Big Week!

Are you ready?   This blog will have a LARGE amount of photos included for you!   We had an eventful week full of fun.   I know it is hard not to be a part of the festivities, so I took a lot of pictures for you to enjoy!   Have fun!

Monday we celebrated Clifford's 50th birthday!

Our trip just begins on our wagon!

Mrs. Stork teaches us about finding the right pumpkin.  She also taught us about animals who love to eat pumpkins!

Carter finds one (along with the vine!)

Josie finds the perfect one.

Jordyn and Jaelene pick out perfect pumpkins.

Isaac shows off his choice.

Keaton uses his foot to hold the vine down while he pulls the pumpkin of his choice.

Abby and Olivia show off their pumpkins.

Brandon, Abbi, Mackenzie, Maddie, Vera, Carter, Jordyn and Koltin!

Back on the wagon and off to the corn field.

Mrs. Stork tells us they grow four kinds of corn at Nyboer's Farm;
 Indian corn, sweet corn, feed corn and mini indian corn (popcorn).

Heading to the sunflowers and gourds next.

Mrs. Stork teaches us about the types of gourds on the farm.

Abby shows off her choices

Jordyn picks out two great gourds!

Still a few kids deciding on just the right gourds.

What type will it be???

Evan shows his gourd choice.

Our last farm treasure is a piece of mini indian corn.  Mrs. Stork says
if we leave it out to dry until Halloween, we can put it into the microwave
and watch it pop into popcorn!

Our class!

We measured the circumference of our pumpkin tummies with yarn!
Only two students estimated the correct length.
Mackenzie makes her estimate with Miss Shelby.

Carter makes his guess... He was one of two who estimated the exact length!

Evan waits patiently until everyone has a turn.

Koltin's estimate is 'too long'.

When is it my turn?????

We used one of our gourds to weigh in a balance scale.
Jaelene uses teddy bear counters to balance her gourd.

Grayson, Mackenzie, Carter, Vera and Jordyn use tiles to balance their gourds.

Keaton, Josie, Tommy and Abbi use tiles to weigh their gourds.

Abbi finishes up her weight while Keaton counts how many tiles his gourd weighs.

We measured the area of our mini indian corn.
Keaton, Josie, Tommy and Abbi are working on the area of their corn.

Keegan, Olivia, Brandon, Ethan, Jaelene and Koltin trace around their corn and count how many squares it covers.

Isaac, Maddie, Evan and Abby figure out the area of their corn.

Vera, Carter and Mackenzie work on their area of indian corn.

 What a great day!   We had the perfect weather and a wonderful teacher at the farm!   Thanks to the PTO for helping with our bus and bus driver costs.   Thank you parents for providing the admission fees for your children!   If you would like any copies of the photos on today's blog, email me and I can attach them to your email!