JK had a quick but fun week. The students put their scientist hats back on and investigated a pumpkin. They heard a story called The Greatest Pumpkin and learned about how to care for a pumpkin from seed to full grown (and this pumpkin was enormous from all of the TLC it got!) They helped fill out a Venn Diagram together comparing and contrasting the life of an apple vs. the life of a pumpkin. The class made predictions whether a heavy pumpkin would sink or float. When we put the pumpkin in the tub of water, everyone was amazed at the pumpkins buoyancy. 
The kids investigated by pushing on the pumpkin to feel how it floats on water. We opened the pumpkin up to discover that the pumpkin is hollow with seeds and some guts. The kids helped me dig out the guts and seeds. Everyone got some seeds to count to practice their one to one correspondence. Once they are dry we will count out the total number of seeds inside that pumpkin. In centers this week, everyone had a chance to review some skills that they've learned so far in JK such as drawing a self portrait, practicing the magic "c" letters in shaving cream, reading assessments and working with counting and patterning at their own level.
The ISACS conference was a really inspirational and rewarding professional development time for me. I look forward to taking the information I learned and applying it in the classroom with your children.
This week is a four day week for us. Your conference schedules were passed out on Wednesday. There is no EDP on Friday.
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