Exploring Pumpkins and Gourds

This week at school we had a lot of fun exploring pumpkins and gourds using our senses. We were lucky to have Kolton's Mom and Kayden's Mom help us open up all of our pumpkins. We felt inside, scraped out the pulp and seeds, designed faces for our own jack-o-lanterns and counted seeds. Our class was given a white and a blue pumpkin. We voted to count how many seeds were in our blue pumpkin. We counted 390 seeds! Everyone counted the seeds into groups of 10. Our class decided to keep the seeds and try to grow them in the classroom. Each of us measured the height, weight, length and circumference of our pumpkin using cubes. Our class decided that James had the smallest circumference and Damien had the largest circumference.Most of our pumpkins weighed the same as 2 buttercup's weight. The seeds found in the gourd were a different shape than the seeds of the pumpkins. Everyone took their pumpkin home for Halloween night!

Doubles Song!

This week we also learned a new song for Math. It teaches us a fun way to learn our doubles with actions! Try it:

1 add 1 are 2, clap your hands.

2 add 2 are 3, stomp your feet.

3 add 3 are 6

4 add 4 are 8

5 add 5 are 10, do doubles again!

6 add 6 are 12, turn around.

7 add 7 are 14, touch the ground.

8 add 8 are 16

9 add 9 are 18

10 add 10 are 20, doubles a'plenty! 

      

Our class was excited when a special package arrived from British Columbia! Our Art teacher moved to B.C. and remembered we were looking closely at leaves. She found special leaves, wrote a letter and mailed it to us. We were very excited! During Exploration time we studied our leaves on the light table with magnifying glasses!

Some of our friends painted the really large maple leaf! Other kids used chalk pastels and represented the leaves. Some children decided to do leaf rubbings. Our class noticed so many beautiful colours and discovered a lot of veins!We want to make a special package for Ms. Korlak and mail it to her as a thank-you! We have our pictures up on display in our classroom. 

In Math this week we have been measuring our pumpkins. We were comparing Buttercup to our pumpkins. Most of our pumpkins weighed the same as 2 Buttercups!

                                Exploring With Stones!

Today we went outside and explored with stones. We used stones to make a picture! Can you see the dragon?

Buttercup Turns ONE!!!!

Buttercup turned 1 on October 14th! We each ate 1 carrot. Buttercup had 2 carrots. We had carrot cupcakes and sang "Happy Birthday" to her!
Buttercup was really excited! She started to popcorn! Buttercup started eating her food from the bowl.

                               Special Guest For Fire Safety!

Savannah's Dad came to our classroom to teach us about "Fire Safety". He shared his big air tank, mask, boots, gloves and very heavy helmet. He sounded like Darth Vader. We learned it is important to have a fire safety plan at home and to not be afraid of firefighters.

                                     Textures in Nature

                                Kaleidoscope Discovery!

                                          Castle Designs!