1. By Savannah Tomaszewski and Arianna Perock.

3. A is for apples A is for apples that grow all around Wisconsin. Settlers brought apple seeds to Wisconsin in the early 1800’s. The first apple orchard planted in Wisconsin was between the 1830’s and 1850’s. Their were a bunch of colors that you could pick. They were sweet, tart, sour and scumdidlyumtious.

4. B is for black bears B is for black bears that come every hunting season to hunt for food in the winter season. The black bears were the largest mammal until recently. Claws come in handy for climbing trees, finding food and tearing open logs in search of insects. Black bears do look cute and cuddly, but they are very viscous. They also love the honey from the hives.

5. C is for cheese C is for cheese that we get from cows and that we produced in machines every day. We produce 2.5 billion pounds of cheese every year. Colby cheese and brick cheese were our first cheese produced in Wisconsin. We have the stickiest cheese in Wisconsin, it is called the Limburger cheese. Every one in Wisconsin have brought home cheese from the store. Wisconsin has the largest cheese in the nation.

6. D is for dairy D is for dairy that we produce. Plus we are called the “Dairy state” We produced 1.8 billion pounds of milk each month! We support enough milk for 35,536 glasses of milk from 1 cow. We do not harm the cows. The chocolate milk does not come from brown cows.

7. E is for eggs E is for eggs that we get from the chickens that get treated very well. The egg production was the highest ever since year 1946. Wisconsin farm flocks produced more eggs in June 2008 than June 2007. In Wisconsin we produce 1.22 billion eggs in 2008. Wisconsin has ranked 18 th place for egg production. We have a ton of chickens in Wisconsin.

8. F is for farms F is for farms that we get our dairy and poultry from. We use machines or our hands to milk all the cows. There are different kinds of cows. We grow a ton of crops each year to feed people and have them buy the crops. Goats also give milk and we give the milk to all the grocery stores.

9. G is for granite G is for granite that is our state’s rock that could be all different colors. Granite is a commonly used igneous rock. It was formed by cold magma. There are such things as granite countertops used mostly in Wisconsin. The granite rock is commonly found in woods or by sandy areas. You can also use it as a flooring.

10. H is for honeybees H is for the honey bees that go buzzing for beautiful flowers. The queen lays 1,500 eggs per day. They will live up to eight years. The queen is the only bee in charge of every other bee in the hive. Only half of the hive is filled with bee wax. All the honey that is in the stores we get from bees that we capture them and domesticate ship them off to bee farms and take the honey to ship off to people to make the honey sweeter.

11. I is for ice age I is for the ice age that had started in Wisconsin. More than 10,000 years ago there were miles and miles of glaciers mostly in Wisconsin. As the glaciers melted they tore across the landscapes and creating gorges and dropping rocks. The edge of the glaciers were known as the terminal moraine. Most of the water forms like lakes were formed by glaciers.

12. J is for judgment J is for judgment in Wisconsin at the courts. All of the Wisconsin judges could join the political parties. Our recent judges are Judge Judy, Judge brown, and Judge Joe. Our first Judge was James Duane Doty. It had existed for 13 years but met an important need for the territory.

13. K is for knowledgment tests K is for knowledgment tests in Wisconsin to become smart. You need to do knowledgement tests to be smart. If you want to go to college you have to do tests to see if you can. You have to over the age of 15 to do a test. You start college at age 18.

14. L is for land divisions L is for land division so people can buy lots. In Wisconsin we have a lot of land divisions so we can live. It is also natural resources all over. They are all over the U.S.A including Hawaii. It is eco friendly such as water falls and oceans and there’s even more in Alabama.

15. M is for mourning doves M is for all the mourning doves that come all around Wisconsin. They are grey with black blotches. They fly very high and fast. Since 1971 the mourning dove was a symbol of peace. They have a 12 inch body.

16. N is for newsletters N is for newsletters that all the mail people put in people’s mailboxes. All the newsletters were past out by mail men or women. Back in the 1700’s the newsletter was printed by hand. They had to print it with a feather pen and black paint. It was very special. Also it took a lot of time. Also now these days they are printed by a printer. Back then if you got a newsletter you would be considered lucky. Because not every one got to get a newsletter.

