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Rootin - Tootin Cowboys

Welcome to our unit on Cowboys and the Wild West. This has been such a fun unit for us. We enjoyed reading all the books, art, and activities. We culminated our unit with a "Cowboy Fun Day". Look below to see the fun.

Cowboy Fun Day

Everyone had their picture made on the horse.

Stick Horse Racing

Boot Race

Dipper Relay

Panning for Gold

Bandana Race

Pig Race

Dress the cowboy relay

Roping the steer

Rattlesnake Throw

Cowboy milking

Barrel Racing

Hauling Hay

Everyone gets to take a buggy ride.

Ms. Christina paints everyone's face.

Sack Race

This is a miniature horse . The kids loved his visit.

Mrs. Brewer, our principal, even took a ride in the buggy.

Thanks to Mrs. Pohlmeyer for all the neat ideas for this fun day.

This is the silhouettes that the children made. They turned out so great and were so much fun. The children painted with watercolors for the sunset. They then traced a template of a cowboy and cactus.

This is our lizards that the children colored and then we applied crystal glitter. .

We made desert pictures. We used parsley flakes sprinkled on the cactus. The children added a rattlesnake and coyote. The parsley flakes were messy, but they were really cute. The next time I do this activity, I plan on using dark blue for the background so it will look like a night sky. We will add a yellow moon.

Activities

Gold Strike- This was so much fun. I spray painted 5 different size rocks with gold paint to make large gold nuggets. I numbered these 1-5. Each nugget was placed on a table with a balance scale and some type of manipulative (blocks, cubes, craft sticks, etc. The children were divided into 5 small groups. Each group had a sheet that they had to estimate how many they thought each nugget would weigh and then they actually weighed each one.

Tall Tales- This activity came from the K-Crew. We read Pecos Bill and discussed a tall tale. I ran off some copies of large cowboy hats with lines. We completed the sentences to make individual tall tale books. An example would be... A jackrabbit can hop as high as... My children loved this activity. They did not want to stop sharing their ideas.

Lassos- I cut each child a piece of twine to use as a lasso. They had to write down one thing in our class that was shorter than their lasso. They had to write down something that was shorter. Then they had to guess something that was the same length. Then they actually measured to check. There was a yes and no box under each section.

Covered Wagons- I read a book about covered wagons and the children had to list 5 things that they would take if they were traveling in a covered wagon. Their answers were very surprising.

Cowboy Art

Cowboy TLC

The children designed wanted posters. They created their own name and the reward. They turned out so cute. Below is an example.

This is an example of name art. The children take a piece of black construction paper and glue their name in twine. It is a very cute idea. Thanks to Mrs. Dooley's 2nd grade reading block for this creative idea.