My Favorite Time of Year

Nothing is better than a fall day in October with 22 Gators to share it with here at Grove!!  We have been working on habitats in Science, Fire Safety in Social Studies, word problems or number models using Halloween shapes for math, asking thick and thin questions in Reading Workshop AND narrative writing in Writing Workshop!    We even found some time to
create!!!  Take a look at our paper strip pumpkins!
I love this "outside the box" activity that makes kids problem solve how they can turn 9 simple orange strips of construction paper into a recognizable pumpkin!  They are all so creative.  The best part was the writing they did afterwards, describing their jack-o-lantern!!!  You will be able to see them up close during Parent/Teacher conferences!!!