The "ooooooooooooo" sound

The girls had fun yesterday in language arts learning the "oo" (spooky, broom) sound.  We read Room on the Broom and brainstormed different words containing "oo".  The girls then copied these words--or thought of more on their own-- onto spider legs.

After the girls copied their words, they made "oo" spider eyes with pasta mini wheels.

This week, we are switching gears away from addition to celebrate Halloween!  The girls are doing "pumpkin math" and all of our lessons will feature our class pumpkin.  The girls will estimate various characteristics of our pumpkin then compare and record the actual answers.  Yesterday, the girls came up with many adjectives to describe the outside of a pumpkin before estimating its height and width.

Finally, we have a new STAR in our room--Miss STAR-abella :-)  The girls loved hearing new facts about their friend and enjoyed looking at her family photos.