Happy Halloween!

We had a fabulous Halloween at our school.  First, the entire school went on our annual Halloween parade to the neighborhood nursing home and back to school.  We had the Topeka West High School band leading us the whole way.  When we arrived back at our school, we went straight to our classroom to party.  The students cut out pumpkins and chose how to decorate their pumpkin.  They picked out the style of eyes, nose, and mouth.  Then, they glued their chosen pieces to the pumpkin.  When they were finished, they had their very own jack-o-lantern.  After the craft, we ate our delicious treats.  Then, we played some Alphabet Bingo using candy pumpkins.  Of course, we enjoyed the candy pumpkins after the game.  Later in the afternoon, we carved a real jack-o-lantern!  After I opened the pumpkin, the students took turns digging out the seeds.  Then,  I carved a face, and we lit up the jack-o-lantern.  We love Halloween!

Our class before the parade (missing a few students who arrived late)

Our class before the parade including me

 
Here are some pictures on the parade route:




Our class after the parade

Enjoying the treats during the party











Here's some friends digging out the pumpkin seeds :-)


Each table posing with the finished jack-o-lantern





Happy Halloween!!!

Math + Stickers = Fun!

In math, I gave each student a blank, number board that was numbered 0 to 10.  I also gave the students a sheet of smiley face stickers.  The students put the correct number of stickers on each row.  They noticed immediately that each row was longer by one sticker.  Also, they noticed the stickers were making a staircase.  The students did a wonderful job counting, and they are becoming very inquisitive.  It was a fun, math project!

Here are some pictures:
 
 
 
Pictures of some friends holding up their finished number boards
 

 

 

Popsicle Party!

The student's behavior has been awesome lately!  They already earned another party for their good behavior.  A few weeks ago, we had a popcorn party and watched a Curious George on the scholastic bookflix website.  Today, we ate Popsicles and enjoyed an episode of Max and Ruby.  Here are some pictures from the party:

Fun with Shapes!

We have been learning about our shapes in math.  We have talked about the circle, triangle, rectangle, and square.  We've talked about how many sides they have.  We've played I spy shape games around the classroom.  We have also used our shapes to make some patterns.  We are very good at sorting shapes too.  Yesterday, we sponge-painted with the shapes.  The students had a blast.  They loved using the paint, and they were very creative.  Here are some pictures of them sponge-painting: