I'm not the only one who has been busy this week!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

I'm not the only one who has been busy this week!

Our friendly Banana Spider has been really busy! Today I took Ms. Cahill's first graders outside to water the plants and look what we found! Just yesterday this spider was still in her web sitting just like she did all last week but today we saw that she made an egg sac last night! She also has turned around so that you can see the top of her body. I think she turned so that she could guard her eggs better. She certainly looks scarier from the front! I wonder if she will be like Charlotte from Charlotte's Web and die soon after her eggs hatch? We are going to have to keep an eye on this little lady and her egg sac!

6 comments:

kayla said...: Wow that so cool. Did the eggs hatch; October 12, 2009 at 5:10 AM
Anonymous said...: WOW! That's a big spider. I think I had a banana spider make a web behind the trash can outside. Too bad we had to move the spider to wheel the trashcan out to the road. Anyway that is really cool!; October 12, 2009 at 5:32 AM
destiny said...: Hi i'm Destiny were the eggs real?; October 12, 2009 at 5:36 AM
ade said...: She looks so cool in the garden,and in the web; October 12, 2009 at 5:38 AM
Tyrelle said...: That was a big banana spider.; October 12, 2009 at 6:57 AM
Mrs. Smith said...: Her eggs are very real! They are inside of the egg sack now but when they begin to hatch there will be hundreds of them!; October 12, 2009 at 6:59 AM

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The Elisa Butler Memorial Outdoor Classroom has been a Frank Long project for many years. The original idea to create an outdoor learning environment began with a former principal, Dr. Vicki Albritton. Under her leadership, the nature trail was begun. A few years later, a second grade teacher, Susan Fennell, wrote a Bright Idea Grant and was awarded enough money to purchase our greenhouse. It was around this time that the idea to name it in honor of Elisa Butler as she was such an inspiration for children and loved providing hands on learning experiences for her first grade students. Four years ago Wanda Smith and Judy Hellgren wrote another grant and Frank Long was awarded a $5000 Lowe's Outdoor Classroom grant. This award allowed us to expand. We added a fish pond, vegetable garden, butterfly garden, composter, weather station, nature trail camera, deer feeder and other supplies necessary to work the garden. With the help of our supporting military unit the nature trail boardwalk was finally completed.

Each year, we work to expand our Outdoor Classroom and think of new ways to use it with our students. Our Outdoor Classroom will most likely be a work in progress. We hope you enjoy reading about the wonderful experiences we are providing our students at Frank Long Elementary.

Thursday, October 1, 2009