2nd Grade News
By Mrs. Saltenberger's Super Stars April Edition
April Was a Busy Month!
We worked on Landform presentations, planted potatoes with Farm to School. met the Mayor and grew microgreens, constructed ramps with Miss Ward's class, had DEAR day, celebrated Earth Day, had a presentation by the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, and Experiment Week (pictures yet to come). Along with our normal routine of reading Superkids, writing persuasive papers, and learning to tell time and read data in math.
We used Pic Collage to create Earth Day posters.
DEAR (Drop Everything And Read)
Cheese curds to try from Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board
Canyons
Volcano
Volcano 2
Island
Mountain
Desert
Valleys
Growing Potatoes with Farm to School By Piper
Mrs. Schmidt came in and showed us a video on how farmers plant potatoes. Then we took a big container, filled with dirt,and planted the eye of other potatoes. We watered them and waited for them to grow. They started to grow in about a week or two. One of the plants is 12 inches tall. We have quite the green thumb!
We had to get the soil ready.
We planted seed potatoes.
Quite a few of them grew!
Persuasive Paragraphs by Jordyn
We had fun trying to persuade others to try our favorite foods. Our class' favorite foods include: radishes, lasagna, steak, chocolate-chip cookies, oysters, hot dogs, pizza, grapes, ice cream, strawberries, cotton candy, mac and cheese, blue berries, and cheesy potatoes. The one who persuaded us the best was Eli who wrote about oysters. Way to go, Eli!
Meeting the Mayor and Planting Microgreens By Cooper R.
We walked to the high school and met Mayor Jim Hyslop. He told us about his job as Mayor of Eagle River. We then filled containers with dirt and added lots of seeds. We watered them and covered them with wet paper towel. We brought the microgreens back to our classroom. Mrs. Saltenberger sprayed them with a water bottle and we watched them grow, They grew for about 2 weeks and then over the weekend, they died. We had fun watching them grow!
Making Ramps by Summer
We worked with Miss Ward's class to make ramps that would make the car travel the farthest. Some kids used big books, chairs, clip boards, notebooks, etc. We then sent the car down the ramp 3 times. We measured and wrote down how far the car went. We found out the simpler ramps worked better than the complicated ramps. We also found out the ramp could not be too steep then the car fell off. We had fun problem solving and working together.
Creating a ramp...
sending the car down...
and measuring how far it went.
Important Dates this Week...
-Send back Stick with Reading Incentive sheets on Monday
-Please send back Library Books on Thursday
-SPLASH at YMCA Friday, May 6th from 10:30-2:30-please remember to send swimsuit, towel, lunch (if needed), and a bag for wet stuff.- Memory Word quiz on Friday
Looking Ahead.....
-School Carnival Friday, May 20
About Us
Mrs. Saltenberger's Super Stars
Email: bsaltenberger@npsd.k12.wi.us
Website: npsd.k12.wi.us
Location: 1700 Pleasure Island Road, Eagle River, WI, United States
Phone: 715-479-6471
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