A WORD FROM JARVIS

I know some animals which shed skin,
SNAKES and CICADAS do.

I have found the skin of CICADAS stuck to the sides of trees.

(Here is a movie I found of a cicada moulting. Click on the picture of the cicada on the left and you will go to a site where you can read more about cicadas....MRS M)

LAUREN'S SMELLY NEWS

Lauren always has
'different' TALK TIME. Today we didn't let the SMELL put us off finding out just WHAT her news was!


Lauren told us she has a 'pet' CRAYFISH. We were amazed when she explained this was the crayfish's SHELL. We thought it was a dead crayfish!




We wanted to know what happened to the crayfish if it didn't have a shell.
Lauren explained that it had grown bigger, so it got rid of this shell and there was a new one underneath.

We think CRAYFISH are CLEVER to do this.


IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CRAYFISH, CLICK ON THE PICTURE OF THE AUSTRALIAN BLUE CRAYFISH.

Here are some links to other animals that shed their skin or outer layer.
* CRABS
* TARANTULAS - go to Life Cycle

1M, do you know of any other animals that SHED their skin or outer layer as they grow?
LEAVE A COMMENT TO TELL US WHAT YOU KNOW OR EMAIL IN A PICTURE TO 1mgems@gmail.com.
MRS M :>)

LITERACY BLOCK - STORY FOCUS

This week, we are reading one of our favourite books - THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR by Eric Carle.

In one of our Literacy Block activities, we had to sequence pictures of the food the caterpillar ate in the right order.

As an extra challenge, we could also match labels for the days of the week to the food that was eaten on that day.

After lots of discussion, checking of the calendar and re-organizing, we got it!
We were confident, co-operative and clever!

If you'd like to learn more about the life cycle of a butterfly, check out these links.
Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle - great site - check out the 'Wiggle Jiggle Dance'

Life Cycle Animation

Cocoon.Org - lots to see and do

Caterpillar coughing...c,c,c!