Carving Away!

Last week we got to carve our very own pumpkin! Mrs. Fitzgerald cut the pumpkin open and we took turns picking out the seeds and scraping out the pulp. We then laid on our towels for a "Pumpkin Carving Movie!" Using our wonderful technology, we watched Mrs. Fitzgerald carve the pumpkin on the screen. We gave her ideas and voted on them. We had a great time! And we made a pretty good looking pumpkin :)

Measuring Pumpkins

Fall is here (although our weather doesn't show it all the time!) ... so what better way to start off fall than with pumpkins! We used uni-fix cubes to measure the pumpkins and estimated how many it would take. We then got to cut open the pumpkin (I've never cut open a pie pumpkin before and it was NOT the easiest thing I've ever done!) and feel the inside!

First "At Home" Projects

Our first "at-home" projects were a great success! Great job parents (siblings, grandparents...) and students! They were required to make a poster of either the day and night sky, or diurnal and nocturnal animals. The children had to present the poster to the class, and for the most part :), they knew what to say! The posters were fabulous and I could tell you put in great effort! Keep up that great work... it will help your children go far!

We became Paleontologists!!!

To end our unit, we went out into the field to dig for bones! We learned that paleontologists have a tough job in the heat being very patient and working very hard. We used little egg looking pieces of dirt, a pick and a brush. (Thanks dollar store- it was a great find... and a successful project! :)

Look! Bones!

We are omnivores!

We learned several big words during our dinosaur study (besides those dino names!): Carnivore, herbivore, and omnivore. They didn't believe me when I said we eat plants as well as meat! :) They soon learned as we had a special snack of veggies!

Thanks Mrs. Foster for letting us borrow your poem! It helped us learn those words! :)

Thanks for bringing the snack Jackson, it was tasty!