Is it Friday already? What a quick week that was with conferences, our pumpkin patch field trip and our fall celebration today! I really enjoyed getting to meet all of you at conferences and brag about your children. I am constantly amazed at how quickly they grow and how fast they learn and I love getting to share the growth and learning with you! Here are the highlights of our two day week:
Pumpkin Patch
Well, we couldn't quite get away from the rain but I think the rain made it even more fun. There is nothing quite like getting lost in a corn maze, trudging through the mud and it's pouring outside. While expanding on our learning of the pumpkin life cycle, students also got to see corn on a stalk and also play in dried corn in a corn pit (basically a sandbox but with dried corn instead of sand!) The students had a great time even though they got a little muddy and damp, and it was wonderful for them to make real world connections to the topic we have studying about in class.
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| The patch of pumpkins. |
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| A group makes their way through the corn maze. |
Pumpkin Investigation
Today was jam packed with hands on learning, all in the theme of pumpkins and fall! First we started with our pumpkin investigation. In small groups students got to examine a pumpkin, see how many cubes tall the pumpkin was, how many lines it had, and then finally how many seeds it had. I was so proud to see that almost every student stuck their hands in the pulp to help count seeds. Students were fascinated by how many seeds are inside a pumpkin! Then we had students predict whether they thought a pumpkin would sink in water or float in water. Naturally we had to test our prediction so we went outside and dropped 3 pumpkins, a small, medium, and large, in a bin of water. To their surprise all 3 pumpkins floated! Their reactions were priceless but the learning that was taking place was the frosting on top!
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| The pumpkin investigation sheet. |
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| A student counts her pumpkin seeds. |
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| A group piles the seeds in the middle to count. |
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The floating pumpkin! (the photo has been cropped for privacy)
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Fall Celebration
To end our day we had a fall celebration. I read my favorite Halloween read aloud which is "The Monster's Monster" by Patrick McDonnell. Then as a follow up to our read aloud we made our own monsters! Students could put scars on their Frankenstein's bolts on the head and a bow if they wanted. They turned out great and students had fun creating their own monsters!
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| Some of Miss Adams' Monsters! |
Such a fun two days. I can't wait to get back into the full swing of school next week! Thanks again for sharing your kiddos with me!
Smiles,
Miss Adams
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