Pumpkin Fun!

Today was quite an exciting day in first grade. It was the culmination of our pumpkin study. After learning about pumpkins all week, it was time to carve a pumpkin. We cleaned out the gooey stuff, decided on a face, and waited patiently until I carved it. Here is our pumpkin: 

In addition to carving it, we wrote the steps in the process. Here is an example of our writing process. 

Besides the pumpkin, we did do other learning today in first grade. In Religion class today, we continued learning the Great Commandment. Today we focused on ways to love ourselves and love others. To help us remember the Great Commandment, we created a heart poster. Here is one sample: 

In Language Arts, we reviewed our vocabulary words and our sight words. We also reread Good Job, Ben and wrote about the characters, setting, and events in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Finally, we read our decodable reader. 

It is no surprise that we went outside for gym class today. We just had to take advantage of the beautiful, warm weather. 

In Math class today we used linking cubes to measure the length and width of our desks. This is the first measuring lesson we did. We will soon be using rulers to measure. 

Just a reminder that there is no school tomorrow. Enjoy your weekend! See you on Monday!