Friday, October 21st was Grandparents Day at Gillen Brewer. Each Crayon student had someone special visit our classroom. We started out by reading our "Grandparents Day" book with our guests, which outlined all of the activities that were going to happen. Then, the Crayon students helped their teachers share a book we made together called, "How to Make Applesauce." Next, it was finally time to try the applesauce the Crayon students worked so hard to make. After the snack, the Crayons and their grandparents worked together to decorate pumpkins using stickers, velcro, and felt. Finally, the Crayons sang the "Pumpkin, Pumpkin" song as they revealed a jack-o-lantern face to all of our guests. Earlier this month, The Crayons visited Dr. Davies' Farm and Apple Orchard. We went on a hay ride, picked apples, climbed trees, picked a class pumpkin, and had a picnic on the grass. Then, we spent the rest of the month exploring the apples and pumpkin at school. Back at school, our science teacher Braque cut the pumpkin open so we could explore the insides. It was gooey and had a lot of pumpkin seeds! We also took turns giving the pumpkin different jack-o-lantern faces. Students shared their faces with the class while singing: Pumpkin, pumpkin Round and fat Turn him into a jack-o-lantern Just like that! The Crayons used the apples to make apple sauce. First, a teacher had to peel the apples. Next, students helped cut the apples into tiny pieces. We put the apples in a great big pot. We added cups of water and 4 spoons of cinnamon. Then, we had to leave it in the pot. After it cooled, we mashed the apples! The Crayons noticed that the class pumpkin began to look moldy and mushy. We read about the life cycle of a pumpkin and learned that our pumpkin was rotten! |