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Hello Families! Sorry for the late post, but I'm so excited to share about our special activity we did last week! We made our own pumpkin volcano!!! It was so much fun and a great hands on activity too. Each child took a turn pouring baking soda and putting food coloring into our pumpkin. Then they each took turns pouring vinegar into the pumpkin and making a mini volcano. They all enjoyed our hands on activity and connection to our pumpkin unit! As a connecting activity we read the Scholastic News article "Parts of a Pumpkin". Each student got to take a turn coming up to the board and participate. They all really enjoy this activity and the multisensory approach too!  We also read about the pumpkin life cycle! It was fun to learn about life cycles and I made sure to include some hands on components too. We each looked at the pumpkin seeds from our classroom pumpkin and had great visual supports for the rest of the stages of a pumpkin growing.  We completed vocabulary, li...

Hello Families! Last week we learned all about pumpkins! We talked about when pumpkins grow, who grows them and the parts of a pumpkin. The kids LOVED having a big and mini pumpkin that they could explore and hold! We read a fun story about a pumpkin that was craved into different Halloween costumes. I put velcro on a mini pumpkin and had each student "put on/dress up" with the matching picture symbol. We then read another book about the different facts about pumpkins. Today we did some pumpkin exploration! We talked about the different parts of the pumpkin first and then we explored inside! Each student took turns scooping out the pulp and seeds. Some friends enjoyed it while others didn't- it was so fun to see their reactions. Here's some of my favorite first reactions: I can confidently say that they ALL enjoyed taking turns to scoop the pulp out! It was great activity and Mrs. Fraser helped us to work on our core words while exploring! This week we're going t...