This morning when I arrived I found that our caterpillar had been squished sometime after I left yesterday. Since we are in the midst of observing the caterpillars and drawing what we see, we went out to the milkweed by the school early this morning and promptly found two new caterpillars. While I know that whatever happened to our last caterpillar was after 12:30 and not done by anyone in the class, we talked about the importance of being very careful when we are around their house as they are quite delicate. We also talked about leaving the rest of the caterpillars in their natural environment, as two will be plenty for our purposes.

Today I introduced assigned seats on the rug and places in line. This strategy comes from Mr. Hubbard and seems to be quite effective. You will notice a yellow line taped to the floor and a blue circle on the carpet. Both are numbered. Students have each been assigned a number and this corresponds to their place in line as well as their place on the circle. I will reassign numbers periodically. My hope is that this system will help make transitions to a line or to circle faster because everyone will know exactly where to go, and will also help define personal space. Thank you Mr. Hubbard!