Farmer's Market!

Hello Families!

The first and second graders are hosting a farmer’s market on Thursday, November 6th at 6:00 pm in the gym.

Our classes will be working together to create a product to sell at the farmer’s market.

Although we will have some materials, we are asking for donations to help with our production.

• Small stones (about 1” diameter)
• Solid colored fabric (for example: canvas, denim, etc)
• Puff Paint

We could also use volunteers to help us prep our materials and assemble our products! Please let us know if you would be interested in participating.

Thank you for the support,

Rachael Burns & Tina Mandigo

How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?

We read How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin to get us thinking about pumpkins before our field trip to Grenier's.

In the book, the characters learn some pumpkin facts and count the seeds in a pumpkin.

Of course, we had to try this too. So we cut into a pumpkin and estimated the number of seeds in it. Our estimations ranged from 100 to 300. 

After we estimated, everyone joined a "Twos Club," "Tens Club," or "Fives Club" and got to work cleaning seeds and counting by 2s, 10s, and 5s!

Each "club" had to count together to determine the total number of seeds they had.

After counting, each club reported out their number of seeds. We changed our estimations to 400-500.

Then we got to work adding up these huge numbers! We decomposed the numbers into their hundreds, tens, and ones (expanded notation!) We added the 100s together, then the 10s, then the 1s. We ended up with 587 seeds total!

If that isn't cool enough, one of our mathematicians stated that we only needed 13 more to get to 600. Several students agreed and proved that the statement was true with more equations!

Have you counted the number of seeds in your pumpkin?

Grenier's Farm Stand!

We visited Grenier's Farm Stand on Friday!

We got to see Mr. Grenier use his plow to dig up potatoes! Then we got to help pick them out of the dirt.

We walked from the lower field (with the potatoes) to the stand.

When we got to the stand, we went through a corn maze! We even ate some delicious cookies and apple cider. Yum!

After our chores, maze running, and snack, we got to pick out our pumpkins!

Would You, Could You From a Farm?

Have you ever been asked to try a food and thought, NO WAY! I won't like that! What food has made you feel like that?

When Dana visited this week, we talked about bravery. We talked about how it takes bravery to try new foods and how sometimes we might even like the food after trying it! 

We read Green Eggs and Ham By: Dr. Seuss to encourage us to be brave. Then we accepted the challenge to make and eat our very own green eggs!

 Everyone had an important role in preparing our meal. Here's the kale rippers! (The kale is from Moonlight Farm!)

 Here's our egg crew. Look at that technique! (The eggs are from Scrabble Hill Farm!)

The cheese shredders were working hard and being super careful and safe! They were shredding our Cabot cheese with graters and cookie cutters (so creative and effective!)

Then it was time to cook the kale!

After it had sautéed a bit, we added the eggs and cheese! The room smelled incredible. 

The green eggs were ready....

Some of us liked them immediately and some of us weren't quite sure...but we ALL were brave and tried them.

 

 

Would you try green eggs? Did your second grade chef like them? Would s/he try them again?

Open House

Thank you for coming to Open House on Thursday! The kids were so excited to show you our classroom and school. They are all so proud of their hard work and your attendance helped them feel even more enthusiastic and special.

Here's the slideshow that was running in the background during Open House! The video features nearly every part of our day! Ask your child about the different parts featured on the video. :)

Password: tbps

Farm Field Trip

Wow, we had such an incredible day on Friday! We went to Elephant in the Field, Rosina's Dairy, and Moonlight Farm! Check out the slideshow below and have your child elaborate on the photos and experiences! :)

A HUGE thank you to the farms and chaperones for helping make our day special! It was a truly memorable and amazing day!