Farm Bureau visits again

Karla Boone and Stacie Seiter  visited the second grade classrooms to teach us another part of  "Who Grew Our Soup?"

Mrs. Boone read the adorable book called, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar."

With the turn of each page the little caterpillar ate and ate more fruits, vegetables, and yes...some junk food!   As every page turned, the little guy grew bigger and bigger.  This is just like people.  We need to eat the right foods that help us to grow big and strong.   We can't go a single day without thanking a farmer or rancher who grew our food.

They let us build a hungry caterpillar.  We glued pom poms to make our hungry caterpillar.

Autumn, Avery, and Brody show off their hungry caterpillars.

Pumpkin Pie in a Bag!

Second graders tried their hand at making pumpkin pie!  This pie didn't require any baking.  We just needed zip lock bags and the supplies.

In the first bag we worked as a team and crushed graham crackers that would be our crust.

In the second bag went milk and vanilla pudding that we squished together.  Next step was adding the pumpkin and spices.  When the spices were added, the room smelled yummy! Now came more squishing.

We poured the pies in our cups and had to wait until it was chilled.  

Later that afternoon we enjoyed our pies.

We added whip cream and gobbled our creations!

YUMMY!

PUMPKIN PIE IN A BAG

Farm Bureau Visit

Each month Kim Douglas, with Farm Bureau, will be coming to our second grade classrooms.  She first started teaching us about ranch and farm life with our field trip to the ranch.  After such a wonderful day at the ranch, she wanted to visit and tell about crops that Kansas grows.  During the month of October her visit was reading the book, "Who Grew My Soup!"  Each month she will focus on different crops that Kansas grows that could be in our soup.

The November visit also brought Carol Ann Flock to our classroom with the story about pumpkins. 

The book told of the history of pumpkins through the years.  Pumpkins have lots of good nutrients that are good for our bodies.

The story told of three foods that are nicknamed "Three Sister Foods."  Those foods were grown and eaten by the Pilgrims.   Pumpkins, beans, and corn are the Three Sister foods.

Kim and Carol Ann finished their visit with giving us roasted pumpkin seeds to eat.  

Yummy!

Wonder what fun Kim will bring when she visits in December?

What part of the soup will we learn about next?

HALLOWEEN

Halloween is so much fun.  Everybody loves to dress up and be crazy!

Novah and Camden

Payton and Juan

Channing and Avery

Kloey, Brody, and Makayla

Reata and Landon

 Sierra and Jerzi

Monica and Fisher

Buggy 2nd grade teachers

Downtown Decorating Fun

Check out the Methodist Church Yard!  

We had so much fun with our corn candy items.

FLY SWATTER FUN!!!

We are learning long vowel a words.  We know that you can spell a long vowel a

with an 'ai' in the middle of the word.  Another way to spell long vowel a words is with the 'ay' at the end of the word.  The last way we have learned is with the sneaky e that makes the vowel a say the long name.

Here are pictures showing the fun time we had swatting long vowel a words.

Fire Prevention

October is fire prevention month.  Our local fire fighters came with trucks and practice equipment to stress how important is is to be prepared. 

Here are things we learned.

1.  Stop, drop, and roll if your clothes are on fire.

2.  Use the back of your hand to feel if a door is hot.

3.  When the smoke alarm goes off, crawl low to the ground and get out of the house.

4.  Don't go back into the house for your pet or toy.  Get out and STAY OUT!

5.  Run to the fire fighter if you are trapped in the house.  They are there to help keep us save.

6.   Call 911 from your safe spot where your family plans to meet.

Here are our pictures.