Mrs. Drake's Classroom

General Activities for Oct.

	Using tongs we picked spiders out of the bowl and dropped them into a muffin tin pre-programmed with numerals.
Sorting Oriental Trading Halloween erasers	The sensory table with deer corn, some cups for pouring, and the scale for measuring are a favorite activity.
Science Center: Indian corn setting in a shallow dish with some water. In a few days the corn will start sprouting.	Variety of gourds in our science center garner a lot of attention, discussion, and close observation.
Oct Bulletin board. Spider webs, flying bats, pumpkins and fall leaves. Soon we will add scarecrows.
Singing our favorite Halloween song - Knock, Knock, Trick or Treat. Download the song free here: http://www.supersimplesongs.com/freekidsongs.html	We painted monsters after reading Go Away Big Green Monster. We used construction paper scraps to make a monster of our own. I took their dictation and we will make this into a class book.
After reading "The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything" we reinacted the story on our felt board. We also enjoyed listening to the story on tape while reading along. (Felt pieces here)	Another retelling prop for Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything.
We used one of our favorite poems to read each other's names.	We estimated the number of candy corns in a small cup.
Almost complete! Adding Indian corn soon. Completed Oct BB
	More corn, pumpkin, scarecrow, bat, and leaves lesson plan ideas.

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