Chick News!

The mystery egg hatched last weekend. There is a new chick now. He is gray,unlike the others and he's got light yellow stripes. When he tries to walk,he does the splits. He loves sitting in his food. It seems that he is wild. He wobbles around a lot when he's scared. He is cute, funny and soft. When he gets too scared , he scrapes the bottom of the box. He is tiny too and adorable.

by Jennifer and Bailey

Chick Update!

Cheep! Cheep! Chirp! Chirp! The egg that belongs to Jayme is chirping and cheeping. I hope more eggs hatch. Buddy and TJ are doing really well. I wonder if Jayme's egg will hatch. Whenever we read a chick story, the chicks chirp! They bother us lots when we do our work. The chicks sometimes bite if you bother them. Yesterday, we created aristic poems using chick words. Buddy, who is Bronson and Brytons chick went to the bathroom on Bailey's pants! The chicks are as fluffy as cotton balls and yellow like mustard. TJ is very squirmish when you hold him. TJ, who's real name is Tucker Junior is Alyssa's chick. The chicks have a very small box. I think they need a bigger one. The chicks sometimes fight by pecking at each other. Buddy is not so squirmish and is much calmer than TJ. TJ is a boy and so is Buddy. The exotic egg that is in the incubator looks like it might have been dropped or crushed. The chicks look very cute. TJ lost his egg tooth but Buddy still has his. I think the chicks don't like each other much. I hope the chicks stay for a while longer. If they have to go, I hope they have a good home. I wonder if the chicks can swim. I wonder if we are going to do something like this in grade 4.

By Claudia and Kassidy
May 26, 2006

The Chicklets

When the chicks first hatched, everybody was really excited! Buddy was the first born followed by TJ, the second chick. TJ, the feisty little guy is now two days old. Buddy is now three days old. Buddy is the tamest of the two and TJ is the feistiest. They look like chunks of bright yellow mustard. It is very hard to concentrate when the chicks are chirping all the time while we are working. The chicks chirp and cheep when we are reading chicken books because these are their favorite types of stories to hear. They are very soft and fluffy and also very cute. When they were eggs, they were very quiet and did not distract us. Now that two are hatched, we get distracted from the noise. Buddy hatched over the May long weekend. TJ hatched sometime after school on Tuesday and his feathers were still wet when we came to school on Wednesday morning. Everyone was crowding around the incubator to see the new born chick. Buddy spent more time in the incubator than TJ did because the box was not quite ready for its new residents. Buddy moved into his new home at the end of the day and TJ moved in with his brother the following morning. When we put the food in, only buddy ate. They sometimes lay down in the food dish and they sometimes almost fall into the water dish. We love our chicks so much and hope that our chick will hatch soon. We haven't picked a name for it yet but we soon will chose one. If it is a boy, we may name him Chicken Little but if it is a girl she might be Emily. That's all for now. Bye! Chirp! Chirp!

Kassandra and Leomi

Chick Flick!

Cock-a-doodle-doo! Oh no wait, we mean Chirp! Cheep! Chirp! #2 has been born! Can you believe it? Alley the chick has HATCHED!

The chicks have been put in a box now. There is a heating lamp over top of the box to keep them warm. Alley and Buddy have some food and water in their box. They are having a lot of fun in the box.

Today ,we have 1 more chicken egg and 1 mystery egg cracking up! I wonder which egg will hatch first ? Hope it will not be a fight.

The chicks cheep very loudly now. Sometimes they cheep and interrupt us when we are reading a chick book.

Got to go the chicks are chirping very loudly bye!

by Bailey, Jayme, and Alyssa.

Chirp! Chirp!! Classroom News!!

Wow! An amazing sound greeted us when we came into the classroom this morning! A new chick was waiting for us in the incubator! He has been named Buddy and he spent a lot of time cheeping today. Everyone had a chance to hold him and checked on him every chance they got. One of the other eggs had a tiny crack in it this morning and by the end of the day there were 2 holes in it. We could see feathers and some movement inside the egg. At 4:32 p.m., after lots of pushing and peeping, chick #2 hatched. Doesn't he look cute??!!

Activities on the May Long Weekend

Did your family go camping or away for the long weeknd? Your writing journal assignment for today is to write a paragraph describing your weekend activities. Be sure to include these points:

1. Who were some of the people you saw and did things with while you were away from school?

2. Where were you? Include lots of descriptive words so that I can feel like I was there too!

3. What were some of the activities that you did? What did you like most? What would you like to change?

4. Please ask me 3 questions that are connected in some way to your entry.

5. Choose 3 phrases of at least 3 words to summarize your weekend.

HAVE FUN WRITING!! I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO READ YOUR WORK!

Go, Oilers, Go!!

It's official! We're going to Anaheim for the Western Conference Finals - the first time in 14 years. Oil Fever is gripping the school, especially in Mr. Mackiewich's classroom and the office. Be sure to wear your Oilers jersey anytime this week.

We Will Shock You!

The grade 3's at our school are entering the world of blogging! Welcome to updates about our activities and news about homework. We know you are going to love visiting us!

It's official! Our mascot is a stingray and our slogan is "We will shock you!" This week students and families have sent in orders for school tshirts and we know they will be all over town in no time at all. Enjoy wearing yours and promoting CES. I will let you know the expected delivery date for tshirt orders next week. Be sure to check the gorgeous stingray mural, painted by Jeanine Macintosh that is gracing the foyer of our school.