Noisy eggs?!

Just listen to Laoda's and Norbert's siblings...I think they want to come out of those shells!


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Norbert joins Laoda in the chick house

Norbert's gotten big and dry enough to move to the chick house with Laoda!


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Laoda moves to the chick house

What will Laoda do when he's moved out of the incubator into the chick house? Let's find out!


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Hatching time at last!

Our chicks began hatching today, right on time (unlike most babies)! Students have been learning all about oviparous animals and what they need to hatch and survive - and now we get to put that knowledge to work! Students are also learning about growth and change, relating how the chicks grow to how other animals, including people, grow. Ask your child to share with you about our chicks a little each day, and stay tuned for more updates as our "new students" continue hatching and growing!

Laoda, our oldest chick, hatched around 9:30 am 5/8. This is what Laoda looked like at 3 hours old.

Here's our second chick, Norbert, when he was just 1 minute out of the shell.  He hatched around 3:30 pm on 5/8.

Here's Laoda at 9 hours out of the shell.  Look how fuzzy he looks now!

Laoda at 9.5 hours old on the left, and Norbert at 4.5 hours old on the right, just after they moved from the cramped incubator to the chick house.  We transfer the chicks to the chick house when they are fully dried, but before they get too big for the incubator.  Laoda was so ready to get out of the incubator that he was climbing on and kicking the other eggs!

Eight more chicks are trying to hatch!  Can you find all the eggs in these picture that show signs of hatching?

Read-a-Thon Basketball Game 2013

In true Chapel Hill fashion, Glenwood celebrated the closing of our Read-a-Thon with a unique basketball game: students versus superheroes!  You may have seen these superheroes around school or at Lincoln Center...can you figure out their real identities?

The top readers from each class played in the basketball game against the superheroes.  Our technology specialist, Ms. Starkey, put together the fun video below, and you can also check out the slideshow below for shots of our very own Isaac playing in the game, as well as some candid shots of our other kindergartners cheering for Isaac!

Read-a-Thon Basketball Game 2013, produced by Ms. Starkey

Read-a-Thon Basketball Game Slideshow

Field Trip to Morehead Planetarium

Has your family ever been to Morehead Planetarium?  All Kindergarten students from Glenwood went on a field trip in early April and learned about many fascinating science topics!

First, students saw a planetarium show called "One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure."  Students learned about different parts of the night sky like the moon, stars, and constellation.  A special feature of the show was that Big Bird's friend from China, Hu Hu Zhu, taught about ways China and the night sky as seen from China are similar to and different from the United States.  Our students especially enjoyed singing along with "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" in Chinese!

After the planetarium show, we visited the Science Live stage to learn about Magnificent Matter.  Students learned about air pressure, chemicals with unusual properties, and energy.  Check out the slideshow below to see our students enjoying Science Live!

March Birthday Celebration

Mr. Mead and Mrs. Freeman came in to help us celebrate our March birthdays in true spring fashion.  Mrs. Freeman taught us how to make special spring eggs - with shaving cream and paint!  Students had a great time swirling the paint into the shaving cream and making designs on their special eggs.  This was an excellent tactile experience for our students!

Huge thanks to Mrs. Freeman and Mr. Mead for this wonderful celebration!