Smiling Faces :)

Today Mrs. Shelley's second grade class found a worm while digging a hole to place a birdfeeder outside our school. Naturally, the students begged Mrs. Shelley to feed it to our trout so of course we did! I love to watch the students feed the trout! Check out the smiling faces :)

Doesn't it make you

smile?

Evidence of student learning...check it out!

... Thank you Penns Creek TU and PFBC!!

Catch and Release!

The spring rains create a lot of excitement here at Lack because our students quickly learn that rain means worms appear like a gift for us to feed our trout. Our fifth grade students gathered some worms from the blacktop and the first grade class loved to watch as the older students tempted our tiny trout with the huge worms. The worm soon became bait and fishing rod as the students discovered the trout would not let go of the the worm very easily. We knew you would enjoy sharing in this adventure!

Check out some pictures of today's adventure!

Are the worms too big?

Look closely- Can you see the trout?

Trout Journal

3-17-10

Jordan: I think the trout are so cool. I don't want to release them! I am going to misss them a lot.

Hey, Mom I love to vacuum!

The students love to vacuum the tank! It really helps prevent water quality issues! The students vacuum the tank every morning while adding 5 gallons of fresh water to the tank. I promise I won't tell your parents how much you love to vacuum!

TIC and Hands-on Lessons!

One reason that I love the TIC program is that it provides opportunities for hands-on learning! Currently in science we have been discussing what light can do. Our book shows a picture of a child placing his hand in an aquarium filled with water to demonstrate how light can bend or refract so during science we took a walk to the lobby to observe this in our trout aquarium. We also took the opportunity to feed the fish and allow the students to put a finger in the tank while other students watched for refraction. Check out refraction!














This was a lot of fun! The students giggled when the trout jumped up and touched their fingers. The students always enjoy learning more when they can get their hands-involved in the learning process!

Trout Journal 3-3-10

Tasha: The trout are doing awesome. We take care of them everyday. We feed them and
clean their tank. They are doing great!

May(Megan): Jordan just cleaned the tank. It looks a lot cleaner. They are getting bigger!

Pictures and Pranks...

I thought you might enjoy seeing the trout crew in the process of cleaning the tank, adding

fresh water, and feeding the fish! So I snapped a quick picture and handed the camera to Mr. Hart and asked him to take a few pictures of crew in action. There was my first mistake...

Anyway, I proceed to my classroom to start the day. Later when Mr. Hart returned the camera, he asked me to look at the picture of Megan to see if it suited me. Looking at Megan's smiling face, I said "Yes, that looks great!" (to Mr. Hart's dismay) Apparently that was not the reaction he was hoping for, he questioned- "Did you look at it?" Looking more closely with my aging eyes, I noticed she was not adding fresh clean water to the tank in the picture, but she was pretending to add a gallon of floor cleaner. She looks so innocent!

I hope you enjoy seeing some of the crew and the fish they care for . Also, we wanted to send a special thank you to Mr. Berry our faithful tank tender. Mr. Berry is our custodian. He feeds the fish and watches over the tank on the weekends as well as on snow days. Below is a picture of him in the act of feeding the fish.

Bird of Prey Visits Lack

Mr. Hart found himself caregiver of a Horned Grebe, which he informed me likes to eat trout. Of course he took the opportunity to bring the bird that had a wounded wing to Lack to visit. He placed the bird in an aquarium filled with water and then proceeded to add gold fish, crayfish, and guppies to the tank as we discovered the eating preferences of the bird. Later that afternoon, there was a knock at the first grade door. I opened the door to see Mr. Hart dangling the bird of prey above the trout tank. I quickly enlisted the help of the students to "guard" the tank to keep our fish safe until the release. We made it through the visit without losing any trout to our visitor.

The students have been experimenting with colored yarn to see what colors the fish prefer.

Thoughts from the Trout Crew:
2-6-10
Tasha: Thanks to Mt. View we got more trout. We take good care of them. We love them.
They are cool!
2-17-10
Chase: Ya know it's a wonder if the trout we released are still alive, but these
trout really love colors.
2-23-10
Megan: The trout are getting bigger and bigger! I love feeding the fish. We are holding
different colors of string over the tank to see what color they like best!

Jay(Jordan): I love the trout! They are catching up to Mt. View's trout. They are almost as
big as theirs! They are awesome!!
2-24-10
Jay(Jordan): I cleaned the trout tank today and it was cool!

May(Megan): The trout are getting bigger by the minute. The trout are soooooo cool!

Tasha: The trout are doing awesome. We take care of them everyday. We feed them
and clean their tank. They are doing great!