Dear families,
The countdown to Halloween has begun! Last week the children made patterned bead countdown strings to count the sleeps until Halloween. We are learning a poem called "Witch, Witch" and painted a pumpkin with different shapes for the pumpkin patch in the gym. This week we will measure, estimate, carve and count the seeds in small pumpkins. Then we will compare our findings between the two classes. Sometimes small pumpkins have more seeds than large pumpkins!
Last week the JKs made booklets called The Pumpkin Seed in which they had to put pictures of a pumpkin from seed to jack-o-lantern in sequence. The JKs also completed a reading activity in which they matched Halloween words with pictures and cut and glued them. The SKs made two Halloween writing booklets about pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns. Their homework for the weekend was to work on a Halloween writing booklet.
I am still expecting more Scholastic books to arrive this week. I have contacted Scholastic and they have assured me that they are completing our orders as quickly as possible.
I have prepared bags for each of the children to take home after the Halloween Party. If you are sending in treats for your child's classmates, please do so by Wednesday so that the children have time to sort them. If possible, your child should write the names of his/her classmates. The children can also put their Halloween party crafts in them.
With our Grade 2/3 Reading Buddies we coloured and read a booklet called Pumpkins.
The children did a wonderful job singing "Mr. Pumpkin" at the Sharing Assembly. Congratulations to Jakob, Mason, Cole and Aria for earning a certificate for Responsibilty.
This week we will make more Halloween booklets, practice our Halloween words, sing spooky songs and read spooky stories.
Have a wonderful week!
