Releasing The Butterflies

The second graders at Central Grade recently released the butterflies they had raised since they were chrysalises. The release was hard for the second graders who had gotten attached to the butterflies. here is what they said after the release:

                          

Quotes

My butterfly tickled my hand. By Josephine L.
My butterfly flew high into the air. By Cody T.
My butterfly flew right on a flower that was by Miss Grigal's door. By Lauren K.
My Painted Lady tickled my hand. Do you think she was trying to get nectar. By Carly B.
It was amazing to see the caterpillar grow into a butterfly. By Michael R.
A butterfly flew out of my hand. By Martin F.
My butterfly flew right out of my hands and flew far away. By Sara S.
Two of the butterflies couldn't fly. By Kayla H.
My painted lady was tickling me. By Liliya B.
A Painted Lady drinks nectar from a mallow flower. By Breanna O.
The butterflies flew into the Peace Garden. By Bill L.
My butterfly tickled with his proboscis. By Nick P.
I saw butterfly. Its wings looked like dynamite hit them. I named it Tater. By Phoebe H.
My butterfly tasted me. By Ross W.
My butterfly flew to Texas. By Austin G.
When I released my butterfly it landed on a leaf and it stayed for a long time. By Nancy L.
We let the butterflies go in the Peace Garden. By Alex W.
The butterflies were fun to watch fly. By Joey S. 
The butterfly was put in my hand. By Julia S.
My butterfly flew fast in the air. By Ben D.
We had butterflies and we released them in the Peace Garden. Mrs. Harmeson called our names. We got to hold them in our bare hands. By Victoria G.
At the butterfly release the butterfly was dancing on my hand and it tickled a lot. A butterfly tastes with its feet. He was trying to taste my hand. When he calmed down I let him go free. I was very happy. By Madison H.
We have butterflies. We had the butterflies for two weeks. They were little caterpillars and they turned into a jasap and they turned into a chrysalis. Emily H. 
When I released my butterfly it tickled me because it tasted me. When my class released the butterflies some of the butterflies had broken wings. Jerome H.
The butterflies tasted my hand. It tried to get out of my hands and it did it. When I opened my hand it stayed on my hand for a couple of minutes. Devante W.
The  butterfly release was fun to do. They flew over other butterflies. Others went away to the playground. It was fun and the butterfly was going to the ground to have some fun and meet new friends to play with. Nick L.
The butterfly I released did not develop completely. The wings were crumpled. I loved doing it. I put it on a flower. It was eating the minute I put it down. I love butterflies. Anna A.
I had a butterfly that had a broken wing so I put it on a flower. Delaine B.

When I let my butterfly go it would not fly out of my hands. The butterfly was tasting me with his feet. When Mrs. Harmeson handed the butterfly from the butterfly net I was exited when I held the butterfly. Caleb C.
We had butterflies and we let them go. I fed one of them a dandelion. Matthew F.
The butterfly release was great. A butterfly tickled my hand. To release the butterfly we walked to the flowers and the butterfly would fly away or we would set the butterfly on a flower. Karolyn D.
 Some butterflies have broken wings because their chrysalises fell from a leaf. Phoenix G. 
The butterfly was tickling my hand and it felt weird. I liked holding the butterfly, it was fun. We had painted lady butterflies. I liked the butterfly. It was real fun holding it. Ashley D.
The butterfly really flew away when you put your hand out and let the butterfly go. Jesus R.
 

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