Friday, October 28, 2011

Last Friday's Ice CreamFUN


 Our new Friend Ella
Ella with Mia and her 4th Grade Book Buddy Kristi!
Welcome to Ella, her 4th grade brother and family from Virginia Beach!

This Friday's PUMPKIN FUN
Our CLASS pumpkin

Today we had a pumpkin filled day!  Ms. Woodard had a family member donate small pumpkins to EVERYONE in our classroom! How FUN...We completed our pumpkin observation booklet based on one big class pumpkin!  Please use it to guide you through observations of your small pumpkin at home! ENJOY
I read The Bumpy Little Pumpkin
It was FILLED with "sparkle" words! And then it was time to OBSERVE!  
We, first made some predictions on the height (in unifix cubes), number of ribs the circumference and if our pumpkin would sink or float and of course how many seeds would be in our pumpkin! THEN it was time for putting those predictions to the TEST!


The books we read during our day.

SPARKLE WORDS describe our pumpkin!
Predictions: height and #of ribs
Circumference
Sink or Float
How many seeds





OUR LAST OBSERVATION 
COUNTING SEEDS!!!
 Ms. Woodard read How Many Seeds In a Pumpkin
Did you know that the number of "ribs" on a pumpkin gives us a "clue" as to how many seeds it will have! WOW







We each got our very own pumpkin to bring home and observe! 
THANK YOU
TOP DOG 
Emily has been a great Top  Dog. I can count on her to be a role model for others!




Today she brought in some of her "old friends"...Ellie and Giraffee...Emily told us she has a "bunch more" at home. It must be a ZOO in Emily's room!