Pumpkin & Halloween Photos

Mrs. Cook's Photos
We made a tree map that shows how a pumpkin seed grows and then we made this pumpkin shaped tactile book! (We used coffee grounds for the soil!) At the end of the week we made "Pumpkin Pie" in a cup (following directions from a flow map of course!) and put a picture of us eating it at the end of the book!

Here are a few of the thinking maps we made to help us learn about pumpkins!
Brace Map	Brace Map	Tree Map
Tree Map	Bubble Map	Bubble Map
Tree Map	Double Bubble Map	Double Bubble Map
Here we estimated how much string would go around our biggest pumpkin. We then measured and "tree-mapped" if the string was too long, just right, or too short. Two of us were Just Right! We measured the "just right" string with unifix cubes, paper clips, crayons, links, inch worms, and inches, then graphed our results!





We related many of the things we learned at our field trip to Heather's Pumpkin Patch in our Weekly Reader!

Here are two pumpkin frames we made for keepsakes!

We made a tree map by voting for our favorite pumpkin carving pattern.


Mrs. Angelia and Mrs. Leslie came to carve pumpkins one afternoon. We all learned alot about the inside of a pumpkin (and even got to feel the inside of one! Ooooooey Gooooooey!) We also estimated how many seeds were in the biggest pumpkin. Anyway, Mrs. Angelia gave us a lesson on pumpkin carving and before we knew it, Mrs. Leslie and Mrs. Cook had carved their own!








Mrs. Angelia took home all the seeds that she dug out of our pumpkin. She roasted half of them and fried the other half. We had a taste test to see which way we liked them better and put our results in a tree map! Thanks Mrs. Angelia!


We were curious to see if the inside of a mini pumpkin looked the same as a big one. So we cut one open. Everything was the same, just much smaller! How cute!

Mrs. Leslie made this adorable pumpkin cake for a special snack one day! Thank you so much Mrs. Leslie! It was too cute to eat, but quite delicious!

In a center, we had to match the number that was on the bottom of the pumpkin by counting pumpkin seeds into the pumpkin.

Later, we planted our seeds and kept a journal (and a photo flow map) of how they grew!

In a center, we put a mini pumpkin on one side of the scale and went around the room looking for objects that would fit on the other side. We had to determine if the object was heavier or lighter than the pumpkin and record our results on a tree map!



We had a lot of fun sorting the pumpkins by color, shape and size. Then we lined them up from smallest to biggest.




Deputy Bud came and talked to us about Trick or Treating Safety and Stranger Danger. Thank you Deputy Bud for helping us learn how to stay safe and say no to drugs!


The Ponchatoula High School Cheerleaders and Dance Team came and led us in a few cheers and dances! Just Say NO!




We made made a multi flow map about the effects of drugs. We came up with some really good reasons not to take drugs! Then made a trick or treat safety book and talked about how to stay safe and make sure our parents check our candy before we eat it!.

In Halloween centers, we got to stamp a pattern with shaped sponges and paint!

We used cookie cutters to stamp a picture in play dough and then stamped the word to match the picture.

We had Halloween puzzles to put together and also made a patterned necklace!


We used the Halloween story board to tell Halloween stories!

We had a special Halloween treat and got so much candy that we didn't even need to go trick or treating!