From Pumpkin to Jack-O-Lantern

Today was quite an exciting day in first grade. When the students walked in the quickly discovered a pumpkin sitting on the back table. It did not take them long to figure out that we were going to carve it. However, they had to wait to the end of the day. Patience is hard sometimes. 

In Religion class today we talked about the different seasons in the church year. We learned about each one including the colors we see during the different seasons. 

To continue our health education lessons, today's focus was on drugs. We learned that some drugs can be good for us like antibiotics and immunizations. We talked about making sure that we get medicine from a grown up and never take medicine from strangers. We then talked about the importance of staying away from cigarettes and alcohol. 

In Language Arts class, we reviewed our sight words, the digraphs sh and th and the vowel sound al. We partner read our story and reviewed the details in the story. We then practiced writing proper nouns remembering that they begin with a capital letter. Finally, we worked in literacy centers. 

During Math class today, we again practiced the adding 1 facts. Today we used a wrap up to do so. 

Finally, it was time to carve the pumpkin. The students from Room 101 joined us for this activity. Everyone got to help pull the seeds out of the pumpkin. Together we decided that our pumpkin would have triangle eyes, a diamond nose, and a vampire mouth. As Mrs. Steberger read them a book about the life cycle of the pumpkin, I carved it. And before you knew it, we had a jack-o-lantern. 

To wrap up this activity, we wrote the steps we took in carving it. I think it looks cute!