Leaf Man

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The story Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert is about the Leaf Man drifting around and it visited many places and saw a lot of animals. We don’t know where the Leaf Man is going because it goes where the wind blows. After reading the story, we created our own Leaf Man. As the children were building, we heard some interesting stories of where their Leaf Man has gone and what they have seen! A few leaf men went to the beach, some went to Parkcrest school, one went to the states and another one went to a pond. These leaf men can be anywhere! Look around next time when the wind is blowing. You might see a Leaf Man drifting by.

Our Jack-o-Lantern

We are scientists and we have been studying about pumpkins. We read stories, had discussions, made observations, and last week, we touched and smelled the inside of our class pumpkin! The children watched me carve our pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern.

We created a web of words that we thought described the inside of the pumpkin.

We measured, drew pictures, and counted pumpkin seeds. Our small pumpkin had many seeds, much more seeds than a bigger pumpkin! We learned about the life cycle of a pumpkin, and most importantly, we had a fun week!

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Ask your child to tell you what they know about pumpkins.