From pumpkin to jack-o-lantern

We had a great time comparing the weight of the pumpkin we carved to another large pumpkin. We used our sense to get information about it, from the outside, and then we carved it and got new information about the inside. We voted on the shape of the eyes and how many teeth it would have. The students loved scooping out the seeds, which we roasted and had for a snack.  Thank you to everyone who sent in pumpkins and to Anne Martin, who let us carve her pumpkin.

Birthdays!!

Happy Birthday, Brendan

October 20th

Happy Birthday, Triston

October 21st

Happy Birthday, Jaiden

October 26th

Da'marion's pictures

This week Da'marion was our photographer.  He was able to get a few pictures but then he must have run into technical difficulty because the rest of his pictures were blurry. 

Jaiden our photographer

Last week Jaiden was our class photographer.  These are her pictures.

September Center Time

During center time the students are allowed to freely choose which center they want to go to in the room.  Ms. Angie, Ms. Heather and I use this time to call small groups, or individual students, to participate in activities to help them practice and master the standards, particularly language arts and math. This month we counted energy beads, practiced fine motor skills by writing letters and words in shaving cream, and rolled dice to help practice short vowel sounds and number identification, just to name a few center time activities.

Worms!

To end our study on Living and Nonliving the students observed real worms, then compared them with gummy worms, then ate the gummy worms. 

Is there a doctor in the house?

The month of September our dramatic play area was changed to a doctor's office.  The students really enjoyed it, especially giving each other shots.