Happy October!

Here's a look at some of the things we've been doing over the past few weeks.

One of our writing lessons taught the students how to label. Some of the kids have really enjoyed labeling, so much that they now label everything. Anchor chart and lesson inspired by this blog post at the Inspired Apple.

We had a health unit for Science that focused on healthy eating and getting active, I think I mentioned it in my last post. One of our culminating activities was filling up a food plate with healthy food choices. Some of the kids even labeled their foods which goes to show that they were paying attention to our labeling lessons. Hooray for that! (Activity from this unit at TpT, created by the teacher over at T.G.I.F. blog.)

Here is one of our literacy anchor charts. The students are really getting the hang of what questions they should ask to help them them become better readers. Lifted this anchor chart HERE from one of my favorite teacher blogs, The Inspired Apple. 

Over the past two weeks we have been learning about nonfiction texts. Inspired by this wonderful anchor chart over at 2nd Grade Shenanigans.

The nonfiction texts we have been studying about over the last two weeks have been science books with fall themes. Topics included leaves changing colors, animals preparing for hibernation, fall temperatures, pumpkins, and apples. Last week we took a virtual field trip to Libby's pumpkin farm, the company that makes canned pie filling.
    

On Friday we studied apples. I brought two types of apples for the kids to taste - Gala and Honeycrisp. We compared and contrasted their colors, sizes, shapes, textures, and tastes. At the end of the lesson we voted on which apple we thought tasted better. Honeycrisp won by a large majority!

Here's a photo of our PK-4th grade choir singing at the church during Education Sabbath. They did a fabulous job!