We began the week by talking about our costumes for Halloween. Each of the children held the jack-o-lantern bean bag and stated a sentence about their costume. Then they got to choose who they would hand it to next.
Ms. O'Mullane's second graders came to our classroom for Buddy Reading! What is Buddy reading? The second graders pair up with an Alpha student and read a a picture book to them. It is an opportunity for the young child to get to know some of the older students and further build community. Each month we will do a different activity with Ms. O'Mullane's class!
At center time, we created Halloween pictures by drawing with a white crayon on black paper. Adding foam stickers was the next step of this project and then the children dictated their stories to Mrs. Samuel. This project gave the children an opportunity to practice creating representational drawing and also gave them a chance to practice their fine motor coordination by having to peel the white backing from the sticker shapes. They are hanging up in the classroom. Please make sure you take time to look at them when you are visiting the classroom after the Halloween Parade on Friday.
Thanks for helping your child choose items for sharing that reinforce our themes. We had the best time counting the 8 legs of these gigantic spider. When children play with these creatures, it makes them less scary.
Mr. Williams was our mystery reader on Thursday. He "read' two books using the I-pad. The first book was What Was I Scared Of? by Dr. Seuss and the next was Miss Spider's Tea Party by David Kirk
Some of the other books that we read this week included:
Night is Coming by W. Nikolalisa
No Room on the Broom
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental
It's Pumpkin Time by Zoe Hall
How Spider Saved Halloween by Robert Kraus
One of my favorite activities is listening to Mrs. Gootson read to your children. She makes a book come alive! In this photo she was finishing How Spider Saved Halloween.
Mrs. Samuel was missing? No, she spent the first hour of Friday morning honoring Mr. Hank for his 39 years with the postal system.
Our themes for exploring were bats, spiders, and Halloween. We made a drink using "ghost" milk and spider juice (orange sherbet). Mixing it in the blender made a yummy treat to go along with orange/anaranjado and black/negro cookies. We walked over and under a spider web and decorated bats by doing "rock and roll" painting. Mrs. McIvor was the leader of the dance room where the regular lights were turned off and we moved on the rug to the glow of the orange Halloween lights.
We finished this spectacular day by attending the student dedication of the new Athletic center. We made a book to go into the time capsule and had so much fun celebrating this new facility. If you have not had the pleasure, please schedule a tour with Mrs. Gootson.
Help!! We are collecting oatmeal, pringle, and coffee containers for our Thanksgiving exploring on November 4th. We will be making drums. You may send them in at any time before that day. Thanks!
