Making Monsters!

After reading Go Away Big Scary Monster with our 5th Grade Big Buddies, they helped us make and name a scary monster.  They were very creative and tons of fun!

Benny the Bengal from ISU visits our class!

Farm Poetry

One of the fun activities we included with learning about farms was poetry.  We have been working on identifying rhyming words and rhythm in reading poetry.  The kids were split into five groups and assigned a farm animal.  They worked together to write a poem about their animal.  Great job kids!
I SAW A CRAZY PIG
I saw a crazy pig who was wearing a wig.
I saw a crazy pig who was dancing a jig.
I saw a crazy pig hiding in a big rig.
I saw a crazy pig who stepped on a twig.
That is one crazy pig!

A DUCK IN A TRICK
A duck was riding in a truck.
He almost hit a buck.
He swerved and landed in the muck.
And the poor little duck was stuck!

THE SHEEP
Once upon a time there was a sheep.
He really liked to bleep.
He leaped into a passing jeep.
He was surprised because
there was a creep!  Yikes!

 THE KING COW
Once there was a King of Cows.
He made all of the other cows bow.
Some of the cows said, "We won't bow".
So all of the cows are happy now!

A HORSE, OF COURSE!
Once upon a time there was a horse.
He went through a sad divorce.
He finally found a source
that helped him find "The Force"
So he was okay Of Course!

Super Fun 'Dress Like A Farmer Day!'

We have been learning a lot about farms and farmers and animals that live on farms.  It has been very interesting.  The kids wrote informative papers about each of the animals we studied.  I wanted the kids to realize how important farms are to our lives, especially in Idaho.  They were surprised when I explained to them that most of the foods they ate for breakfast came from a farm.  One of the boys explained to me that his breakfast actually came from Ridleys.  I informed him that Ridleys got it from farmers.  He said, "I didn't even know how important farms are to my life."  They were surprised how many different kinds of crops grow on farms.  We went to five different stations and did activities that sort-of represent things you could do on farms.  It was so fun and they learned a lot!
We painted with vegetables so the kids could see the patterns in nature.

We practiced "sheering sheep" with balloons and shaving cream.  It was so cute how careful the kids were so they wouldn't hurt the "sheep".  No balloons were injured during the course of this activity.

We pretended to milk cows using rubber gloves.  It was super fun but I had to ask them to stop squirting each other.  Silly bunch of farmers.

 

We learned about dairy farming.  They were so amazed at the different things we get from milk.  I put heavy cream into baby food jars and the kids shook them until they made butter.  We ate the butter on rolls for snack.  They were amazed!

For math we caught ducklings in a pond that had numbers written on their bottoms.  The kids added the numbers together.  If they answered correctly they earned a pony bead.  They actually did a great job.  Good math kids!

The Great Potato Hunt!

We were so lucky, one of our parents brought a live chicken to look at.  It was awesome.  She told us all about how they live and how they are pretty messy but give awesome eggs.  It was really great. Thanks!

Dress Like a Farmer Day was a ton of fun and we learned so much cool stuff.  They kids are going to write about their experiences next week.  I loved that they made butter and we ate it.  They are great little farmers.  Thanks Parents for dressing them up.  They were adorable!