Halloween Party

The kindergarteners enjoyed their first school party!  It was a fun time!  They looked so cute in their costumes.

 

The Chickadee Bird Club

The first graders join us every Friday afternoon for 25 minutes to learn more about birds.  They decided to give themselves' a name and they are the "Chickadees".  I start the lesson/meeting with a bird trivia question and then a mystery bird photo.  Then we continue with a slideshow of birds working on bird identification.  We do a lot of comparing and looking for details at this time.  I think this carries over into their other studies as well.  It helps to make them become more observant.  During the lessons we also discuss needs of animals, habitats, migration, geography, weather and many other topics. They are a very inquisitive group of children. I look forward to our meeting all week.  I love it!

The Chickadees

Birthday Fun!

Celebrating my birthday with the kids today was a great way to mark the day! They made me feel very special! We had a nice day!

It is tradition to take my students on a tour of my house and have frosted sugar cookies that I had baked the night before.  Before we went I read, My Teacher Sleeps in School.  They think that is pretty funny!  As we were about to leave, one boy shouted, "Brown Creepers!"  I went to look out the window and sure enough on the tree trunk by the deck there were two tiny Brown Creepers!  I was so surprised!  He was very observant as I rarely see them in my yard.

Time for Birthday Cookies!

A Brown Creeper is a small bird that creeps up trees foraging for food.  

 http://sdakotabirds.com/species/brown_creeper_info.htm

Jack-O-Lantern Carving

Today I taught a lesson about pumpkins and about their life cycle.  Then they helped to clean out the pumpkin, so I could make it into a jack-o-lantern.  It was a fun time!  You all have pumpkin seeds to plant next spring! 

Our Favorite Birds

Here are the kids' favorite birds.  What is yours?

Homecoming

Footprint Art

I had the students put their white footprints on blue paper to resemble ghosts.  Then they painted a Halloween scene around it.  We hope it isn't too scary for you!