KT's Noticings

We've been doing a lot of work to take care of our trees and to talk about things that can hurt our trees. Each time we go outside, we see dog business in our tree pit. We also see paper, squashed cigarettes, and lots of other trash too. We think we'll make signs for our trees this week, so people will know that it is not OK to put litter in our tree pit.

We are also seeing some bugs around our trees. We read a book about beetles that live inside a tree trunk. They make holes to lay their eggs. The holes keep getting bigger as they beetle grubs eat. Then disease can get into the tree from the holes. When we were outside today, we saw lots of holes in our tree. There was one big hole in the bark, and Bryce saw a line inside the hole. We also saw some little holes too. But we didn't see any bugs.

Could there be beetles in our tree? Could there be other bugs living in our tree? Why don't we see any bugs in the holes? Matthew thinks there are a lot of beetles hiding. Scarlett thinks the bugs might be hiding deep inside the trunk, under the bark. We'll keep looking...

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Thanks,
Evelyn, Matthew, Bryce, Ahmadou, Kenneth, Scarlett, Anaija, Candance, Xavier, Laila, Elisandro, and Kate