This week was all about Halloween! On Monday, we used squares, circles, rectangles, and triangles to create our own shape monsters! Once the masterpieces were complete, students counted how many of each shape they had used. We also learned the chant, “Five Little Pumpkins” in spoken English and in sign language! When we went outside, the students found a lethargic butterfly that calmly stood on many children’s fingers. We got to get an up-close look at a butterfly, and learn about how cold weather can affect butterflies.
On Tuesday, we had another great day in the forest classroom! We played another huge game of hide-and-seek together, continued building our big fort, and played pretend with friends. Later, we read a Halloween story about colors, and then we went on a color hunt! Students were given a checklist with colors, a marker to check off the colors they had found, and a paper bag to collect their colorful items. We hiked up the trail, farther than we had ever walked, and ended up at a cute little bridge over a stream that was very exciting to walk over. Back at Samuel Morey, we each took our colorful treasures out of our bags and sorted them into color categories. Once everyone’s color hunt objects had been sorted, we counted and graphed how many of each color we found. Students helped to count the objects, and some students colored a bar on the bar graph. We found that brown was the most common color, and blue was the least common.
On Wednesday, we read “Room on the Broom” which many of the students were familiar with! Some students knew the story so well that they were able to tell the story along with me, word for word. Mrs. Karen, our sign language expert, also came to visit us and taught us some new signs, including Halloween words.
On Thursday, we celebrated Halloween! Many students wore their Halloween costumes when we walked down to the Fairlee library in what we called our “Halloween parade.” When we got to the library, students were surprised to find that Mrs. Samantha had transformed into Maleficent! She read us some special Halloween stories, gave us a delicious Halloween snack, we did a very cute Halloween craft, and played some fun Halloween games! At the end, she gave each student a goodie bag with treats, tattoos, and glow sticks! It was a very special day! Thanks Mrs. Samantha!
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