Happy Leap Year

   We are in the middle of our unit on living and non-living things and the kids seem to really enjoy this study! They are so engaged in the process of deciding if something is living or not. While I was getting the books out for reading groups I overheard a few little conversations about the seven characteristics of living things and boy were they deep in thought!!! Some students were talking through if yogurt was living due to the fact that it has "live active cultures so technically those things are alive but yogurt doesn't move by itself"... HAHA! We are ready to audition for an Activia commercial that's for sure! :) Rest assured we corrected any misconceptions and we are clear on what is living and what is non-living.
   Also, an update on our brine shrimp- we think we saw one that hatched under the videoscope but we are not totally sure, so we increased the amount of water and salt in the individual habitats in hopes of more eggs hatching. We will keep you posted.

Please ask your child what kind thing they did today; we talked about how we were lucky enough to have an extra day this year and ways that we might take advantage of it!
Happy Tuesday, Happy Leap Year :)