Baby chicks began hatching in an incubator in Jill Macolini s second-grade classroom on April 1. If you pet a chick softly with one hand, it ll calm them down, said Acadia Alves. Her favorite was a black-feathered baby chick who she named Chocolate.
The entire second grade, a total of 107 students, recently learned of a frog s life cycle and Macolini spoke of incubating baby chicks in previous years classes. One of her students, Wyatt Anderson, spoke up about his family s experience with incubating chicks. After asking his family if they wouldn t mind donating some eggs and using their incubator, Macolini brought back the project from the past, and now the students have the chance to see the life cycle happen before their eyes.