Pumpkin Picking!

                                                                                                              October 26, 2014
                                                       

Lily picking her pumpkin

 Pumpkin Picking Time!

During the Fall months pumpkin picking is always a fun time.  This is one of my best friend's daughter, Lily.  We all went to White Post Farms, where there were pumpkins, rides, hay rides, shows, and lots of animals.  We saw kangaroos, llamas, swans, zebras, monkeys, goats, cows, and birds.  Lily had so much fun feeding the animals, and she went on a pony ride too.  We laughed as we watched the pig races and dog show.  The hay ride took us on a big tractor, and drove us all around the farm then we played in the hay.   Lastly, we picked our pumpkins.  This is the one Lily liked, and it was as big as her!  We had so much fun, and at the end of the day we were all so tired.  We headed home with food in our belly, sweets to eat, and pumpkins to carve.

Cow

Kangaroo

Vocabulary:
1. pumpkin-(noun) A large edible orange fruit.
2. rides-(verb) A fun activity to play /experience.
3. hay ride-(noun) A ride in an open wagon filled with hay.
4. show-(verb) A display of animals, people, or objects to make you laugh.
5. animals-(noun) Any living thing other than human beings.
6. tractor-(noun) A powerful motor driven vehicle that is used to pull heavy things.
7. farm-(noun) A piece of land with a barn, crops and animals.
8.tired-(adjective) To be very sleepy.
9.sweets-(adjective) Tasting like honey and a treat.
10. carve-(verb) To cut to make something.


Activity:
* Choose a word that best completes each sentence.

I love to go on ____________.  They always make me laugh, especially when they are fast.

My sister and I _____________________ my pumpkin out and make a scary face.

I had so much fun _________________________ picking with my family.

My favorite __________________ was the dog show.  They did so many cool tricks.

We seen many different ______________________ and fed them.

The ___________  ___________ took us all around the fields.

Candy is very ______________ and sometimes I get a belly ache.

The animals live on a ____________________.

At the end of the day I was very ________________ from all that we did.

The big green ______________________ pulled the hay ride and was loud.


Grammar Point:

Plurals, are a way to represent more than one of an object or person.  An example would be Stacy is my friend, meaning one friend but, jen, Mike, and Louise are all of my friends. You have to add an "S" on the end of the word to represent more than one.  Listed below are some animal names showing one, add an "S"
to the animal names to represent more than one.  Look back in the reading passage for help.

Kangaroo= Kangaroos                                                         Zebra= ___________________

LLama = _________________                                          Goat= ____________________

Monkey= __________________                                        Bird= ___________________

Cow= __________________                                             Swan= ___________________


*Add at least four more animals in the same manner.

The Fall Season

                                                                                                              October 12, 2014

The Fall Season
     There are four seasons in the year Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall.  The present season is Fall,
which started on September 23rd. During the season of Fall the leaves turn from green to orange, yellow and, red and they fall to the ground.  The weather gets cooler, and the sun goes down earlier and earlier each night.  It is a fun time to pick pumpkins, make pies, cookies, and rake leaves with family and friends.
There is a fun holiday in October and it is called, Halloween.  Children get dressed in costumes and go trick or treating to neighbors for candy.

Fall colored leaves

Vocabulary:

1.season (noun)- One of the four periods of the year.
2.Fall (noun)-One of the four seasons.
3.leaves (noun)-Found on the end of tree branches and change color.
4.weather (noun)-The condition outside, windy, rainy, sunny.
5.pumpkin (noun)-A large, edible orange-yellow fruit.
6.holiday (noun)-A day fixed by a custom held as a pastime.
7.Halloween (noun)-The night of October 31st.
8.costume (noun)-a style of dress which is silly or cartoonish.
9.neighbors (noun)-A person who lives near you.
10.trick-or-treat (verb)-To get candy in a bag.


Task:
* Look at each picture and write a vocabulary word to name the picture. The first letter is written for you as a hint.
                                                             

Grammar Point:
Nouns name a person, place, or thing.  In discussing the reading passage "Fall Season" we can identify many nouns such as,
pumpkin= a thing, neighbor=person, home=place.  Read through the paragraph again and circle all of the nouns you can find.  Write 5 sentences using the nouns of your choice.
                                                                 
                             

Colorful Flowers

                                                                                                                                                                                           September 28, 2014

Colorful Flowers

Flowers are everywhere!  They bloom during certain seasons, and have so many different types.  Daisies, pansies, zinnia's, marigolds and impatiens are some types of flowers you may see through the seasons.  The most popular flower during Autumn are mums.  All flowers need certain things to grow.  Flowers need, sunlight, air, water, and soil to grow.  All plant have the same basic structures; roots, stem, leaves, flowers or petals. In order to grow a flowering plant you need to dig a hole in the soil, and place seeds or a bulb in the ground and cover it with the soil.  Next, you water the plant, and it will soon grow roots.  As it grows  you will notice tiny leaves, and finally, flowers.  Each part plant has a specific job.  The roots hold the plant in place, and gets nutrients from the soil for the plant to grow.  The stem holds the plant straight up, and sucks vitamins through the roots.  The leaves pull in oxygen and sunlight to make food for the plant.  The flower or petals hold the nectar and seeds to grow a need flower.

Mums

                                                                     

saddie flowers

                                                         

                                         

marigolds

Voaculary:

1. petals(noun)-  colorful part of a plant

2. bloom(verb)- the flower of the plant

3. season(noun)- on of the four periods of the year, (winter, spring, summer, fall)

4. nutrients(adjective)- providing vitamins or nourishment

5. soil(noun)- a part of the earth's surface

6.structures(noun)- different parts of the plant

7. roots(noun)- anchors the plant to the ground and absorbs vitamins

8.stem(noun)- grows opposite of the roots and helps the plants stand up

9. leaves(noun)-  pieces of the plant that absorb light and oxygen

10. flower(noun)- the blossom of the plant, stores the seeds

                                                              

Task:

* Circle one of the two word choices that best completes the sentence and write it on the space provided.

1.  Pieces of plant that absorb light and oxygen (nutrients/leaves) _________________

2. Different parts of a plant (structures/flower) ______________________

3. The flower of the plant (roots/bloom) __________________________

4. Anchors the plant to the ground and absorbs vitamins (stem/roots) ______________________

5. The colorful part of a plant ( bloom/flower) _____________________________

6. Grows opposite of the roots and helps the plant to stand up (stem/season) ______________________

7. Providing vitamins or nourishment (soil/nutrients) __________________________________

8. One of the four periods of the year ( season/stem) _______________________________

9. A part of the earth's surface ( soil/ structures) _____________________________________

10. The blossom part of the plant that stores seeds (flower/petals) ______________________________


Grammar Point

You have learned many new science vocabulary terms in your reading of colorful flowers.  Please go outside and choose any flower you  like and glue it onto a piece of paper.  Label the science vocabulary words;  roots, stem, leaves, flowers on your paper as well.  You will be presenting your labeled science vocabualry terms and plant structures to your classmates.