Writing
In our writing time we have moved to the point of sharing
our writing with others. We have talked so much about the purpose of writing
and the main purpose being to save our ideas and share those ideas with other
people. This week I introduced writing partners where students sat and read
their writing with their partners. They were so wonderful at listening to each
other and were so proud to share off their writing! I can’t wait to share their
writing with you at conferences as well!
5 Little Pumpkins
We do lots of poems in our class. Poems are a great way for
students to quickly learn a piece of writing and then they can use that poem to
find words and letters they know in that poem. I send home paper books of the
poems when we do them and those are a great resource to practice at home since
the students know the poems so well they can point to the words as they read
them!
This week we did the poem 5 little pumpkins. First we read
the Pete the Cat version in a story book. Then we assembled our 5 little
pumpkins lift the flap books. The students loved the activity and they turned
out so well! It was great to see the kids reading them to each other!
Pumpkin Patch
We had so much fun at the Pumpkin Patch this week. Students got to make a dirt baby (please put those in a cup of water in a window sill so the grass will grow for the hair!) see a few farm animals and of course see how pumpkins grew. The kids were so excited because we got to see almost every stage of the pumpkin life cycle. We saw lots of flowers from the pumpkins and a few flowers that had the green pumpkin starting to grow from the flower. We also saw different vines, green and brown, and of course got to see a wide variety of pumpkins. It was wonderful to see kids running around going “Miss Adams look here is a flower, next will grow a green pumpkin” or “Miss Adams this vine is still green so I don’t think it’s ready to pick yet!” Not only was it fun but it was a wonderful hands on learning day! Thank you to everyone who met us there or chaperoned and made the day truly special. |
| A student decorates his dirt baby. |
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| A student puts the eyes on his dirt baby. |
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| Students enjoying the hay ride. |
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| A flower that has a green pumpkin bulb! |
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| A pumpkin flower that we saw! |
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| Students enjoying the view at lunch! |
Can't wait for the exciting week ahead!
Smiles,
Miss Adams
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