Baptism

We learned about baptism. We made baptism collages. We also learned about Jesus getting baptized and the symbols of baptism. 

-Humming Bird

Timelines

We made timelines. Timelines show a person's life. They can help show history and help guess what might happen in the future. They show time on a line. We practiced reading timelines and using them to learn about a topic. We then made our own timelines. I put when I was born and when I learned to walk and other things on my timeline. We thought of events and cut them out and glued them on our line. It was lots of fun. I hope you make one too!

-Cat

Pinwheels 4 Peace

We did the pinwheels for peace with our buddies. We have fifth grade buddies. People all over the world make pinwheels to remind people that we need peace in the world. We put them by the sidewalk so whenever people drove by they would see them. We made them out of paper, a pencil and a pin. The fifth graders helped us with the pin. It was very fun.

-Elephant

Applesauce

At Gizdich Ranch we got some apples. Spider's mom peeled, and sliced the apples. She aslo put them in lemon so they wouldn't get too brown. We made this very good applesauce out of them. We learned about measurement and what it is important to do the right amount and have the right unit. 

In this picture we are adding 1 cup of the sugar to our apples. 

After we put all the ingredients in, we put it the crockpot and plugged it in. It cooked for the whole day. 

Then at the end of the day we all got to try the best applesauce ever. 

Look how yummy it looks!

These are some of the ingredients we used. If you want to learn how to make this applesauce, here is the recipe. We had fun doing this. We loved making applesauce. 

-Swan

Our First Second Grade Field Trip

Today we went to Gizdich Ranch. It is an apple farm. We drove in cars all the way there. -Lion

When we got there we got to play on all the fun kid toys. There was a tractor and a giant pile of hay with a tunnel. -Bunny

We took lots of pictures as a class. Then we met the two tour guides. -Python

We went to pick apples with our buckets. We each had to pick five. -Leopard

When you pick the apple you twist it to the sun, so the tree would just give it to you. -Dog

After picking the apples, we sorted them into bins. There were red and green apples. I even found a double apple. -Swan

We talked about Johnny Appleseed and learned about truths and myths about him. Did you know his real name is John Chapman. -Cheetah

After learning about Johnny Appleseed, we got to learn about how they sort the apples at Gizdich. -Cat

They sort them in a giant green machine. The machine choose the good ones and got rid of the bad ones. -Cobra

  The green machine also shot the little tiny ones that you can't eat out. -Humming Bird

Then it sorted them by color and size. -Giraffe

The green machine gave all the apples a bath, cleaning them so that there would be no germs. -Kitten

 They put them in boxes. Some of them were shipped to stores to be sold, some were sold to make apple juice and others the ranch made into apple juice and pies. -Rhino

The tour guides then took us to see where they made apple juice. They take some of the squishier apples and they make them into apple juice. -Hamster

The tour guides let us watch a short video on how they cut the apples, and squish them to make apple juice. It was great learning. -Horse

At the end we got to eat one apple and try their apple juice. They were delicious!! -Penguin

Some of the adults got some apple pies and apple juice. -Roly Poly

It was a really fun trip and we're glad we got to go. -Butterfly

It was very fun! -Spider

We learned a lot about apples and how they got from the farm to the table. - Snake

Skittle Graphs!

This week we did skittle graphing. Miss Crowley gave me and partner 20 skittles. We had to sort them and graph them. Then we got to eat them and answer all the questions. I really loved it! The skittles were yummy.
-Roly Poly

Reading Rotations

Our Reading Rotations are fun. We like to Read and do fun worksheets like word ladders and word families. Miss Crowley has us in groups. Some of us see the teachers and some of us get to choose. There are lots of different choices. Sometimes we read to self. I can't wait until we get to use the ipads too! Reading Rotations is so much fun. 

-Baby Pig

Penguins

In second grade we made cool penguins. It was fun. We colored them and painted around the penguin. Making penguins are fun to do in second grade. Penguins are cool, but before we made the penguins, we read a book. It was called, "One cool friend. It was about a boy and a penguin. The boy got the penguin in the story from the aquarium. The penguin was a good friend. Miss Crowley asked us what a good friend is. We think that it is someone that is nice.
-Butterfly

Art by: Grizzly Bear

Art by: Humming Bird

Art by: Hamster

A Visitor During Morning Work

In second grade we use odd todd and even steven for even numbers and odd numbers. In Second grade we have morning work. There is a page every day. Today we did a lot of math in morning work. Also today when we were working, someone found a leaf bug. It is just like a leaf. It was so cool. Look under at the picture.

-Dog