Pumpkin Exploration

Pumpkin Exploration Day

Last Friday, the children got to explore 4 different stations during our 

Pumpkin Exploration Day! 

To get the children ready, we read the story How Many Seeds in A Pumpkin? 

by Margaret McNamara.

This story was a great introduction into facts about pumpkins.  For example:

Every line on the outside of a pumpkin contains one row of seeds on the inside!

The darker the orange color of a pumpkin means the longer it grew on the vines.

The longer a pumpkin grows on the vine, the more lines it will have.

The larger the pumpkin does not mean it will have the most seeds.

We had some amazing help with some special guests: Mrs. Baker, Digital Learning Specialist and Ms. Clemenzi, Math and Science Instructional Support Specialist.  The 4 stations included:

1. First predicting the height and width of the pumpkin.  Measuring a pumpkin with links for the width and cubes for the height.

2. Sink or Float?  First make your prediction.  Next, explore and conduct the experiment to find your answer!  Also, how many lines does the pumpkin have???  Predict first, then count!

3. Have you ever scooped the seeds from inside a pumpkin and felt the flesh?  What do the seeds feel like?  How many seeds did you scoop?

4. A pumpkin seed cycle... color and get ready to put the pictures in the correct sequence. Then, read A Seed Grows to practice our reading skills.

Station 1 with Ms. Clemenzi

Station 2 with Mrs. Baker

Station 3 with Mrs. Newton

Station 4 with Mrs. Gorman

Look for your child's Pumpkin Exploration scientific packet coming home very soon!

It was a great day!

A very special thank you to our special guests!

October Newsletter 2019

Dear Families, 

It is hard to believe that September has come and gone so quickly!  School has gotten off to a great start! The children have made a great transition to kindergarten and getting settled into Fuller Meadow School.  We are enjoying our daily routines and making new friends. It is amazing to see the kindergarteners grow and learn, and each month brings such new adventures! 

It was wonderful to see so many families at Open House!  It was nice to have time to share some of the great things we do in Kindergarten.  We also had an awesome first field trip apple picking at Smolak Farm. What beautiful weather for apple picking, eating cider doughnuts, and drinking apple cider!  

In the month of October, the children will continue to be learning about letters and practice the correct letter formation.  The children are encouraged to write their name with one capital and lowercase letters! Reader’s Workshop has begun and the students are building reading stamina during read to self.  We will also be introducing making connections and retelling, as well as the story elements: characters and setting. The children will continue rhyming and playing phonemic awareness games.  Popcorn words or sight words will be starting very soon. More information will be sent home shortly. 

In the Math In Focus program, the children have been focusing on numbers 0-5, as well as the concept of same and different. In October, the students will expand the concept of same and different and learn the numbers 6-10 and their corresponding value.  Please practice number formation at home and counting with 1-1 correspondence.  

The children have been enjoying Writer’s Workshop and using illustrations to tell a story. We will continue learning about the fall, apples, pumpkins, Columbus Day, and some Halloween activities.  It will be a great month of learning! 

Important Dates:

No School Monday, October 14

Progress Reports : October 18

Halloween Parade: October 31 at 10:00 Costumes must come in backpacks please. No Masks or face paint.

Halloween Party: October 31 at 2:10