A Week in Review - October 1 - 5

It's official - I am falling in love with our K4 friends.  On Thursday we were doing an age graph and one of my friends raised their hand and said "Miss Lucas, how old are you; like 154?"  I died laughing.  I absolutely love this age group!

We had another busy week learning about fire safety and pumpkins.  I am asked daily if today is our field trip, so I know everyone is getting excited!  On Monday, we had the firefighters come to Stormonth to talk about fire safety.

Miles and Jo Lin demonstrating how to stop, drop, and roll.

One of the fire fighters showed us all the gear they have to wear when they go into a fire.

They passed around their helmet.  Derrick and Jo Lin checking it out.

This week we recorded our background knowledge on pumpkins.  We talked about how background knowledge is information that we already know about something.  Students knew a lot about pumpkins already!

Background knowledge on pumpkins (AM).

Background knowledge on pumpkins (PM).

We also started a pumpkin experiment!  We are trying to grow a pumpkin inside of a pumpkin!  To begin our experiment we read "Pumpkin Jack," a story about the life cycle of a pumpkin.  To begin our experiment, we cut open the pumpkin (I did this in the morning before the kiddos arrived).  Then, we filled the inside of the pumpkin with dirt (you leave all the seeds and pulp inside of the pumpkin).  Finally, we watered the soil.  

Pumpkin Jack.

Discussing what we see on the inside of the pumpkin (AM).

Looking at the inside of the pumpkin (AM).

The inside of our pumpkin.

Lilah adding soil to the inside of our pumpkin (AM). 

Evi adding soil (AM).

Sasha adding soil (AM).

Anna adding soil (AM).

Noah adding soil (AM).

Watering our seeds.

Kennedy observing the inside of the pumpkin (AM).

Noah observing the inside of the pumpkin (AM).

Mrs. Ebersole reading "Pumpkin Jack" (PM).

Derrick observing the inside of the pumpkin (PM).

Katharine adding soil (PM). 

Sullivan adding soil (PM).

Brinya adding soil (PM).

After we were done watering our pumpkin, we made observations.  I took a photograph of the inside of our pumpkin with the iPad and inserted it into our class observation journal.  In the following weeks students will take turns using the iPad to take pictures of the inside of the pumpkin and describing what it looks like.

Our class pumpkin journal.

Day 1 observations (PM).

Day 1 observations (AM). 

Fresh Fruit Fridays started this week!  Thank you Yiwen (AM) and Hayden (PM) for our wonderful (and very creative) fresh fruit snacks!  Everyone loved them!

Yiwen and his fruit kabobs (AM)!

Hayden and his cantaloupe, apples, and carmel dip (PM)!

Mystery Readers also began this week!  Students were so excited!  Thank you to Ella's mom (AM) and April and Allisons' grandma (PM) for reading to our class!

Mystery Reader (PM).

Mystery Reader (AM).

As the weather continues to change, please remember to send your child with warm clothes for recess!

Love,

Miss Lucas