An End to October

We wrapped up October with Red Ribbon Week in which the students got to come to school with crazy hair, crazy socks, boots, and jeans.  Our afternoon class really liked the crazy hair day! That same week, the students learned how to tell real from make-believe and we read lots of silly, spooky books about Halloween. In the word work center, the students sorted letters into their matching jack-o-lantern and in math games, the students made picture patterns with attribute blocks. My PM class made some leaf animals and both classes arranged random shapes to create their own monsters. We put these on display out in our hallway just before the Garth Haunted House. 

 

 This past week we celebrated Halloween, can you tell?

 We did some learning, though too!  In math games, the students played a special Halloween edition of Memory. The students had to find number matches that were printed on fun Halloween pictures. In the number work center, the students worked on adding up to ten using our counting bears and ten frames. In word work, the students put together 3 letter (CVC) word puzzles. 

We ended the week by making some beautful turkeys to prepare for our upcoming unit on the first Thanksgiving. The students had to cut out their own feathers and choose what kind of pattern they wanted  and glue them in place. The kiddos enjoyed this activity very much and their terrific turkeys are on display in our hallway!