Owl Pellets
The entire fourth grade here at GIS is learning about owl pellets this quarter. Our class has just began the breakdown process of the pellets and they are very excited to learn what creature had been eaten by the owl. We are using pellets from a barn owl. We are still determining what the creatures are by looking at the bone, but some of the discoveries have been: a couple of small birds, mice, shrews, and moles. Here are some pictures of the class and the owl pellets.
Mr. Rembusch sent us a video that shows how owl pellets are expelled from an owl. The students and several teachers have really enjoyed this video. You may not want to watch this if you are getting ready to eat.
November 5th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Oh Gross!! Sounds like the kids are having a blast though… thank you Mr. Fletcher!
Mrs. Piper, The kids are having a blast. (ME too) Thank you for taking time out of your schedule to post on our blog. -Mr. Fletcher
November 6th, 2009 at 7:44 am
I love owl pellets I got a bird head yeah yeah yeah
November 6th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
I got a shrew
November 6th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
I showed my Mom the owlpelit and her face was weird.Thank you for posting that for us Mr.Fletcher.
Drew, You are most welcome! Have a great weekend. – Mr. Fletcher
November 6th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Dear Mr.Fletcher, I am in Mrs.Collins class. Do you know what my owl pellet was? It was a mole. A mole. Wow!!! Well I think your blog is off the hook!!! Did you like the owl pellet video from Mr.Rembush??? I did. Well, what age I think you should have a phone is 13! And my mom thinks i should be 12!! Do you know what i said 12!! Wow!! I won’t be old when I get my phone!! Oh yeah, I’ve been practicing my multiplication!! So our class is on with your class!!! We can not be defeated!!! We are as powerful as lightning!! You know what that should be our team name! The powerful Lighning Ball!! Yes!! It’s all planned out. Well have a good night!!
Sincerely,Bianca
Bianca, What a wonderful post! I enjoyed reading what you had to say. Thank you for the compliments about the blog. We enjoy communicating on here. Please feel free to post when you have time, and invite your family to join in and leave comments. Especially about the cell phone debate……. The owl pellets are a great deal of fun. This is the first time I have experienced owl pellets, and I enjoy the excitement it has brought to the 4th grade……..About the Math Fact Challenge, the class looks forward to competing with your class. I am sure you and your classmates will provide stiff competition. Good Luck. Have a great weekend. – Mr. Fletcher
November 6th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
i almost forgot a question to ask you. How many multiplication problems is it???
I’ll make about 81 problems on the page. I challenge my class to try to get at least 40 problems done in 1 minute. – Mr. Fletcher
November 6th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
lol, I have never seen that before! We will share this site with others.
Thank you,
Mr.Fletcher
You are most welcome. Have a great weekend Drew – Mr. Fletcher
November 6th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
I found a shrew in mine!!!
November 6th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Why is your voice so loud? or is it normal!!
Do you like our team name???
Are you refering to school? If so, I don’t thing I am loud, You must have sensitive hearing. I think your name is wonderful. I am sure your class will like it. You had better ask them about it first. – Mr. Fletcher
November 6th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
I bet we can do 1000 oh yah well we won’t be able to do that but maybe!!!
I mean 100!! thats better !! Going down!!
November 7th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Hi Mr. Fletcher,
I really enjoy digging through owl pellets–they are like little treasure chests of science.
Here’s my reply to your questions on Huzzah!
I have inherited a group of willing, passionate readers. They really value our silent reading time each day. You can tell by their reviews on their individual blogs that they have strong feelings about the books they choose. I am investigating using SHELFARI as a place to post reviews of books. Right now we are big on “word of mouth”, informal “this is a great book because…” conversations at the end of silent reading. I am not familiar with Accelerated Reader. I do need to make more time for conferences…ah, must create more islands of time!
Good luck to you and your students!
November 7th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
November 8th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
When did you do your owl pellets??
Bianca
November 8th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
ITWAs awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YAY ME!
November 8th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
WOW that awesome you have been doing some cool stuff
Fletcher, What a great name!!!! Thanks for taking time out to visit the blog and responding. I hope to hear from you again. Have a great week at school. – Mr. Fletcher
November 9th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
That’s gross Mr.Fletcher! I mean it looked like a wet thick stick! (Coming out of the owl.)
November 9th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
When will you change the question!!!
Bianca
November 10th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
i thought that owl pellets were awesome!!
agent R in service right now!!!
November 11th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Hi Mr Fletcher and class!
Answers to your questions:
1. We are between 10 and 12 years old – we are in Grades 5 and 6
2. We don’t play baseball, but some sports we play are: basketball, cricket, netball, volleyball, surfing, football (Australian Rules – AFL… look it up on the net), golf, dancing, karate
3. There are 29 awesome and fabulous students in our class\
4. At the moment we are studying volume in maths – check out the videos on our blog soooo funny
5. Kangaroos – every one in our grade has a pet kangaroo! No not really. There are some kangaroos in our area, but they are mostly in our bush area – especially the outback.
6. The weather at the moment is soooo hot! It’s the end of spring, coming into summer, but this week we have had 30-36 degrees celsius every day!!! Not sure what that is in F???
7. It doesn’t really snow in Melbourne, but in the mountains in Victoria there are lots of snowfields in winter. We live right on the beach, so we don’t get snow in Ocean Grove.
8. School begins at 8:45 and ends at 3:15pm. We start at the start of February, and finish in the middle of December. We have 4 terms with 2 weeks holiday in between, except for the summer holidays
9. Projects – we have just completed a mega book report ‘Cereal Box Book Report’ (we will post photos), and we are about to do lots of mini projects linked to our ‘Healthy Bodies’ topic
10. In our school, we have ‘Learning Communities’: a Junior, Middle and Senior. We are in the senior, and we are in Room 7, hence S7! It’s only new for our school this year…
Questions for you!!!
1. What is your favourite baseball team?
2. What instruments do people in your class play?
3. Do you like ShortStack (um, if you even know who they are???)
4. Who are some of your favourite basketball players?
5. Do you ever go to New York?
6. What time do you start school?
7. How many people are in your school?
8. What are your school holidays like?
9. Do you have a class pet?
10. Do you like AC/DC? What other bands do you like?
That’s all for now!!! Thanks for your cool questions!
Miss Myers and Senior 7
November 13th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Is there a pic of me Mr.Fletcher?
November 13th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
EWWWWWWW!But I got a bird so COOL!
November 13th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
I cant wait to take owl pellets today. My dad said this is sick and he won’t touch this thing. I got a rat and shrew I think.
November 13th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
I like the owl pellets but it really stinks. I’m having a little trouble because there is a bunch of bones in the way.
November 14th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Mr. Fletcher,
My friend thinks the owl pellets are disgusting! He says it looks like they pooped out of their mouth.
November 15th, 2009 at 8:50 am
My friend thinks owl pellets are disgusting
PS YOU ROCK MR FLETCHER
November 18th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
I thought it was funny because the owl only spit out the owl pellet when he saw the cell phone. i don’t think he likes cell phones.