We had an amazing and eventful day on Tuesday! The class had a day of investigating pumpkins.
Our day started with a book called "How Many Seeds Are In A Pumpkin?" This prepared us to estimate how many seeds were in the pumpkin. We divided up into two groups, Investigation 1 and Investigation 2. After that, we counted by tens to see how many pumpkin seeds were in each of the pumpkins. We investigated each pumpkin by how it looked; how many lines, describing it, we counted by tens, used tally marks and dotters to help us keep track. We described how the pumpkin guts felt...some of us did not want to touch it at all!
The second half of the day we made My Pumpkin Planting Book. We created a step by step book on what happens when you plant a pumpkin seed. Some of us got to read our book to Mrs. Richards class. The students were so prideful in the hard work that they did to create their book!
On Wednesday I brought in the pumpkin seeds they they dug out, but they were roasted and very yummy! Even if they did not like pumpkin seeds many tried them and now they like them!!!
This was one of the best days for everyone!
Our day started with a book called "How Many Seeds Are In A Pumpkin?" This prepared us to estimate how many seeds were in the pumpkin. We divided up into two groups, Investigation 1 and Investigation 2. After that, we counted by tens to see how many pumpkin seeds were in each of the pumpkins. We investigated each pumpkin by how it looked; how many lines, describing it, we counted by tens, used tally marks and dotters to help us keep track. We described how the pumpkin guts felt...some of us did not want to touch it at all!
The second half of the day we made My Pumpkin Planting Book. We created a step by step book on what happens when you plant a pumpkin seed. Some of us got to read our book to Mrs. Richards class. The students were so prideful in the hard work that they did to create their book!
On Wednesday I brought in the pumpkin seeds they they dug out, but they were roasted and very yummy! Even if they did not like pumpkin seeds many tried them and now they like them!!!
This was one of the best days for everyone!
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