Friends from Scanlon came to our school and read us “The Lorax” story by Dr. Seuss. It is a light-hearted but cautionary tale with an important message. If we do not take responsibility for the environment,then our own world will soon be like the one that the Lorax left behind. So while the Once-ler did eventually see the error of his greedy ways, it was already close to too late for his world. We learned how we can protect the butterfly habitat at our school: let the milkweeds grow for butterfyy eggs and caterpillars and don’t litter on the ground and in our streams. We also need to plant flowers for the butterflies. We played a game trying to get the butterfly (us wearing butterfly wings) to Mexico without dying. If we stepped on a square with a letter “X”, we did not make the long flight to Mexico. We planted some wildflower seeds in a small cup that we took home to take care of and can plant in the ground once they grow. Our Painted Lady Caterpillars also arrived and are in 2 small cups with caterpillar food. Every few days we must clean the caterpillar poop out so they can reach the food. Once they all form their chrysalis we can move them to our large net. We are so excited to see this life cycle happen in our classroom.