We introduced pumpkins and the life cycle with the book From Seed to Pumpkin by Wendy Pfeller.
This book provides a great opportunity to work on sequencing. As a class, we put the stages of the life cycle in order, starting with the seed.
The kids created their own 3D life cycle pumpkin to practice sequencing on their own.
We also read The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steve Kroll.
If you could've seen my reaction when I saw the pumpkin Savannah's mom brought into our classroom...HOLY PUMPKINS! It was huge. I thought this book would be a great way to begin making observations on size, weight, etc.
We began our pumpkin exploration with the three pumpkins donated to our class. First, we predicted whether or not our pumpkins would float. The majority of the kids predicted they would sink.
They were mighty surprised to see each pumpkin floating. When we opened the pumpkins up we discussed what we found inside - seeds, pulp - but mostly, nothing at all - just air.
The pulp grossed out several of the girls, but I was pleased with how many of the kids were ready to get down and dirty. Each table scooped out the pulp and separated out the seeds.
We grouped the seeds into piles of 10 and then counted them by skip counting.
We also measured our pumpkins with cubes to see how many cubes tall they were - it was no mystery which pumpkin was the tallest!
These were the results from our pumpkin exploration!
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On Friday, we brought shapes into our unit by carving jack-o-lantern faces. Triangles were the most popular choice!
We can't wait to pick our own pumpkins from the pumpkin patch at Indigo Farms!
This week's Star Student is Savannah Basile!
Savannah always demonstrate a friendly and kind demeanor. She has a strong work ethic and really enjoys being at school. She worked hard to earn her new Star Student status! :)
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