Family Project

October flew by! We were so busy. We spent most of the month learning about making connections, addition strategies, finishing up our personal narratives and learning about pumpkins!!!! We even had a family project for our students to do. We love family projects because it's a way to let families become a part of our classroom. Our October Family Project was a pumpkin decorating project. We supplied each of our kiddos with a paper pumpkin for them to decorate at home with their families. Then they had to write about how they decorated them. Then we had one of our famous museums. The students put all of their pumpkins and writings on their desks and their parents came in to see all of their hard work. Our big fourth grade reading buddies came and last year's kindergarten teachers came too! That was by far the most exciting part!

Here are a few of our pumpkins: 

A Robot Pumpkin

A pumpkin made with Orange Powder!

Check out his hair!

Super Glittery!

A Triceratops!

All of our Pumpkins!!!

We can't remember where we found the template for our pumpkin project. If it is your template please let me know. I'd like to give credit where credit is due!


On a personal note:
I am in the middle of a big move! I am moving out of my parents house and into my first apartment! Exciting, I know! The most exciting part is that I'm currently in the middle of renovating said apartment. It's an in-law apartment at my boyfriend's parents house. The apartment hasn't been renovated in close to 30 years. We thought when we took on the project that we were just going to be painting a few walls. Ha! Joke's on us! Sure we're doing that....but we're also completely updating the kitchen (counters, sink, dishwasher, disposable, etc.), taking down wallpaper, stripping wood areas, etc. The best part to all of this is that my future in-laws are paying for everything. I mean EVERYTHING!!!! It's crazy! Any time an idea pops into someone's head my boyfriend's father runs out and gets the supplies. It's awesome! But between renovations and school I am quickly getting burnt out and need a super break!

*Phew*