Friday

Hi parents,

Today was a good day for our class, minus a few unexpected twists...

This morning, I walked into the classroom to discover that Jack the Pumpkin had essentially rotted and melted overnight into a pool of disgusting pumpkin juice that covered an entire table. Needless to say, that was quite disappointing for Jack's group, as well as gross for the entire class.

Once that was cleaned up, however, we wrote our spelling quiz, and that went well! After that, we got started on the pumpkin carving. Jack's group was dispersed to team up with the remaining four pumpkins.

When we took the 'lids' off the pumpkins, we discovered that DJ Marshmello, a pumpkin that looked so healthy, was actually severely infected with rot as well, and the inside of him looked a lot like Campbells Chunky soup.

We carved the remaining pumpkins, and scooped out all the seeds. We'll be counting the seeds on Monday!

The students were once again having some real issues with listening to instructions today. The tipping point was when I asked 4 students to come and look at the rotting pumpkin, and the entire class stood up and swarmed the desk! I got the whole class to meet at the carpet and made them go through "Listening School" before we got to do any more fun activities. Listening School consisted of practicing sitting quietly on the carpet, listening to all of the instructions, and walking peacefully down the hall.

After that, the kids were much better behaved. :)

Have a great weekend!


Zac