Today was absolutely INSANE! Not only was it the last school day before Halloween, but it was pumpkin day in first grade AND the day of our book character parade.
The day started with kids dressed in costumes. First grade did fairy tales so we had dragon slayers, fairy godmothers, and princesses.
We sat in the hallway and watched grades 3-5 parade by us, then we stood up and got to parade by them. The kids LOVED it! There was music playing and they were dancing up a storm haha.
After the parade we went back to the classroom to begin pumpkin day. Pumpkin day included a variety of pumpkin activities. We started by making headbands, then made some guesses about our class pumpkin including how many seeds it had, how many lines, and how much it weighed. We cut strings to guess how big around we thought it would be then checked to see who was the closest (6 kids were dead on, impressive!!). We graphed our choices for what sort of face we wanted carved, then we opened up the pumpkin and carved it. The kids put the seeds in groups of ten for us to count, we listened to a story while sitting in the dark admiring our lit up pumpkin, we played Halloween bingo with candy corn, and we worked with partners to compare the small pumpkins we brought in from home.
All in all the day was a success. The kids were CRAZY excited ALL day! I had more than one tell me this was "the best day of my life" which I guess made the insanity all worthwhile.
I must admit, it was a fun day :)
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