How do ducks hear and when will they quack?

"How do they hear us? They don't have ears."
Actually, ducks DO have ears, we just cannot see them. Ducks have two tiny holes close to their eyes. They cannot have ears like us because all birds are built for flying, whether they fly or not. 

"When will our ducks learn to quack?"

Right now, our ducks are peeping. We have read from several books and informational websites that ducks usually learn to quack in about one or two months after hatching.


Our ducks have GROWN A LOT since they hatched one week ago.

Donald could not fit through the fence... last week he could! Boy, was he surprised!

Huey, Dewey, and Louie

Enjoying a sunny afternoon stroll

Afternoon Swim

 

Friday Fun Day for the Kiddos and Ducklings!

"No fair" --- We often hear this famous phrase, but this time it was about the ducklings! The ducks took an afternoon swim today. The students decided we needed to buy a slip-n-slide and let them have a day in the water, too. Dr. Patterson checks out our blog often... hint hint ;)

 

 

By the way... our ducklings are "peeping", we wonder when they will "Quack" ?

We will research and get back soon! Check back with us!

Have a fabulous weekend!

I'll be "Duck Sitting" this weekend. Yes, they are cute but maybe I should take a picture of what their little cage looks like every few hours... not so cute!

Check out these sites...

Check out these websites:


I have submitted a class photo of our students and ducks to this site for a chance to win $3500 for our classroom! Please go to this site and "like" the photo. This could really help support the cost of doing projects like "Make Way for Ducklings".
http://greatteaching.carnegie.org/?p=3352

We are honored to be on the FRONT PAGE of the Herald Journal! Check out the story online, and be sure to look at the photo gallery for more pictures!

http://www.goupstate.com/article/20130507/ARTICLES/305071028/1083/ARTICLES?Title=Ducks-take-to-water-and-the-kids-take-to-the-ducks

Welcome Feathered Friends!

Welcoming the baby ducks after taking them out of the incubator

During Math Stations, we decided that the ducklings needed to learn about place value.

 

 

Proud Mother Ducks- Mrs. Daniel and Mrs. Roper

(Donald, Daisy, Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Daffy)

 

Showing our ducks some love. They absolutely love all the attention!

Videos of Hatching

Welcome Daisy and Huey!

 



HATCH DAY is a day EARLY!

We have one and two more are working hard to hatch out!!!!

The most exciting day of the year for Room 202!

We want to introduce you to Donald Duck hatched on Monday, May 6, 2013 around 7:00 am. :)

What do our ducks need?

As we prepare for "Hatch Day", Sully and Cade explain a few things our ducks need.

1 Week Until Hatch Day!

Room 202 Kids are getting very anxious to meet their new feathered friends! We are on the one week countdown!!!

 

Our little ducks waiting to hatch...

 

Bella and Adri are writing about their excitement on the upcoming hatch day!

 

"Mother Duck" Brenden

Mother Ducks

Bailey

Megan

Zinnia

All about Eggs!

Thank you, Mrs. Morgan for giving us the Time for Kids magazines "egg" magazine!

 Duck Egg Observation Journal

These are illustrations of what our eggs looked like with and without ducks.

Allen plays the role of "Mother Duck"

Cadence the "Mother Duck"

Day 15- Candling

Day 15

We have learned that some eggs do not have ducks (or chickens) that grow inside, these are like the ones we buy from the grocery store.

Some eggs; however, do have ducks (or chickens) that grow inside. We do not buy these from the grocery store. These are purchased from farms that raise ducks and chickens.

We had a mixture, just to compare the difference between eggs with ducks and without.

The first picture you will see does not have a duck inside. It clearly looks like one from the grocery store.

The second picture has a duckling, that is becoming a bit crowded. Look closely at the picture and you will see the baby duck. We have labeled the parts we could identify.

 

 

No Baby Duck

How Sweet! A baby duckling is growing! It was sleeping this morning. Yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Roper and I could see the duckling "swimming" around inside the egg.

Make Way for Ducklings

We read Make Way for Ducklings about a mother and father Mallard Duck looking for a great place to raise their ducklings. In the next few weeks we will be creating an inviting and safe place for our ducklings, including their very own swimming pool!

Ellison

Mother Ducks

                                                                                Cade

Emily

 

Stay Tuned....

We will candle our eggs again tomorrow morning! According to our research, by days 14 and 15 you can see the baby duck "swimming" around inside the egg! How exciting. We will post pictures for you!

 

Embryo Rap

Day 10- An Egg is Quiet... but not for long!

Day 9 and 10 Mother Ducks

Sully

 

Hudson

 

Yesterday, we had a special guest in our room, Mrs. Dawn Mitchell. She is a fabulous writer and teacher. Mrs. Mitchell is currently working with teachers at OES on Writing Workshop and Inquiry Based Learning. She stopped by to teach a writing lesson on writing literary nonfiction books. She read the book, An Egg is Quiet. We know from studying insects this week, all kinds of creatures come from eggs!

 

 An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Aston and Sylvia Long

 

 

Here is diagram from the book. We learned about "labels" in a nonfiction text.

Embryo is our word of the week.

"Yo Yo, I'm the Embryo, I grow inside the YOlk!"

The yolk provides food for the embryo, while the egg white acts as a pillow.

Did you know that eggs have teeny tiny little holes that allow air to get in the egg?

Very Eggsteresting!

 

Our authors are writing away! Some of our titles are...

All Kinds of Eggs

What's Inside an Egg?

Camouflage Eggs

Eggs are Everywhere

Eggciting Eggs

"Mother Ducks"

Dimitry

Sara

Day 8- Candling the Eggs

Here we are candling the egg. I am shining a bright flashlight through the bottom of the egg.

 

Here is what we saw.

The "Blob" in the middle is our baby duck! We could see it "swimming" around inside the egg.

Day 8- Journaling

Here is a sample of our daily journal. This is an illustration of what Sully observed.  

Monday's Mother Ducks

Adri

"Mrs. Daniel, those eggs were really warm!"

 

I explained that our incubator's temperature is at 100 degrees.

Which is as hot as a REALLY HOT summer day!

Noah

 

 

Tomorrow is an exciting day for us! We are going to candle the eggs to see what is happening inside! Check back with us tomorrow afternoon.

Mother Duck pic and amphibians too!

Caleb is the Mother Duck this afternoon!

Not ducks- but we are studying the life cycles of animals. Mrs. Roper brought tadpoles from her pond yesterday. That afternoon we found a frog at recess. After researching, we found out that we have a Pickeral Frog. These frogs like wet areas, plants, and insects. During recess today, the students looked for rocks, tree bark, leaves, and insects to make our friend "Toady" feel right at home. These new friends will be in our immersion station as we look ahead to study amphibians in a few weeks!

 

Have a great weekend everyone! Thank you for sharing your child with us!