Read-a-thon Activities!

Today we read the story Franklin's Halloween and we made a list of activities we saw in the story.  We decided to act out the story in our classroom today!

Abbey made a poster for our costume parade!

Some friends dressed up at the house centre!

Friends were getting ideas for their posters by looking at some books!

Some friends made a haunted house at the block centre!

We all had a chance to bob for apples!  They loved this activity!

Ashley made a jack-o-lantern with 3 eyes!

Trentin made a poster for our costume parade too!

One friend was acting out being a zombie at the haunted house!

Halloween Mystery

This week in class we are making predictions.  The children are signing beneath which item they think the capsule will turn into.  Then they are having fun watching the item emerge from the capsule after we put it in water. 

                         

What's Going on in the Classroom!

We are painting pictures of pumpkins!

Some friends are making potions at the water table!  

We are being doctors and patients!  Below is a list of vocabulary words we are using at the doctor centre!  

Some friends are creating with a variety of materials at the art centre!  Chayse made an angry bird!

Some friends are enjoying the dress-up centre!  

Some friends are digging for creepy crawlies in the sand!  

Feelings

We are focusing on feelings.  What they look like or what we can do if we see another friend sad, angry or scared.  Below are some activities that the children were doing!  Some made books about feelings.  Some made a monster showing emotions.

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything

Mrs. Shepley  read the the story 'The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything'. The story was followed up with a re-tell activity, where the children put the pictures in order of how they appeared in the story.  The story also inspired the children to build a scarecrow and make their own scarecrows cutting and pasting pictures together.  

The link below will bring you to a YouTube version of the story:

A Reading of "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything"

Sequencing re-tell activity.

Drawing scarecrows.

Cut and paste scarecrows.

Our scarecrow, the children named him Fred!

Taking Responsibility Within the Classroom!

We noticed that our chairs are dirty. So today the children washed and dried their chairs!

Bus Evacuation Drill

Today at school we had a bus safety demonstration and evacuation drill.  All of the children boarded the bus, listened to a safety talk and then practised using the emergency exit off of the bus.  

                             

The children boarded the bus.

 The bus monitors helped the children exit through the emergency exit.

The children then practised gathering with the bus monitors. 

Seeds or Not!

The children came to pick a fruit from the tree or a vegetable from the garden and we looked inside to see if there were seeds.  The topic of seeds was brought up last week when we had our fruit and vegetable feast and also this week when we were investigating some apples we found in the school yard.  We decided to investigate a little further.  The children has a chance for some hand- on exploration.  The children were asking some good questions about the seeds!

Math.....Counting objects!

The students are practising their estimation and counting skills by sticking their hand in the jar to see how many nuts " blocks" they can hold in their hand!  

Can You Draw The Line??

Roll the dice and draw the line game is out for our morning activity!  Try this at home!  Make your own dice using blocks.  You can put numbers and letters on the dice too!