That's the Skills Block Rock!

Remember School House Rock? :)
We do!
We have been learning these songs to help us with Prepositional Phrases and Adjectives.
Check it out:

Wednesday is Feed Store Day!

Our students at the Sunshine Farm earn $2.00 for working hard on the farm. Each Wednesday, our Second Graders have the option to rent items to play during Feed Store Time or purchase snacks and items at the Feed Store!


A big "YEE-HAW" to all the families that have donated items for this treat each week. Our students are working hard to produce amazing Grade-A results this year academically and with their behavior. Thank you for supporting our classroom.
Or as our students like to say, "Thank you for shopping at the Feed Store!"

Tilling at the Tech Lab

The Sunshine Farm got to visit the Tech Lab this last week to test out our log-ins and practice our typing skills! Each Second Grade Student was able to use a laptop and some of them for the very first time were able to use the mouse and keypad all by themselves! We learned to use the SHIFT key and not the CAPSLOCK, how to type in our log-ins, and our blog address.

When we got to the classroom blog, we were rewarded with a typing game available where it reads, "Keyboard Practice". Please use this game at home with your student to sharpen their keyboarding skills :).

Also, the log-in address on their planner is also good for Destination Success which we will give out more information regarding this resource in our binder. It is presently under construction :).

The Sensory Safari

This last week was a whirlwind of learning, traveling, exploring, and harvesting fruitful results! The Sunshine Farm visited the Sensory Safari on foot during our first walking field trip. Our Second Graders walked to a nearby Montessori school to view amazing animals up close! We viewed animals who are native to Florida and also amazing African creatures as well! We know that excellent scientists make observations using their five senses, so it was awesome to be able to careful see and touch animals up close that we would never be able to in the wild. It was a wonderful time of observing and learning. One of our very own student's grandparents helped to give us the grand tour!!!

Rocks Rock!

To get in the spirit of Rock..watch these videos :).... And please send in more rocks for our in-class Rock Museum. Thank you to the families that have already sent in their awesome collections!!!

Eggcellent Race!

Farming is hard work, but sometimes we have so much fun we crack up!

Last week, we were asking ourselves, "How we work as Scientists?" and in order to learn our jobs during our Science part of the day, we joined together as teams for the Great Egg Race! A game/lab played by your very own teachers here at the Chets Creek Farm, our Second Graders designed a vehicle to transport an egg the farthest without cracking. Now, they didn't do this without help. Well, there were the Table Farmers (Leaders), Milkmaids (Material Managers), Roosters (Time Keepers), and the Farmhands (Recorders). These important roles helped our tables create the perfect way to transport an egg using only a bandana, tupperware, silly bands, a straw, and clothespins. What a hoedown! The races were fast and furious and some of our passengers, the eggs, were cracked. We found out that the team that worked together the best carried their egg the farthest without a scratch!!! Yee Haw for Science Jobs!!!

Vote for our Media Specialist!

Here at the Chets Creek Farm, we have a fairy, The Book Fairy. Most of us here know her as Ms. KK and we know she makes the magic happen! Every grade is touched by her spell and we are always charmed to love reading and learning more. KK Cherney has opened many doors and provided learning opportunites for our school that are unbelievable and amazing! Just take our first day, Ms. KK was the power behind the scenes. If you have never met this incredible Book Fairy, please take a chance to read this article highlighting her work at our school and in our community. You can vote to award this amazing Librarian the Alferd Williams Literacy Award. Please vote for our Ms. KK, she deserves this award and so much more!!! What would we do without her magic :D! Please follow the link below. You are able to vote once each day here until the deadline, September 30th.