We have been very busy the last couple of weeks. In the mean time my personal computer crashed and I have been unable to upload any of the wonderful pictures that have been taken. I will continue to work on this and hopefully it was just a wrong setting on my camera. Today was our 40th day of school. I cannot believe how fast the year is moving along. Unfortunately Sofia's last day was last week and the students have asked about her. However, we have been really busy with so many other activities.
Last week we spent an hour painting and getting ready for Friday. On Friday the whole school went on a walking field trip to the Pumpkin Patch sponsored by the First United Methodist Church. The students saw pumpkins of all shapes, sizes and colors. There was a story time and a picture to color. A bean bag toss through a giant pumpkin was the highlight of the event. Each student received a small pumpkin to bring back to the school. We will use these later for an art project. When we arrived back at school we made paper bag pumpkins, paper plate scarecrows and did Fall M&M Math.
This week we began making a book about The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin. Each day we complete a different page. We should be finished by next week. In addition to our week long Science project we learned a new sight word as we began anew unit in Reading. As you help your child practice, add the word see to the list. Friday we also celebrated the Renaissance by participating in the schools annual Canterbury Faire. There were games and prizes, a bake sell and even a pony ride. All the children had fun.
Next week we will continue to work on our pumpkin book. We will also start discussing the skeletal system and make class book about our bones.
