Pumpkins

We had a fun week this week...busy, but fun!  We had a great trip to the pumpkin patch!  Thanks to all my parents for your help!  We also learned all about pumpkins...the life cycle of a pumpkin, what they need to grow,  what are they good for, and much more.  We investigated our class pumpkin that we got at the pumpkin patch.  Most students "thought" it would sink, but we found out that pumpkins float whether they are big or small.  We started estimation this month, and we had some great estimations about how tall our pumpkin would be and the circumference of our pumpkin.  A few actually had perfect estimations.  

10 cubes tall

it floated

If you have never read Too Many Pumpkins, it's a must read.  So cute!  One of my favorites.  It's great to teach making predictions because most of the pages end with "until...".  We filled in our story map after reading the story.

Life Cycle of a Pumpkin...the cards go inside the paper plate pumpkin

we labeled pepperoni pizza

Pass the PIzza!

 We played a fun game this week while learning the letter Pp.  We sang Pass the pizza, pepperoni pizza, pass the pizza, pass it to your friend.  When Mrs. Lee said stop, students holding a slice of pizza had to name the letter on the back of the pizza and read the sight word.  Fun, Fun!!

Pajama Party

Friday was pajama day.  We read Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown and The Napping House by Audrey Wood...2 of my favorite bedtime stories.  We curled up on the rug and turned out the lights and pretended it was bedtime.  After reading Goodnight Moon we discussed rhyming words from the book.  We remember all of the rhyming words.  Next, we pretended to go to sleep.  When Mrs. Lee called out a rhyming word, we woke up!  If rhyming words were not called, we slept.  I got this idea from the little giraffes website several years ago and my students always love it!  We also measured a friend with pancakes during center time.  And, we got to retell The Napping House using a felt story from Lakeshore.  Later we had a pajama party with Mrs. Ray's class and ate popcorn, and watched Charlie Brown and The Great Pumpkin.  This week was full of fun "Pp" activities.