Halloween Fun

Crakenstein

We read the story Crakenstein today.  

While we read this book we would make inferences.  We would infer why Crakenstein was cranky.  We would use the prompt, I infer ____________ because _______________.  

Making inferences is what good readers do when they are reading...Good readers, think about their reading!

Candy Towers

Today we discussed all the different types of building shapes.  Our goal today was to design and build the tallest candy tower.  First, we drew up a blue print for our very own building design using nothing but candy pumpkins and toothpicks.  Once we had our blueprints drawn up, it was time to gather our supplies and begin construction.  

However, building was not as easy as we thought it would be. 

Our tower is getting taller!

Boo...my tower fell!

Candy Corn Bandit

The Candy Corn Bandit stole Mrs. Wanke's candy!  Mrs. Wanke was very excited to share her jar of Candy Corns with us.  However, when we came back from lunch it was gone!  It it's places...

  was a letter on our SMART board from the Candy Corn Bandit, Candy Corn Bandit booklets for each of us, a prediction poster, and a clue!  Then, we looked at the Candy Corn booklets. On the inside we had to draw what we predicted the Candy Corn Bandit to look like. 

Then, we had to predict three places we thought the candy corns might be.

Finally it was time to read the first clue!

We made a prediction based upon what we read in clue one.  We predicted the candy would be in the lunch room! When we got to the lunch room...all we found was another clue.  After reading that clue, we predicted that we would find the candy in the gym.

When we got to the gym, all we found was another clue.  After reading that clue, we predicted we would find the candy on the play ground.  When we got outside, all we found was ANOTHER clue!  After reading that clue, we predicted we would find the candy in the library.  But, when we got the the library, all we found was ANOTHER clue! Boy oh boy this Candy Corn bandit was causing some trouble! 

After reading the clue, we predicted we would find the candy in the classroom.

When we got to the classroom...what do YOU predict we found?

You got it...the CANDY and another clue!

Clue #6 told us to keep our eyes open and our candy protected.  We also had to finish up the last page of our Candy Corn Bandit book before we could get our candy corn.

This activity was great for making predictions.  Not only did we predict where the candy would be, we also made predictions about how the bandit was able to pull off this crime, did the bandit have an accomplice, how big was the bandit, and what was the bandits motive. 

When we got back to the class, Mrs. Wanke had a light bulb moment.  She said that we could use predictions when we read!  WOW...she is right.