Flat Gold Gus in San Diego

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From Flat Gus’s host:

Flat Stanley had a great time. He was surprised that San Diego only gets 10 inches of rain a year. Stanley played in our yard and got very friendly with the Harry Potter duck. He also loved the Bear Family. The bears like the bed so Flat Stanley would ask if he could go up and play on the bed with them. They took naps together.

One day we went to your cousin's Coleen and Justus house to see the chickens. He climbed in the chicken coop with them. They hatched from eggs and are now teenagers. The chicks are Bantams. Vanilla Bean is biggest and is a Frizzle Satin Showgirl. Cinnamon Toast is a Partridge. Butter Pecan is a Porcelain Satin Cuckoo. Cocoa Puff very dark feathers is very playful and the leader. The chicks sleep on top if each other. They stay very close to each other. The last 2 pics are from a neighbors yard. The family borrow the chicks 2 to 3 days a week. They have 2 daughters who are in elementary school and they like to play with them. That family gives them their compost and the chicks carry the food all over the yard.

Flat Nora in Pennsylvania

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Flat Nora has been exploring Pennsylvania. Here are some of her adventures…

Ladybugs and Leprechaun Traps

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Today we continued working on our leprechaun traps. Some of them are quite complex! Today Pod 2 found several ladybugs on the bushes in front of the school. We took time to examine and hold them. We think the bushes must be covered aphids, which the ladybugs may be devouring. We also found frost in our outdoor classroom today. We compacted the frost to create mini snowballs. Several students worked together to create a tricky obstacle course in the outdoor classroom. For math our pods worked on multiplication and 3D shapes. We also watched a video from Ms. Siera. She’s excited to rejoin us after spring break.

Mark's Photos from First Week

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Here a few more photos of the first week back. These were taken by Mr. Mark.

Birthday, Mason Bees, Leprechaun Traps

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We were thrilled to have our online learner join us for a Zoom chat, read aloud, and birthday celebration today. What fun!

We noticed mysterious green tracks in our outdoor classroom today. Students decided to design leprechaun traps or homes for leprechauns. We are hoping to have some leprechaun visitors this week.

Mr. Mark helped us add our mason bee cocoons to our mason bee house. We noticed that one male bee had already emerged from his cocoon. We are going to examine the cocoon under a microscope tomorrow. We can’t wait to observe what happens next in our mason bee house.

And a few more photos from our day…