Sparky, Shapes and Pumpkins!!

The week started with a visit from Sparky the fire dog! He was a BIG HIT and all the students loved meeting him. Students learned that if there ever was a fire in their homes, they should know a meeting place outside that they would meet their family, to stop, drop and roll, and to get out and stay out. Forms came home with each student this week highlighting in more detail everything we learned.

Students then enjoyed some buddy time and made some shape monsters. It was a little Halloween mixed with a little math. You can look for these shape monsters in your child's evidence of learning scrapbooks that will be coming home this week.

We also learned about pumpkins! Students knew a lot about this large vegetable and shared many descriptive words in a group discussion.

Students also enjoyed a fun craft! We cut an apple in half and learned that it makes a great pumpkin stamp! Once they dried, students enjoyed making their pumpkins into jack o lanterns! Some students gave their pumpkins glasses, missing teeth and even hair! I loved their creativity!

To wrap up the week students got their scientist hats on and completed a pumpkin investigation sheet in small groups led by our parent helpers. Students investigated the size of their pumpkins, if their pumpkin would sink or float, how many cubes tall their pumpkin was. A big thank you to Mrs. Henderson for bringing in 4 home grown pumpkins and a squash for everyone in the class.

Students then discussed and came to a consensus as a group what type of face they would like to carve on their pumpkin. Everyone did a great job cleaning out the pumpkins, enjoyed feeling inside the pumpkins and then seeing how their pumpkin turned out and the other group's pumpkins.