Harvest Party Time!

On Friday, our class celebrated our Harvest Party!  The children all looked great in their costumes.  Even the teachers dressed up!

Here is The Cat in the Hat (Ms. Mirjah), The Statue of Liberty (Ms. Demsky), a Mouseketeer (Mr. Kefgen), a Pink Crayon (Ms. Josephson), a Leopard (Ms. Bryant), Miss Viola Swamp from the children's book Miss Nelson is Missing (Mrs. Woolsey) and a New Mom (Ms. Standand)!

Our class was also full of some great characters! 

A fairy princess (An'Niyia) dazzled us in her tutu and crown!

Our class chef (Dominique) was really cookin'!

2-4-6-8, who do we appreciate? Kesia!  Keisa!  Go Keisa!

The wolf (Ronin) tried to scare Little Red Riding Hood (Kyndal)!

There's a new sheriff in town...Sheriff Nico!

I couldn't have said it better myself, Noah!

("Who needs Halloween?  My sister scares me enough")



I don't know if the Joker (Keveon) can take on all those superheroes!  Optimus Prime (Morgan), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (Emmanuel), Batman (Romeo), Supergirl (Reigna) and Superman (Kyle) to the rescue!

I knew I was safe with ninjas Peyton, Kameron and Malik around!

In the morning, we combined with Ms. Mirjah's kindergarten class for some harvest fun!  First we made pumpkin mosaics to decorate our cubbies.

Then we played Harvest Bingo!  The first graders did a great job being leaders and helping the kindergarteners play the game.

We then practiced what we have learning in science and used our 5 senses to describe a pumpkin.  First we explored the outside of the pumpkin:

"It smells like dirt!" - Romeo

"I see something green on top." - Keveon

"It looks orange and round." - Emmanuel

"It feels smooth but with some bumps." - Noah

"It sounds like a door when you bang on it!" -Kyndal

Then we opened them up and explored the inside!

"It smells bleachy!" - Malik

"It tastes like vegetables!" - An'Niyia

"It feels cold and slimy!" - Reigna

"It looks like mud, but it's orange!" - Peyton



Finally, we all counted the seeds we pulled out of the pumpkins to see who had the most.  Reigna won by counting 153 pumpkin seeds!

We had such a great time!  We even got to trick or treat at every classroom.  The first graders did a great job of saying "trick or treat" and "thank you" to all the teachers.  We received many compliments from teachers on each floor about what great leaders we were for the younger kids!

Thank you to each family who donated treats for our Harvest Party!  I know the children had a great time!