murley flit the Eggs to x's

*All of us went to the incubator and Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to X’s.*

Day 15

Mrs M urley flipd the eggs To x 's.

*Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to X’s.*

Day 16

Thar is5 das left Befor the eggs hatch

*There are 5 days left before the eggs hatch.*

Day 17

We theck we are going to Hav 11 Eggs Wut are going to hatch.

*We think we are going to have 11 eggs that are going to hatch.*

Day 20

tomorrow The eggs are going to hatch

Koree

Day 14

We fllipd the eggs to X's today. Thar is 7 more days intell the eggs hach

*We flipped the eggs to X’s today. There is 7 more days until the eggs hatch.*

Day 15

Went to church Be for we flipd the eggs.

*We went to church before we flipped the eggs.*

Day16

This is our last candling day. in 5 more Days the chicks hatch

*This is our last canding day. In 5 more days, the chicks will hatch.*

Day 17

Mrs. Murley fllipd the egg's

*Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs.*

Day 20

We got the chick's caeg out.

*We got the chick’s cage out.*

Tristum

Day14

Today Mrs Murley flipt The eggs. To xs

*Today Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to X’s.*

Day.15

there is 7 days left untell the eggs hach

*There is 7 days left until the eggs hatch.*

Day16

Today Mrs Murley flipt The eggs. To xs And this is the last day of Candl

*Today Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to X’s and this is the last day of candling*

Day17

Today Mrs Murley flipt the eggs. To x's

*Today Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to X’s.*

Isabella

Day 14

wey fit the. Egg t oo x)s

Day 15

6 egg the si Yellow chic. In the incubat or

Day 16

we dote doo candler enemies .

Day 17

in too the chic is gont ha hc 5

Day 20

We poot the food and wotr in the chick)s cage

Nik

Day 14

Mrs Murley Flipd the eggs to x's

DAy15

Today Mrs Murley flipt. The eggs. To X's

Day16

We candl Today Olnle hav 5 Mor days

Day17

Today Mrs Murley flipt the eggs To x's

Jenny

Day14

we can hlp mrs murley bee kus

Day 15

today mrs Murley flips the eggs x's.

Day16

we hav fun with the eggs

Day17

we can candling he Esau

Day20

we Poot wat Erin the incubator

Marilyn

Day 14.

Today Mrs. Murley flipd the eggs x's.

Day 15.

To today Mrs. Murle flipd the eggs to x's

Day 16.

To today i dik the eggs Or goonu hath in 3 das.

Day 17.

To today mrs. Murley flipd the eggs x's

Day 20.

To today mrs. Murley Poots the food in the cath

Ava

Day 14

Today we flipd the egg's to X's.

Day 15

Mrs. Murley flipd the egg's to X's today. Thare is going to be 6 more day's intil the egg's haech.

Day 16

Today we candld. Thare is 4 brown and 1 green and 6 whit.

Day 17

Nik got Mrs. Murley som water. Thare is 3 more day's intil the egg's hatch.

Day 20

We got a caje for the chick's. The caje has food and water and beding. Thare is a het lamp.

Leah

Day 14.

Today Mrs. Murley flipd the eggs x's.

Day 15.

It is 6 mor days intil the eggs hatch. Today Mrs. Murley flipd the eggs to x's.

Day 16.

It is 5 mor days intell the eggs hatch. We think 11 eggs are going hatch.

Day 17.

Today Mrs. Murley flipd the eggs to x's. It is 4 mor days in till the eggs hatch.

Day 20.

We did not flip the eggs today.

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The Kindergarten students are continuing their chick process along with starting a plant unit. We just planted radishes, carrots, and onions. We use the Rootvue system which allows the students to watch the roots grow. There is a window the students can remove and see the roots below each plant. A really cool process.

The chick journal entries are really coming along great! Each day I continue to give the student key vocabulary words and they write about what happens. The children are really getting excited as we get closer to the hatching date. However, we are starting to see some blood rings which is a sign of the chicks not developing because of improper temperatures, improper disinfecting or holding eggs at temperatures above 80 degrees before incubation. Not all the eggs have blood rings so I sure it is not improper temperatures.

Here are the entries from yesterday.

