Pumpkins!!!

We have 2 new additions to our classroom~ big, orange pumpkins! There sure do make our original observation pumpkins look small. A lot of our lessons from now until Halloween are going to focus on pumpkins.

 

Today seemed to fly by, as we worked on an art activity in different stages today. First, students drew a night sky of grass, moon, and stars with chalk on a black piece of construction paper. Then, we walked with the grade one and two class to the public library. It is library week and we were invited to enter colour or black and white drawings in the Remembrance Day contest. Students were also recorded reciting various lines from the poem, In Flanders Fields. We were also treated to cookies and juice!

 

In the afternoon, we had our free choice center time. Students took a 'play' break to work on the next part of their art project~ painting a pumpkin with water colour paint.

 

This is the sample that I made along with the students to demonstrate the process.

 

We also watched a video about the life cycle of pumpkins. Students felt and lifted both our small and big pumpkins to help us brainstorm some words that describe pumpkins. We used these words to create a short poem about pumpkins.

 We also read a poem about pumpkins.

 

Then, we worked on our third week of pumpkin observations. As students finished that job, they worked on cutting out their painted pumpkins and glued them onto their black paper.

Now, we have really awesome pumpkins at night paintings on display in the hallway!

Thursday, I am attending a yearbook photography workshop, so we will have a substitute teacher in our classroom. The students will be working on some more pumpkin activities, which will lead into our pumpkin theme for the school's open house on Thursday evening. I'm looking forward to seeing how their next pumpkin art project turns out! Results to come...