Pumpkin Carving

Ms. Darla carved the class pumpkin with our kids last Monday. The children voted on the type of face. You can see the kids had fun removing the netting and the seeds. Thanks, Ms. Darla!

WOW Party!

Our class earned enough rewards from encore teachers to vote on a WOW party. We have earned one other party for which I chose the reward to be extra recess. This time the children voted to wear pajamas, watch a movie, and eat popcorn. We watched Spookley the Square Pumpkin. Thank you for your help last week. Below you will see how happy and how silly your child was on Pajama Day!

Pumpkin Math

When we returned to the school with our pumpkins and gourds, we used our math skills to discover how tall they were with linking cubes, what the distance around was (circumference) with chains, and we predicted if our pumpkin or gourd would sink or float. Most children predicted it would sink and even after many floated, they were sure the large class pumpkin would sink. No, we learned that all pumpkins and gourds do in fact float. We went to Wonderopolis.org to find the reason for this floating! Click on this link to learn all about the scientific reason https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/do-pumpkins-float-or-sink

Our Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Thank you, parent volunteers, for helping Mrs. Darla and I supervise the children at Johnson Farms.

 We learned all about pumpkins and how they grow on vines.

We rode a wagon out to the field where the children chose their own pumpkins.

We had a guide show us several farm animals. We especially enjoyed seeing the baby pigs.

We also had time for play. This is one of the fun barn slides.

First Grade Reader

One of my students from last year came to read to us this week. He chose this as one of his rewards. We had another first grade student earlier this year. Our students enjoy hearing the older students read to them.

Fire Safety Month

We are very grateful that our Pleasant Hill Fire Department took time to visit our school to teach our young students about fire safety. The kids learned not to be afraid of the firemen when they are dressed in all of their gear. Even Mrs. Ewing showed us that under the gear, it is really a person that will help us. After the indoor assembly, we got to learn more about the fire engine and the ambulance.

The Tooth Wizard Assembly

We learned how to care for our teeth in an assembly put on by The Tooth Wizard and Mr. Plaque. Two of our students were called out of the audience to participate in the demonstrations. The students were highly engaged and hopefully learned the importance of caring for their teeth by eating healthy, brushing, flossing, and visiting the dentist twice a year.