Izzy

Day 13

father did tak Kare of the chic

*Father took care of the chicks.*

Jenny

Day13

we cand the eggs bee kus is a candl day

*We candled the eggs because it is a candling day.*

Koree

Day 13

We had the 1st grade com over to woch us candl the eggs. We took one egg out

We had the 1^st graders come over to watch us candle the eggs. We took one egg out.

Tristum

Day13

Today we cand. Ther 21 eggs. Wat Hav Embryos.

*Today we candled. There was 21 eggs that have embryos.*

Luke

Day .13

we olee hav 21 embryos in the in curator and we olee had to tac 1 egg out.

*We only have 21 embryos in the incubator and we only had to take 1 egg out.*

Nik

Day 13

Today M rs Murley We candl

*Today Mrs. Murley candled the eggs.*

Ava

Day 13

1st grad came in. We sol som vein's and som heart's

*The 1^st graders came in. We saw some veins and some hearts.*

Marilyn

Day 13.

To tody mrs. Murley flipt the eggs to x's.

*Today Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to X’s.*

Leah

Day 13.

Today Mrs. Murley flipd the eggs to x's. And we candled the eggs. It is 8 mor days intil the eggs hatch.

*Today Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to X’s and we candled the eggs. It is going to be 8 more days until the eggs hatch.*

Day 11

The entries for today!!

Luke

Day 10

today we flit the eggs to x's

Jenny

Day10

bee kus your eggs is kid to your the eggs is white

Isabella

Day 10

we wr post oo do todaY we posteto candling

*We were suppose to do the candling today*

Tristum

Day10

Today mrs murley flipt. The eggs to xs

Today Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to X’s.

Marilyn

Dey 10.

To. Day mrs. Murley flipt the eggs to x,s

*Today Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to X’s.*

Leah

Day 10

It is 11 mor days in till the eggs hatch. Today Mrs Mruley flipd the eggs to x's

*It is 11 more days until the eggs hatch. Today Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to X’s.*

Koree

Day 10

I think thar is going to be six roosters mrs. Murley lookd at the calindr rong on acsadint

*I think there are going to be six roosters. Mrs. Murley looked at the calendar wrong on accident.*

Ava

Day1O

We skipd candling today.I think 12 egg's are going to hach.

*We skipped candling today. I think 12 eggs are going to hatch.*

Nik

Day 10

Mrs Murley flipt The eggs To x's

*Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to X’s.*

Day 10

Day 10 for the chicks.

If you have been following the calendar you will notice we are one day off. Here in our classroom we are not off, but with the journaling process I receive all their entries later in the afternoon and some come in with no names which then I have to wait until the following day to put them on the blog. So, here are the entries for day 10. I will try to get day 11 up at a later time today!

Name:

Day:

Students entry:

*My corrections:*

Jenny

Day 9

the eggs are in the incubator

Luke

Day9

today wos not Good bcus we had to Tac sum eggs out.

*Today was not good because we had to take some eggs out.*

Tristum

Day9

Today Mrs. Murley poot Water in the Incubator Thrs 13 mor days Ter The eggs. Hach

*Today Mrs. Murley put water in the incubator. There’s 13 more days until the eggs hatch.*

Koree

Day 9

We had to tacke som of the eggs Out of the Incubator. Because Som had bllud Rings.

*We had to take some of the eggs out of the incubator because some had blood rings.*

Isabella

Day 9

thr was 6 ring it si bad for the chics

*There was 6 blood rings. It is back for the chicks.*

Ava

Day 9

Today we candld. We poot more water in the incubator. We poot R's on the egg's if we think thay are rooster's.

Today we candled. We put more water in the incubator. We put R’s on the eggs is we think they are roosters.

Marilyn

Dey 9.

To dey mrs Murley candol wey sol a hrt

*Today Mrs. Murley candled. We saw a heart.*

Nik

Day 9

We candled Today Mrs Murley embrueo vans.

We candled today. We saw the embryo and veins.

Leah

Day 9.

It is 12 mor days intil the eggs hatch. Ther was blud rings on sum

uv the eggs.

*It is 12 more days until the eggs hatch. There was blood rings on some of the eggs.*

Just another day!

