One of my students brought in a great
show and tell a couple of weeks ago. At home,
with this family, they hatch chicks. So, when the chicks were ready they brought
them to school for the class to see. It is
a long and tedious process to hatch
chicks. First, the family picks the eggs
up from a farmer. There were 10
eggs. Because they are not with their
mother it is very important to keep them warm and safe. So next, you put them in a tank with
towels. In order to keep them warm you
must use an incubator. Then, you wait, and wait, and wait. Finally they hatch! It is important to feed them and make sure
they have enough water. Soon after they
hatch they need to be returned to the farmer.
There are many other animals and even
fish that lay eggs. And they all lay
different amounts of eggs. A flamingo only lays one egg. An iguana
lays 70 eggs in its nest. The iguana eggs are different from the bird
eggs; they are soft instead of hard. An octopus lays thousands of eggs at one
time. These are just some egg laying
animals, but there are plenty more.
Vocabulary:
Hatch chicks: take care of eggs until
baby chicks come out
Tedious: hard work that needs a lot of
attention
Incubator: a light that gives off a lot of heat to keep
the eggs warm
Flamingo: a pink bird that lives near
the water, has very long legs
Iguana: a large lizard that lives in
South America with spikes on its back
Octopus: a sea creature with 8 arms that
lives at the bottom of the ocean
Vocabulary Exercise:
Use each of the vocabulary words in a
sentence of your own.
Grammar: it is important to use the
proper sequence when writing a story. You
do this with words such as first, second, third, next, then, last, finally,
etc. Write your own story using the
sequence words. Use my story as an example.