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October 1, 2015

October Ideas in a Nutshell

It's October!
I'd love for you to go back and read my past posts on all the great things I do in this fun month.
For the sake of time, there's no need to do that because I've brought it ALL to you right here in one post!


Pumpkins {check}
Bats {check}
Spiders {check}
Halloween {check}

Let's dive into all of the great activities I do in my classroom using Pumpkins first!


I love bringing in a real pumpkin for my class to explore. It's hands-on learning at it's finest.
It's all about the math and science when it comes to the class pumpkin.
We also read some non-fiction books about pumpkins and record our pumpkin schema beforehand. 

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Next up, Bats!


We go batty for bats!
We again read some non-fiction about bats and record our schema and new facts on a large bat.
We also use labels to label a giant bat!
We read other books like Stellaluna and craft it up using plot. 

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Bat Schema
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These creepy, crawly things are so interesting to firsties. Here's a few spider ideas!



When learning about spiders we always fill out a KWL chart because there is always so much they already know but even more that they want to learn! We read plenty of non-fiction during our study of spiders.
Making our spider web shaped book is always a hit and a few fun spider shaped crafts are always fun too!

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The very end of the month brings us Halloween. We don't necessarily celebrate it at our school, but we still do a few fun things. Check out the Halloween ideas!




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I hope from all of these ideas, you are able to implement a few. 
I have implemented every single one of them at some point and time and lover every one!

May October treat you and your students well!

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