Five for Friday..... Totally random thoughts... :)

Hello Friends,
I have been having a wonderful, awesome year BUT I have been so terrible at taking pictures.... I am going to TRY to write a Five for Friday post, but may not have images for all my five thoughts... We shall see....

1. It is October here in Central Illinois and the weather has been amazing. Our trees are still green. Our grass is still green and our flowers are still blooming! Wow! That does not happen all the time in October. I love this picture of our school garden. The garden is just gorgeous and we have been able to have so many learning activities in it.....

2. We THINK this is a pumpkin plant, but are not sure.... One thing we are happy about is the fact that our fall has been mild, so the plant is producing a few of these little pumpkins... or squash... or.....

3. We made these 3D honeybees today. We added ALL the details with pins; NO glue! The eyes are felt circles held on with pins. We added many little pins to show that they were compound eyes. The wings were made with parchment paper and attached with pins. The stripes are felt strips and the legs, antenna, and proboscis are made from craft stems. It was an AWESOME experience! I went over the safety rules for using straight pins and they were so proud to "be old enough" to use this "grown-up" tool!

4. We took a field trip to our local apple orchard... fun times......

We did a few math centers this week that centered on apples.... They loved this one..... They had to use their "magic eye" to match the dots on their dice with the dots on a master sheet and THEN color their recording sheet correctly. It was great for subitizing.....

..... gluing apple seeds onto a ten frame.... (apple seed were black beans).......

These were taken from one of my newest resources....

$https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Five-APPLE-licious-Math-Centers-FOR-LITTLE-KIDS-2115961$

5. Finally, this is the newest addition to our family... My son has a new puppy... A pretty German Shepherd name Zooey. He is learning quickly how much energy it takes to raise a puppy... and how sharp puppy teeth can be! I was happy to have both of them over for dinner last week.... and VERY happy to be able to send Zooey back home with Will..... :)