This week the PK children began their pumpkin unit.  Here is a recap of the week!

Morning Meeting

The children acted out the story of the 5 little Pumpkins.  They took turns playing the role of the different characters in the story and being ‘on stage.’  This is a great, fun way to have them perform in front of a large audience!  Also, we made a schema chart to see all the facts we know about pumpkins and this will guide future learning.  We also did a picture sort with the letter P.  

Centers

In reading groups, we read the story, Orange Pumpkin, Orange Pumpkin.  This is a version of Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin Jr.  We colored the pictures based on the description and circled the new popcorn words “I” and “see.” 

Also, the kiddos did a letter matching activity. 

Art- The children made silly scarecrows and worked on following multi step directions.  You can see their silly faces and creations posted on the classroom door! 

Math- Fall patterns and counting using candy corn and pumpkin manipulatives. 

Fine motor- Fall play dough mat scenes

Journal- The prompt was, ‘One upon a time, a pumpkin..’

Spanish

We had a tasty end of the week treat- homemade pumpkin muffins!

Next, week we will dive into more depth and learn how pumpkins grow and will follow up with a few science experiments.

Important Dates and Reminders

Pumpkin Carving Night- Friday, October 21st- 10 dollars per ticket. This includes dinner and a pumpkin to carve!

PK Halloween Party- Friday, October 28th

Halloween Carnival- Friday, October 28th