Happy Halloween everyone! Aren’t you just lovin’ that Halloween is on a Saturday this year? I know I am!
We had a great day at school yesterday. I wish I took more photos, but we were having too much fun!
First thing Friday mornings we have gym. We played some fun Halloween themed tag games. It was hilarious watching my kids turn into Zombies and wander about dragging a leg, moaning.
Afterward, students did a journal write with this picture a prompt:
I love hearing all the different perspectives about who this girl might be, where she is, and what big decisions she is making.
After recess, I carved pumpkins with my math crew. We’ve been investigating the pumpkins for a few days now and it was fun to finally cut into them. My mom asked me what pumpkins had to do with math. Here is the list I sent her.
We:
– weighed them
– found height, circumference, radius, diameter
– measured thickness of shell and the distance between the ribs
– investigated why pumpkins float
– estimated seeds, debated the best way to count them, counted them
– weighed an individual seed
– figured out the percentage of one seed compared to entire pumpkin weight
That’s a lot of math!
The best part of counting seeds is that I can take them home and roast them! The kids will love that little snack on Monday.
Here’s the pumpkins on my front steps. I told the class that if they found me, I’d give them extra candy! I’ve had 3 come by so far. Don’t you just love the freckles on the one pumpkin?
At my school, we don’t dress up until the afternoon. I loved this costume! He had the perfect old man walk too! I dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood, but don’t have any photos. I need to get some from friends.
I was blown away by the snacks at the class party! They were seriously amazing!
How did your class celebrate Halloween?
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