Field Trip Fun!

We had so much fun on our trip to the pumpkin patch! First, we rode on a hay ride around the farm. We saw horses and goats, and we got to smell them, too!

Next, we picked out our pumpkin. 

Finally, we met some the animals up close. We got to pet a pig, duck, chicken, turkey, goat, sheep, and a baby cow. We learned all about how animals help us and how they take care of them on the farm. We even got to watch them milk a goat!

Thank you to all of the parents who helped out on the trip!

Red Ribbon Week

The Herd is proud to be drug free!

We will celebrate Red Ribbon Week with a fun week of dress up days!

Monday: Sock it to drugs! 

Wear crazy socks!

Tuesday: My future is bright and drug free!

Wear cool (or crazy) shades!

Wednesday: Team up against drugs!

Wear your favorite team jersey!

Thursday: I am successful and drug free!

Dress up in a spiffy outfit!

Friday: It is SUPER to be drug free!

We will march in our costume parade at 8:15. Our theme is super heroes! You can come to school dressed to match our super hero theme, or you can wear your Halloween costume!

On Friday afternoon, we will have a Fall Celebration in our room. Notes went home about the party last week. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know!

And The Award Goes To ...

A big thank you to Landon's mom, Mrs. Martinez!

She prepared materials for our class to create a submission for the Cochise County Fair!

This year's theme was "Critters, Squeals, and Ferris Wheels."

We answered questions about each category, tallied our responses, and then graphed the results.

And ... the judges loved it!

We won second place!!!

And the blue ribbon goes to ... Mrs. Martinez!

Thank you for all that you do to make the Herd amazing!

Science in the Herd!

Did you hear about Science Week? 

The week before Fall Break, the second grade classes at PDS shared a fun week of science activities! We learned about the scientific method and practiced making a hypothesis.

In Mrs. Blackburn's class, we did a Sink or Float experiment with different types of candy! 

In Ms. Davison's class, we made soda rockets!

In Ms. Taylor's class, we experimented with colors.

In the Herd, we made pumpkin volcanoes. Here are pictures of our volcanoes in action!

I wish we had sound effects on this blog, because I would love to share all of the oohs and aahs that I heard during our experiments!

Up next in Herd Science: creepy, crawly spider reports!