Today is our last full day of school, and we are getting ready for summer vacation. With that, we are also saying good-bye to our crayfish, however some lucky families enjoy them as new pets! Today the students created their last Diary of a Crayfish entry in their individual books and wrote a good-bye letter to their crayfish. Here are some of their letters.
Dear Big Claws,
Good-bye Big Claws. I had a great time. I learned that you guys eat cat food. I hope we treated you well. It was funny when you played with your house and moved your house up and down. I wish we could have you for the summer. I hope you had a great year in Team Bond Third Grade!
Love,
Sara
Dear Cray Cray Jr.,
I have been looking and studying about all of your body parts and ways they help you defend yourself from predators. Whenever you get mad, you raise your claws in the air. Good luck in your new home.
Sincerely,
Caeden
Dear Big Claws,
It has been a nice time with you, but now you are going to someone else. I remember all of the times...like when you bit me! We learned that you like to eat cat food and that you have common things with your parents...just like me! In the future I hope you are happy. I will always be there for you and think about you, so I hope you have a good life!
From,
Daniel
As you can see, the children loved building relationships and learning more about the structures of life by observing these crayfish! It has been a great year for the crayfish, even though 2/3 of them arrived to Glengary already deceased. The positive thing is, we had one 1 death during the time they were in our classroom...which may be the best survival rate in all of the years we have been sharing our classroom with them!
