Scarecrows and applesauce

This was a busy week for us. We practiced self talk to help us focus, especially when there are distractions that we need to ignore. Many children who have difficulty paying attention don't know exactly what they need to pay attention to. We played a game where I gave a wrong, or distracting, direction - the kids did a great job ignoring that direction!
We read stories about scarecrows, and made some wonderful scarecrows and sunflowers for our bulletin board. We also learned that sunflower and scarecrow are compound words. Our apple heads have dried and shriveled up, and one by one we are beginning to add hair, bodies and clothing to them. They are going to be wonderful! (photos later when they are all finished) Next week we will begin to write stories about our applehead people.
We ended the week by making our own applesauce. Everyone helped to grind up the cooked apples. Our classroom sure smelled good! Most of us agreed that our applesauce was very yummy!