Fall Project

During writing we wrote books "How to Carve a Pumpkin" (I wish I had taken pictures!) Then we followed our own steps...

We found some treasures inside, like this new pumpkin plant!  We had learned about the pumpkin life cycle and how plants change as they grow, so this was especially exciting.

Before we took the top off of the pumpkin we took guesses on how many seeds were inside.  After cleaning the seeds, I showed them to the class and they adjusted their guesses and made estimates  based on what they could see.  We worked together to put them in groups of 10.  We counted 406 pumpkin seeds!

The next week we took a walk around the school and used our senses to describe Fall.

Before we carved our pumpkin, we drew it and then used water color.

Using the information from the 5 senses chart, we wrote thank you letters to fall.  

We made fall trees using shapes as leaves, then did a graphing activity.

After learning about the yearly cycle of an apple tree, we explored different kinds of apples using our senses of sight, touch, and taste.

While reading to self, students mark their favorite parts of stories with sticky notes.

Then during partner reading, they share their favorite parts with each other.

Sunflower Project:

We learned about Vincent van Gogh and how he liked to paint real things that he could see with his own eyes, including sunflowers.  Then, we explored sunflowers by using our senses of sight, hearing, and touch.  Next, we drew sunflowers and painted them.  Then we wrote sunflower poems.  

Self Portraits

Partner Reading

One of the writing goals is to label a picture.  One morning we practiced by labeling each other.