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Describing the properties of objects is an important learning objective in science.  The little scientists of Division 8  are developing this important scientific skill by using their five senses to develop a detailed description of our class pumpkin.

We described what our pumpkin looked like: orange, round, small, short, rind, stem, ribs.  We shook the pumpkin and heard it rattle.  We took off the lid and looked inside: pulp, seeds, stringy goo.  We smelled the pumpkin:  phew!  We touched the pulp and counted the seeds.   Finally, we cooked the seeds and tasted them: delicious! [metaslider id=4118]

We were surprised by the number of seeds that were in our pumpkin.  We found out that there were 601 seeds inside our small pumpkin.  We learned that if a pumpkin is dark orange and has a lot of ribs, it has been growing longer and will have more seeds.  We also learned that the stem of a pumpkin is called a peduncle.

Ask me to describe our pumpkin for you.

You are probably wondering what math looks like in our classroom.  We do have whole-group and small-group lessons, but the majority of our time is spent actively practicing new strategies and developing math fluency through centres, games, puzzles etc.  We also work together because cooperative learning encourages different ways of thinking while representing math concepts. 

Here we are being mathematicians. [metaslider id=4117]

After visiting the animals and playing on the hay bales, we took a ride out to the pumpkin patch.  Then we got to pick out our own pumpkin to take home, but which one should we choose? Finally, we picked the perfect one and it was back to the bus. [metaslider id=4072]

We had a wonderful trip!  Thank you to all the parent volunteers that came with us. We could not have had this experience without your support.

Ask me if a saw something that surprised me.