Just a few new things for today. With the chick process we are continuing to do the flipping two times a day. We candled again today and along with candling we tally the outcome of whether or not we see an embryo. Today (March 8th) we candled and we could see the embryo in 10 of the brown shelled eggs. 1 of the green shelled egg, and 20 of the white shelled eggs. Bringing our total to 31 eggs with embryos-so we think.We had a total of 36 eggs. I accidentally dropped one and it ended up having a little crack in it. Today we found an egg with a blood line running through it. We looked it up as a class and found out that we should probably take that egg out, so we did. So, now our new total is 34. When we candle the eggs I let the kids tell me what they think, if there is an embryo or not. I will point some things out so they can see better but they make the final decision. The few that we are short we saw some blood circles and that is not suppose to be good. However, it didn't look like the one we took out. So, we marked them and we plan to keep them in there for another week. If they get better we will keep them in there. If they don't grow or get worse we will take them out and get rid of them.Here are a few pictures of our ongoing graph in which I put all our data from the day and another tally graph which a different student will tally each time we candle.

The students entries from the last two days...day 7 and day 8.

Isabella

Day 7

we did docandr we so 7 vein in the egg

*We did the candler. We saw 7 veins in the eggs.*

Day 8

Mrs murley dip the egg to x)s she Jrop a egg

*Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to x’s and she dropped an egg.*

Jenny

Day7

the eggs is in the incubator cas we coo nit fit ol ov the eggs in the

*There are some eggs not in the incubator because we could not fit all of the eggs in the incubator.*

Day8

mrs murley crat the egg dy accidentally

*Mrs. Murley cracked the egg accidentally*

Luke

Day.7

we candled And we sal 7 heas And we sal 7 vis in the Egg.

*We candled and we saw 7 hearts and we saw 7 veins in the eggs.*

Day8

mrs Murley Accidentally c rakt A Egg then we candling Just that 1 egg.

*Mrs. Murley accidentally cracked an egg. Then we candled just that 1 egg.*

Koree

Day 7

We so som veins and hearts. Som av the hearts wr mooving We so sevin hearts And vein

*We saw some veins and heats. Some of the hearts were moving. We saw seven hearts and veins.*

Day 8

Mrs. Murley accidentally crakd an egg. We Candld the egg soe We cood see the crak

*Mrs. Murley accidentally cracked an egg. We candled the eggs so we could see the crack.*

Tristum

Day 7

Mrs. Murle Poot The eggs. On the candler Father camde in

Mrs. Murley put the eggs on the candler. Father came in.

Day8

Today Mrs. Murley Acci dently A detle Cract A egg

*Today Mrs. Murley accidentally cracked an egg.*

Ava

Day7

We candld today. Father cam in. We cood see the embryo's

in sid of the egg's.

*We candled today. Father came in. We could see the embryos inside of the eggs.*

Day8

Today Mrs.Murley cract a egg the smorning. I think 10 egg's are going to hach. Mrs.Murley flipd the egg's to O's today.

*Today Mrs. Murley cracked an egg this morning. I think 10 eggs are going to hatch. Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to O’s today.*

Marilyn

Day. 7.

To day Mrs. Mrley. Plugt the. Lit and mrs Poot The Eggs on lit.

*Today Mrs. Murley plugged the light in and she put the eggs on the light.*

Day 8.

To day mrs. Murley axdley cract a egg

Today Mrs. Murley accidentally cracked an egg.

Nik

Day 7

Today Mrs Mrle incubator egg .

*Today Mrs. Murley incubated the eggs.*

Day 8

Mrs Murley acxadently cract a egg .

*Mrs. Murley accidentally cracked an egg.*

Leah

Day 7.

It is 14 mor days intil the eggs hach. We seen the veins and The heart.

*It is 14 more days until the eggs hatch. We saw the veins and the heart.*

Day 8.

Mrs Murley cracd a egg. this mor nind. I thinc ol uv the eggs are

going to hatch. It is 13 mor days intil the eggs hatch.

*Mrs. Murley cracked an egg this morning. I think all of the eggs are going to hatch. It is 13 more days until the eggs hatch.*