Halloween Fun in Grade 1&2!

We have really enjoyed all of our Halloween activities the past couple of weeks!

We have been reading some non-fiction texts about Halloween and have some interesting history lessons about how Halloween started! Ask your kiddo about what they learned in these books!

• We learned that a Jack a long time ago, didn't make it to heaven so to help him find his way he carved a turnip and put coal inside to light his way. Now we have Jack o' Lantern. (Tom D.)
• We light up pumpkins to help the dead people find their way to heaven. (Ella) 
• Before people used to make fires so the dead people could find their way to heaven. (Izzy)
• Every single night you go trick or treating other people are with you. (Olivia F.)
• We do Halloween to scare away the spirits. (Jordan L.)
• In Mexico they celebrate the Day of the Dead to honour the people who have passed away. (Mrs. Herbert)
• People dressed up to scare the spirits away. (Olivia H)
• People were leaving out treats and snacks for the spirits to take them. (Madelyn)
• People dressed up so they could pretend to be the spirits and get the treats too. (Mrs. Herbert)
• A long time, if people didn't get any treats they would play a trick on them. (Olivia F.) 

For DPA (Daily Physical Activity) this week, we enjoyed some Halloween dancing. Here is a little clip of our students dancing away to Spooky, Scary Skeletons

We did our October Estimate Jar today too! We have so much fun estimating, counting and seeing who our Estimate Jar winner is! Today, we practiced counting by 5's of our Halloween treats! Claire was our winner with only one number off our real total. Halloween lollipops were shared with everyone since our friend had lots! These might have been enjoyed at lunch breaks today so you may not see them come home! 

We had some Halloween themed centers this week as well to enjoy as we finished up our other important work...the students don't know these were still learning centers...shhh...don't tell!!

We finished up our day with our empathy video about Spookley the Square Pumpkin!

Not to mention the treats we received today! Wow! Thank you for all the amazing things sent in from families that we got to enjoy today (& bring home!) Enjoy this special day full of Halloween fun! See you all on Monday after the time change!!