Pumpkins large, pumpkins small,
pumpkins shaped round as a ball!
We made good use of our 6 table pumpkins! Our first job was “Science in Art“, where we used our “scientist’s eyes” to make careful observations and then sketch our pumpkins from 3 different perspectives. The 4th perspective was “personality“… that was fun to see all the different creative ideas! For “Pumpkin Math” we invited some parents into the class to help us scoop out the oopy goopy, sloppy pumpkin pulp. We used egg cartons as 10 frame counters. It was tricky trying to separate the pumpkin seeds from that slimy pulp! We worked on our “Power of Ten Math Strategies” to count up the seeds for each pumpkin. Finding 10’s is first, then making 10’s. Of course we had to find 100’s and make 100’s instead… but if you can add to 10 you can do almost anything! Finally we got to carve our pumpkins. It took some cooperative skills to plan each face.
We think our Jack o’Lanterns turned out great!
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