Corn Cob Toys

My class excited to make corn cob toys during in Native American unit in Social Studies. Thank you to Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom and the Oklahoma Pork Council for awarding us our grant.

Thanksgiving Feast

Every year our second graders have a feast with their families in our gym. They really enjoy it. This year they each pumpkin pie to take with them to the feast. The pumpkin pie recipe came from Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom.

Gilcrease Museum visitors

Today we had special visitors from the Gilcrease Museum. They spoke with the students about the Native American, and they danced for them. The students enjoyed every bit of it.

Pumpkin fun

One of the great things about receiving the Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom grant is all the great activities my student's get to enjoy. I had the classroom set up with several pumpkin stations today. They really enjoyed being able to feel the inside of a pumpkin.

Bushels for Books

I am always thankful for those organizations that have a special place for education. Oklahoma Farm Bureau began a new grant this year called "Bushels for Books". The grant program is setup to where farmers from regions across Oklahoma donated a bushel from their crops to purchase books for classrooms. My class is the lucky recipient for the Northeast Region. My principal and I attended the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Pancake Breakfast to receive my books.

The Oklahoma Fame Bureau gave acknowledgement to my school and myself on their Facebook page.

Boats and STEM

This week my students have been working on a STEM boat project. We had been talking about absorbency. The goal of this project was the students would design, build, and test a boat. They had several opportunities during the week to make changes. The only catch was they were given so much money to spend, as when they were broke. That was it. Some of the boats turned out really amazing, and they held a lot of weight. Then some boats sank immediately.