Spiders {and a quick giveaway}

Whew!! Last week definitely threw me for a loop! We had dress up days for the high school's homecoming, so it was a little crazy from the beginning.
Tuesday, we began learning all about spiders and had so much fun! We used this cute spider to chart our schema, new learning, and misconceptions.

We painted a small and large paper plate black to create a spider then carefully added 8 legs and 8 eyes. We added a new fact we learned to the center of the spider.

We also read The Very Busy Spider and sequenced the animals that came to visit the spider. We made sure to go back and check the book to make sure our sequencing was correct.  I let me kids write the word 'the' on the chart since it's one of our words we're working on. This is from my Fall Sequencing Pack. :)

 Wednesday, we went on a field trip to Landmark Park, which is an old farm, where the kids learn about agriculture and life in the past. We had a blast!

Then, when I got home, I found this pitiful baby burning up with a fever. A trip to urgent care, a flu test {which is horrible for a baby!!}, and a prescription for Tamiful later, we came home late Wednesday night and I had to miss school Thursday.

Why are sleeping babies the sweetest things ever???

Friday, I was able to go back to school, which was hectic since we had early release for homecoming. We managed to make our spider hats and eat a cute spider snack we made with 2 ritz crackers, peanut butter, pretzel sticks, and mini chocolate chips.

We also did lots of fun math with spiders from Deeanna's pack, but it was so crazy, I didn't snap any pictures.
If you're still planning your spider unit {or want to get some stuff for next year}, Deeanna and I would love to give away our spider packs. You can win her Spider Math and my Spider Language Arts Centers by making sure to follow both our blogs and leaving a comment below {make sure to leave your email!}.

We had Fall Break Monday and Tuesday of this week and although it was disappointing that the dang flu cancelled our plans, it was nice to have a break at home!! We're learning about pumpkins this week and I can't wait to share our fun!