Pumpkin Jack

This week we have been reading the book Pumpkin Jack.  It is an awesome story about a boy and his jack-o-lantern.  This morning we created our own Pumpkin Jack! The students worked hard to dig all the guts out of the pumpkin, then they separated the seeds so Mr. Laue can bake them.  After separating the seeds, students designed a face for our pumpkins.  The students voted on which pumpkin faces we should pick.  They picked Cami's unicorn design and Thomas's face.  This afternoon we learned all about the life cycle of the pumpkin.  We had a great time today and the students are excited to try the pumpkin seeds later this week!

Pajama Day, Pumpkins, and the Jog-a-Thon!

The kids were very excited when they earned their first pajama day!  They did such a great job during our fire drill.  No tears, and everyone walked out quickly without covering their ears!

We painted some crazy pumpkins to hang in the hallway.  They will still be up for the Halloween Parade and Party!

The Blue Ribbon Celebration was a blast!  Whitney really enjoyed seeing all the big kids!  I loved seeing so many of my kindergarten faces!  I wish I could have gotten more pictures!

The kids were total ROCK STARS at the Jog-a-Thon today!  They were running machines!  Some of them ran 2 1/2 miles, and one little guy even ran THREE miles.  I was tired just from watching them!

And they're off!

Pumpkin Investigators!

Today we were pumpkin investigators. Students described the outside of the pumpkin and the inside of the pumpkins.  They also estimated how many lines went around the pumpkin and how many seeds were inside.  One thing we noticed was Mrs. Carlson's pumpkin was much smaller, but it had more lines and 4 times as many seeds!  Here is our investigation results:

 

The students had a lot of fun getting messy and gutting the pumpkin!

We carved a number one in the pumpkin since FIRST GRADE ROCKS!