October

We love exploration time in the mornings!

A sensory bin filled with oatmeal, acorns, glitter, and pumpkin spice!  Can you pinch and collect the glitter leaves?

 "It's slimy!  I like getting my hands in it!"-Noah

 "It smells yucky! I wonder what we are going to do with all these seeds?"-Reese

Fall scented play-doh.  We created leaves for various trees.

We used nature to create a large circle pattern.

Can you use fall ribbon to weave a pattern?

"Look Mrs. Duros, the ribbon is even a pattern of yellow and organge!"-Nick

Molding clay was fun to experience in our hands!  We displayed the trees in the showcase outside of our classroom.

"Mrs. Duros do you think this is a maple or oak tree?"-Max

We found a leaf, glued it down, and turned it into something else with our fine tip black Sharpie markers.

Nature Walks

Students went on nature walks with their families to collect materials to make oberservations and I wonder statements."

We are authors of books about fall and leaves.

We ended the month of October by visiting 

Russell Farms with the kindergarten classes at FCE.

 "I had fun doing the chores with hay."-Finley

 "I was the book helper while she read about the square pumpkin. 

I learned there are different sizes and shapes."-Allison

"I cleaned and put the eggs away from the hens."-Morgan

 "Milking the cow was funny.  It was water and not real milk."

We enjoyed the hayride (we learned was actually straw) to pick our pumpkins.

 "I picked one with a very very long stem."-Dean

"After the trip I did a 48 piece farm puzzle. 

 It was hard but I did it with Drew's help."-Isaiah

What we learned....

Students created math story problems...

Sentences to document our learning

 Pumpkin experiements...

Can't wait for the students to cook a variety of flavored seeds tomorrow!