Friday, October 29, 2010

A Very Busy Week in Bear Country

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We went to Buckelew Farm on Wednesday.  Here's what the cubs wrote about the trip:
"I rode the bus to the pumpkin patch.  My field trip was fun. Buckelew Farm was my first field trip. It was fun riding on the bus with my friends. I liked reading on the bus. I ate my snack.  We rode a wagon to the patch.  I saw a snake.  There were a lot of pumpkins. The scarecrows were scary.  I had big fun!  It was a nice and warm day.  There were orange, green, yellow, striped, red, big, small and cracked pumpkins.  I rode a wagon to the pumpkin patch.  The wagon ride was fun. I went to the bathroom there and I did not like it because it was smelly!   I picked a medium sized pumpkin.  I liked picking my pumpkin.  I picked a wierd pumpkin.  I didn't like that our first trip was cancelled.  I picked the best pumpkin! After we got our pumpkins we had lunch.  My mom played with us.  I liked when my mom came with us.  I loved it. It was a fun day.  It was a good day.  I had a great time at the farm. My trip was amazing. I wish I could go there again. Thank you Mrs. Pruzin."
We had 5 centers for our Harvest Party on Friday afternoon.  This is a picture of the cubs and Mrs. Pruzin at the end of the day.  As you can see everyone had fun playing candy corn bingo, doing bat bowling, making clay beads for Ben'sBells, making a pumpkin magnet and trying to eat a donut hanging from a string!

Here are some other things that we did this week as written by some cubs: "We got a pumpkin mat and we did everything with our pumpkins. At school we measured our pumpkins. We got a 5 in Art.  I played tag with Ed and I went on the swings. We made a pumpkin out of clay in Art. "

We have been learning about autumn, pumpkins and plants.  We also made pumpkin glyphs.  Below are some pictures that show our learning during the month of October.

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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Authors , A.R. Dancers & Busy Times

The cubs were so busy this week!  There wasn't time for them to write.  Our school had a Peace Conference.  We did an activity each day.  On Friday the whole school had a Unity Rally.  There was music, a speaker, a slideshow and the grand finale was outside.  A helicopter came to take a picture of the symbol we all formed.  Doves were set free and we watched them fly together for several minutes.

Our trip to Buckelew Farm was rained out.  The cubs were so dissappointed.  We'll be going on Wednesday.  Hopefully it won't rain.

Our pumpkin seeds grew into seedlings and that was very exciting!  The cubs wrote and drew about them in their plant logs.

Many children took A.R. tests this week.  Children who get 100% on their A.R. tests do the A.R. dance at the end of the day.  Here are two pictures of the cubs dancing.

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"I got 100% on my A.R. test....YEAH!"


Some children wrote books at home.  The cubs always enjoy the books.