Field Trip Fun! (And pumpkins too!)

We had a great time at the Magic House on Wednesday.  The first hour of our time was spent in the Community area, where the students got to use their imaginations to shop at the market, change tires on a race car, get a bite to eat at the pizza parlor, go fishing in the pond, and help sick pets at the veterinarian clinic.  Ask your child what other areas they visited in the "mini community."  The remainder of our time was spent creating our own plan/map for a new community.  The students worked in groups to decide the name of their community and what important businesses and buildings their community needed.  Check out the pictures below!  

What a fun day!

On Thursday, it was back to the books!  We worked extra hard in the morning on 10-frames in math.  Then we read a book about force and motion in reading, while stopping to discuss important ideas and vocabulary.  In the afternoon, we had fun creating our own pumpkins and writing about them.  We hung all the pumpkins on the board and played a guessing game using our writing as the clues.  See if you can find the pumpkin that this first grade author is describing:

What about this one?  

Please comment below about your favorite activity from the field trip OR what makes your pumpkin unique.  Have a wonderful fall break!  See you in a week!  :)