Over the past two weeks, we have been exploring pumpkins. We read Pumpkin Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington, and How BIG Could Your Pumpkin Grow? by Wendell Minor. The children passed the pumpkin around to observe the weight of it, and then estimated how much they thought it weighed. They were surprised to learn that the pumpkin actually weighed 16 1/4 pounds! Many different words were used to
describe how the outside of the pumpkin looked and felt (orange, hard, round, dirty, the
stem is like a stick, looks like a sphere, bumpy, and it has lines).
We
discussed how pumpkins grow (from a seed to a
sprout, to a plant, to a flower, to a green pumpkin, and then finally to
an orange pumpkin), as well as when is the best time to plant pumpkin
seeds (late spring or early summer, after the last chance of a frost).
Many of the children were surprised to see the pumpkin float!
The children estimated how many seeds were in the pumpkin. Their estimations ranged from 9 seeds to 1 billion seeds! When it was finally time to scoop out the pulp and seeds, the children were amazed to learn that the pumpkin had 553 seeds in it! Each child scooped out and counted ten pumpkin seeds and described how the pulp looked, felt, and smelled ("slimy, slippery, sticky, icky, mushy, cold, yucky, wet, and gooey"). The descriptions of the outside of the pumpkin were very different from the inside of the pumpkin.
In Reading, our story and poem were The Monsters' Party by Joy Cowley and "The Monsters' Garden Party." Our Word Wall Rock Star helped us add our five new sight words (can, do, little, this, and what) to our Word Wall.
Etaash was the Chef of the Week!
He created a fun and tasty fire truck!
The children enjoyed creating, eating, and writing about their own fire trucks.
Rr Letter Expert!
The Letter Expert read Roy G. Biv by Joy Cowley.
Dd Letter Expert!
The Letter Expert read Doctor Boondoggle by Joy Cowley.
A dinosaur for our Reading Wall.
The Letter Expert read Who Lives Here? by June Melser.
A kitten for our Reading Wall.
The children enjoyed our first class trip to the fire station!
Enjoying the fall weather on the playground.
Jaivan's dad was our surprise reader for the 30th Day of School!
Jaivan was so surprised!
I hope you enjoyed the blog.
Mrs. Geissler
