Henry is in second grade at Eastgate Elementary. There are 26 other students in his class ... plus mealworms, milkweed bugs, crickets, and butterflies. No, his classroom is not infested, those creatures (other than the 26 other students) are part of science where he is learning about animal lifecycles. The mealworms have already started turning into beetles and all of the butterflies used to be caterpillars (according to Henry, "black, spiky ones!"). Henry also says (this is all a direct quote): "The milkweed bugs started out as red and black eggs, then they turned into nymphs (which are tiny insects), then they keep getting bigger until they're adults. They're called milkweed bugs because in the wild the only plant they can eat is the milkweed plant. They make cotton and they drink juice out of a seed."
Other topics Henry is learning about include: tables and graphs in Math; acting out a story called "The Tap Dancer" in Language Arts; singing some songs in Music; and painting paper insects in Art. In PE (aka "Gym") last week they did running tests.
Henry gets two recesses every day (except Wednesday). He usually spends his time at recess playing "wall ball" - a sophisticated game involving a tennis ball and a brick wall.
He's looking forward to starting Little League Baseball in a few weeks. He will be on the Dodgers (rhymes with Rodgers).
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