Bat Lady Barb!

The wonderfully spirited Bat Lady Barb came to see us today.

She is not married to Batman! She is a bat doctor.

Here is a flying fox model that she shared. Flying foxes are pollinators. They also see very well, and eat fruits and nuts.

Second grade met in the Science Room to hear our presentation.

Here are some models of former bats that died.

Below, are pictures and models of items pertaining to bats: misquitoe, vampire, Batman. Many of the items are used to disspell notions and ideas about bats. Bats are truly our friends. They are harmless to humans, and indeed, help our farmers rid pesky pests. They also eat lots of mosquitoes that like to munch on us!

This is CleaBATra. She is a silver-haired bat that Barb must care for in her home.

We got to see CleoBATra eat a meal worm. Our students raised meal worms last year in science.

Bat cave

This is RoBATor. He is a large brown bat. He sure isn't very large, is he?

Ask your child to share some of his/her knowledge about bats. We've studied them for a month! They know a lot.

 

A big thanks to Barb, as she donates the money she makes with her speaking engagements to the Sarvey Wildlife Care Center. We always enjoy our time with Barb.  

Harvest Party Delights

We had such a great time at our Harvest Party!

First, we graphed Skittles that Mr. Standlee bought us.

Then we counted each column.

Then we made totals. Afterwards, we made a gallery walk to make notes and notices about what we see. Finally, we talked to our neighbor about what we saw. Mrs. Standlee then asked us some questions. The biggest notice we made was that the class had waaaaay more oranges than any other color. Why orange? Purple had the least. Why? Purple is Mrs. Standlee's favorite flavor - of course - it's a Husky color. What is your favorite flavor? The Skittles makers think it's orange, I think.

While we worked on coloring our Bingo game boards, we went through the yummy line. There was just too much from which to choose!

We were very lucky to have so many goodies.

We had some wonderful parent helpers with us, too.

We played Bingo and several student won.

The last event, was choosing our pumpkin to take home from the little pumpkin patch that Mrs. Standlee made. Mr. and Mrs. Standlee want to send a shout-out to Carpinitos because they gave Mr. and Mrs. Standlee a discounted teacher price. Wasn't that nice of Carpinitos?

Measurement Unit

We are learning how to use a centimeter ruler and a meter stick.

We are measuring how tall we are and collecting and recording data on these measurements.

We also measured and recorded how far we can jump using two meter sticks. That's 100 centimenters, by the way.

Book Fair Oasis!

We are so lucky because our school hosts a Book Fair!

Mrs. Shireman-King (she is in the middle) and her husband, Mr. King, are the co-chairs for this event. These ladies, shown here, helped us during our Book Fair visit.

There are so many good books! Our Wish Lists were very long. Do you think Mrs. Standlee bought any new books?