Our latest Mystery Readers

Here are some pictures of Pre-First's latest Mystery Readers!!!!

 

Kohena's mom, Debita

 

Catelyn's dad, Jim (aka Pinkalicious)

 

Rakeb's mom, Tigist

 

Blair's dad, Bobby

5 Days till Halloween!

Staying with our Halloween theme, the girls wrote fabulous stories using a carved out pumpkin as a stage set.  Together as a class, we voted on the characters, setting and props.  The girls chose a cheetah and pig, the rainforest and a skateboard, french fries and birthday cake.

 

The girls used their iPads to take pictures of the scene.

 

They went back to their seats and wrote their short stories on pumpkin-themed paper.  They turned out fabulous and we are planning on turning them into a class book!

 

During our math time, the girls had to estimate how many popcorn kernels it would take to cover Casper, our friendly ghost.  They wrote their estimates on post-it notes.

 

Together, with a partner, they counted the kernels in sets of 10 and recorded it on the board.

 

Then they went over to Casper and glued on their kernels.

 

Here is Casper, all dressed up and ready to go!

 

The final count for Casper was 370 and the closest we came was 3 girls who guessed 100!

Pumpkin Math

Halloween is right around the corner so we have decided to embrace the craziness and incorporate it into our learning.  The girls were given a Pumpkin Math packet, filled with different activities all based around pumpkins.  They will be estimating, observing and having fun all at the same time! 

Observing the pumpkin, writing down as many different descriptions as we could.

 

Brainstorming what was lighter and/or heavier than our class pumpkin.

Pumpkin Glyph

We started our Halloween fun today with a pumpkin glyph.  The girls had to follow certain directions and decorate their pumpkin accordingly--it is a fun and different way to collect data about our Pre-First class!  Be sure to ask your daughters how they decorated their pumpkins!

Catching up on our Mystery Readers

Many thanks to our latest Mystery Readers.  The girls look forward to this time so much and we thank you all for taking the time out of your days to read to them.

Maia's mom, Leslie, and special guest--her Grandmother!

Sophia's mom, Teresa, in costume :-)



 

Blair's mom, Karen

 

 

Pumpkin Teeth

Today we worked on our addition skills and number sentences by adding pumpkin teeth.  The girls had to roll a dice 2 times and place the number amount on the top and bottom.  They then had to count the teeth and write the addition sentence.  Can you tell we are inching closer to Halloween?

Ant Cafe

Today during science we discussed what an ant might eat if they were to eat out at a restaurant.  The girls ideas were fabulous--we had everything from hot dogs to pizza.  We narrowed our choices down to marshmallows, chocolate sauce, mustard, applesauce, ketchup, graham crackers and dog food--which is how our Ant Cafe was created.  The girls put on their"scientist" hats and predicted what the ants would like the most.

 

We then created our masterpiece entree.

 

And here is the Ant Cafe in action.

 

 

Unfortunately, the ants did not cooperate (cue the sad music).  We think with this cold spell that they have already started hibernating.  As a class, we decided to hang on to our prediction chart till the spring when the weather is more conducive to ants eating/crawling everywhere.  Another science experiment bites the dust....