Completed Spiders

There's a Spider....

...on my head.

The students love the Raffi song and book Spider on the Floor.

 

And they showed their love for that song/book by acting it out.

Making Spiders 2

Fall Pictures!

If you would like a copy of one of these pictures please e-mail me and I will print them on photo paper for you.

Hard Working Student of the Day!

Aiden was a diligent worker today. He successfully completed all his work with enthusiasm.

Little Blue Birds All in a Row

First grade drawings of blue birds.

Julien's Blue Birds with a Nest

Sammy's Blue Bird in a Tree

Aiden's Flying Blue Birds

Robert's Blue Bird Flying

Making Spiders

Tis' the season for S-P-I-D-E-R-S! We started, this morning, by painting the body of this eight-legged arachnid.



Tomorrow morning, after the bodies have dryied, we will add legs and eyes.

Making Mr. Scarecrow 2

As promised, additions to the Making Mr. Scarecrow slideshow have been added. Enjoy and make certain that you view our completed scarecrow!

Introducing Mr. Scarecrow!

Here he is...

Mathematics

Julien was working on place value (tens and ones) today and used dice as well as Unifix cubes to help make it more fun!

Making Words

The Kindergarten students used our Pumpkin Patch Words to demonstrate their alphabet skills.

Desiree's Garden

Christian's Pumpkin

Rhian's Pie

Dhruv's Garden

Making Mr. Scarecrow

Today, we started to make Mr. Scarecrow...




As we continue this project, I will add more pictures.

How Many Seeds?

We made a final count of all the pumpkin seeds that we collected from our pumpkin on Friday.

Each student had a bag containing 33 seeds. We have 15 students. There were 2 extra seeds, so we had a total of 497 seeds in our pumpkin!

Once we counted, the students ate the roasted seeds.

Cat, Cat, Cats!

First graders drew cats today. Here is our cat gallery.

Cat by Julien

The Cat's Meow by Sammy

Super Cat by Vida

Sharing Books

Desiree brought in a Halloween book for circle time. Thank you, Desiree. The class really enjoyed Spooky Wheels on the Bus.

Star Students!

 

Congratulations to our new Star Students, Robert and Dhruv!

Special Notice to First Grade Parents

This notice will also be included in students' Take Home folder on Monday

Roasting Pumpkin Seeds

I prepared the seeds that the students removed from our pumpkin.

Toasted and salted, pumpkin seeds have a nutty flavor. And the students will get to taste these seeds on Monday.

Try this recipe at home:

1. Rinse the pumpkin seeds under cold water and make certain to remove the pulp.
2. Place the seeds in and bowl and toss with garlic, sea salt, and extra virgin olive oil
3. Arrange the seeds on a backing sheet bake at 325 degrees until toasted, about 25 minutes.
4. Store the left over seeds in an air-tight container.

Happy Box Time!

With the Happy Box filled with some new things and a few favourites; seven well deserving students earned the opportunity to choose a gift or two.

 

 

 

Carving a Pumpkin, but First....

...we set our supplies and read How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara.

We peeked inside.

 We sat as nicely as we could.

We estimated how many seeds were inside.

And then we cleaned it out.

Then we carved a jack o'lantern. The students choice for the pumpkin was a vampire.