Our Butterfly Writing...A Sneak Peek...

Watching our 5 beautiful butterflies emerging from their chrysalises this week was a pretty amazing experience! We did a lot of observations and reading and had many discussions about our Monarch Butterflies. These experiences gave the children a lot of fuel for some incredible writing.

Here is a sneak peek of some of the writing that has been happening in Room 3 lately (pop into class to view the full stories)...

The  butterfly finally came out of their chrysalis. It flew clumsily around the classroom. 

By Kaden

Sam had a turn at looking at the butterflies. They were Ninja, Steve, Stripes, Molly and Rosie. We love our butterflies.

By Anouk

When the butterflies came out the wings were crinkly and it stayed still for a very long time.

By Stephanie 

Wow. Today the last butterfly hatched. I was the first one to see it. When it first hatched it’s wings were crinkled and crumpled.

 By Sam

I missed the butterfly hatching this morning. I missed it and Sam saw them.

By Felix 

The butterflies were flying clumsily. I wanted to have a touch of it. I didn’t want it to go to it’s new home. 

By Saydee

Today when I got to school Olivia told me that the last butterfly had hatched. It was crinkly, wrinkly, crinkled and wet. The other one that had hatched yesterday fluttered clumsily around the classroom.

By Brianah

Woohoo! Three of our chrysalises have hatched but where are they? I must find them.

By Hannah 

We did butterfly everything, it was fun, fun, fun! It was Tuesday, the next day, that Room 3 had one more. It had crinkled wings and they were delicate.

By Hunter 

Do you know how you know if it is a girl or a boy? I think you tell by checking its name tag! No, don’t be silly! You see if it’s got a spot on its wings. A girl butterfly has no spots.

By Georgia 

I found a butterfly in the art bay. It is colourful and black.

By Koen 

Whoopee! We had to find the butterflies. It was a mystery. There was one on the caterpillars and one in the art bay. The wait was over.

By Josh 

The butterflies cracked open because they were ready. Come and watch, they were drying their skin and wings.

by Summer 

On Monday I knew our butterflies were going to come out when I was at school. I was right, 3 butterflies came out of their chrysalises. 2 more need to come out and one is black . The children screamed that  3 butterflies come out.

By Katia 

Woohoo! It’s finally over. Now it was cool when the butterflies went clumsily around the classroom and one of them was riding one of the caterpillars we made and it was funny. 

By George

“Woohoo! Look Miss McKenzie, one butterfly has hatched!”

We were amazed. It slowly came out. We know if it is a boy or girl if it has got a dot in the middle of its wing. If it is a girl it will have no dots. It has some wet, crumpled, delicate wings.

By Isabelle 

Whoopie! It was exciting, it was butterfly day yesterday and it hatched this morning. It’s wings were all crinkly when it came out. After lunch we got to hold it. Georgia got the freaks when it climbed up to her hair.

By Kazia 

This butterfly was flying. The wings were coloured wings. I liked the wings too. It opened today and it was fun to see.

By Ethan 

It was a clumsy butterfly but it looked awesome. Some people got butterflies on their head and hands. I will love them.

By Makayla 

When we were doing maths I noticed there was one butterfly who had hatched. We were very excited. We saw it fluttering clumsily around the classroom. The wings were very delicate.

By Charlee

Yesterday morning at maths time, one butterfly hatched from its chrysalis. When it finally managed to wriggle its way out it started flying clumsily around the classroom. We knew it was a male because it had 2 black dots.

By Tom