Field Trip Pictures....Pumpkins for the Little Pumpkins

Well, I didn't post last week since we were only in school for two of the days due to the smoke from the nearby fires.  My heart goes out to those that are suffering from this terrible firestorm.  However, I have to say that it felt so good to be back in the classroom for the whole week and run our regular classroom routine. 
Last week before school was closed we did manage to do a fun exploration on pumpkins with a pumpkin from our school garden.  We measured how tall our pumpkin was in cubes, made predictions about if it would float or sink, and made predictions about how many seeds were in our class pumpkin.

How many seeds do you think are in this pumpkin?

 Slimy...

Counting Seeds

Many students predicted it would be around 9 or 10, like when we counted the number of seeds in our apple.  After splitting up all of the seeds between the table groups and counting them out, we determined that our pumpkin had 224 seeds.  

To continue and extend our exploration of pumpkins, we went on our much anticipated (and postponed) field trip to Renker Farm.  On our field trip we enjoyed a wonderful tour of the entire farm and we learned about the 43 different items grown on the farm... .not just pumpkins!

On our field trip we also went through the corn maze and of course picked pumpkins!

Scarecrow face!

We had such a great time at the pumpkin patch!  And believe it or not, we even managed to get in some learning of our letters and numbers between all of our fun and learning about pumpkins and harvest time.

Upcoming Events

*Spirit week - Monday, Oct. 23 - Friday, Oct. 27 for Red Ribbon Week

Monday = Pajama Day (no stuffed animals)

Tuesday = Cool Day - wear sunglasses, hats, etc. at recess

Wednesday = Team Sports Day - wear a team uniform or jersey

Thursday = Crazy Day - backwards, crazy hair, crazy socks, etc.

Friday = School Colors - Purple and Black

Please make sure for our spirit days that your child is still following our school dress code.

Tuesday, Oct. 31st ---

HALLOWEEN 

Parade in the morning at 8am - parents are able to stay for parade only unless you are signed in at the office.  Costumes are fine for the parade, but please no masks, scary costumes, or weapons.

Our class will be having a party that day; please sign up on ClassTag if you are planning on bringing a STORE BOUGHT treat/goodie.

This day is also a minimum day with students being dismissed at 12:20pm

Have a great weekend!