Nature truly is amazing!  When we left school on Friday afternoon our chrysalis was a beautiful green.  I decided to bring it home over the weekend because typically butterflies emerge from their chrysalis anywhere between 8-14 days.  On Saturday evening, I could see some orange and black wings through the green chrysalis.  When I woke up this morning the chrysalis was transparent and I could clearly see the beautiful Monarch wings through it.  Within 45 minutes I noticed that the butterfly had emerged from the chrysalis.  When butterflies first come out their wings are very wet and crumpled up.  Within a few hours our butterfly was ready to fly away.  I even got to see it’s proboscis stretching out, looking for some nectar(I wish all of this had happened during school hours for all of the students to see firsthand).

  

Our butterfly is a girl.  I will be teaching the students how to determine boy Monarchs vs. girls Monarchs tomorrow.  I wonder if your child will be able to teach you?

The great news is that we have one more Monarch caterpillar joining our classroom tomorrow.  I wonder how long it will be before he/she forms a chrysalis?

Upcoming/Important Dates:

September 23 – Orange shirt day

September 28 – Terry Fox Run in the afternoon

October 4 – Pizza Q / Meet The Teacher

October 6 – Elmvale Fall Fair