PUMPKIN WEEK! 
In first grade, we will be doing a variety of activities dealing with pumpkins. Here is a sneak peek at our schedule of activities.
Monday:
- We read Hidden Pumpkins and various other pumpkin books during read aloud today. We then made our very own jack-o-lanterns using geometrical shapes.
- We will be graphing the shapes we used as a class onTuesday.
- After drawing our jack-o-lanterns, we named them and wrote a make-believe story about them. Check these out on display in our classroom.
- Pumpkin math story problems (using addition and subtraction)
- Discussion of the growth and stages of pumpkins.
Wednesday:
- Pumpkin estimation- estimate the height, circumference, weight, number of vertical lines, and number of seeds in our class pumpkins. The students will estimate the circumference of the pumpkin and cut a piece of yarn that they think will fit exactly around the pumpkin. Then we will test the string and graph whether our strings were too short, too long, or just right. The students will then hunt around the room for other objects with the same circumference or width.
- The Great Pumpking Line Up- we will line up the pumpkins according to height, and then according to how heavy we think they are. Then, we will weigh the pumpkins and talk about why size is not the only determining factor in pumpkin weight.
Thursday:
- In groups of five, the students will make a list of adjectives that describe their pumpkin. Then, as a class we will read each groups attributes and try to guess which pumpkin is being described, based off of the adjectives written.
Friday:
- Pumpkin Carving! Thank you to our wonderful parent volunteers who have offered to come in and help us with this activity! We are so lucky to have such great help!
- Last week, we had a jack-o-lantern drawing contest in first grade. We voted on one winner per table group. These jack-o-lantern sketches will help us with our carving on Friday.
- Pumpkin seed cooking and tasting! Yummy!
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