17. O is for oktober fest O is for oktober fest that people celebrate and hangout with family and friends. The day it starts is on Sept. 29 th and goes until October 3 rd. It takes place in Appleton, WI. They have very loud bands. It has started in 1810 because a princess had got married in October. They have big parade floats coming down the streets in downtown Appleton. Everyone is walking up and down the streets to explore new things. You can win prizes from games and raffles.

18. P is for polka P is for the polka that people do in the Wisconsin area. The polka is Wisconsin's state dance. In the 19 th century European immigrants had all sorts of polkas ringing in their ears. It has become a dance craze since the 1840’s. it has sent people from Europe to come to Wisconsin because of the polka. The polka had started in Warsaw, Poland.

19. Q is for Quardracci museum Q is for the Quardarcci museum that people see the beautiful art. This museum was completed in 2001. In 1994 the museum has convinced Santiago to submit his wowed design. The size is 142,050 square feet. It is very big and beautiful. They put up very good work all over the area. It is also in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They have a lot of windows so you can over look at the river.

20. R is for rail travel R is for the rail travel for all the stuff on each train. The underground railroad started in Wisconsin. A family has oriented attraction with historic railroad equipment. The Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad (WGNR) is the successor of the Duluth & Northern Minnesota Railway Company (D&NM) which operated dinner train service on the North Shore Scenic Railroad in Duluth, MN during 1996. The short line plan never came to fruition so they decided to purchase and rebuild railroad passenger cars for lease.

21. S is for sheep S is for all the sheep all around the Wisconsin area. The University of Wisconsin has the most active university dairy sheep program in the United States. There are about 25 dairy sheep producers in Wisconsin. About 350 East Friesian-cross and Lacunae-cross ewes are milked in a double 12 parlor. In addition to research on dairy sheep production, UW-Madison has considerable research on campus in the processing of sheep milk. They produce about 250,000 liters of sheep milk in 2002. Dairy sheep research is centered at the Spooner Agricultural Experiment Station in the northwest part of the state about 265 miles from Madison. Spooner Agricultural Experiment Station

22. T is for trilobite T is for the trilobite, and it is the state fossil and is very rare. In 1985 Wisconsin Act 162 amended Section 1.10 to designate the trilobite as the official state fossil. The Wisconsin Geological Society proposed a state fossil in 1985 to encourage interest in our geological heritage. The trilobite (pronounced "TRY-low-bite")(Calymene celebra) is an extinct marine arthropod that was common in the warm, shallow salt sea that periodically covered the state during the Late Ordovician and Silurian Periods, some 400- 450 million years ago. The trilobite was said to be the best suited for the state fossil because no other fossil had been the subject of so much attention in Wisconsin by both amateur and professional alike.

23. U is for underground railroad U is for underground railroad that moves under parts of Wisconsin. Between 1842 and 1861 more than 100 escaping slaves appear to have been helped to freedom in Canada by Wisconsin residents. But because both the slaves and their helpers had to conceal their work, details of how fugitives passed through Wisconsin are scarce. Slavery had been prohibited in Wisconsin under the 1787 Northwest Ordinance, according to which our state and territory were formed. But in 1850 the federal goverment passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which forced all citizens to help return any escaping slaves to their owners. Fugitive Slave Act

24. V is for vitamin a V is for vitamin A that was discovered in Wisconsin. The word vitamin was originally discovered from Funk's term "vital amine.“ Also it was discovered in the year of 1912. Vitamin A helps your immune system to get taller and stronger. Their was more discoveries in 1913 instead of 1912.

25. W is for wood violet W is for the famous wood violet that grows all over town. The look very beautiful in the summer. They are a violet-blue color. State flowers were first nominated in 1908. When the official tally was taken on Arbor Day 1909, school children selected the wood violet (Viola papilionacea) over the wild rose, trailing arbutus, and the white water lily.

26. X is for x-country skiing X is for x country skiing in Wisconsin is very popular. Northwest Wisconsin is a region rich in Nordic skiing tradition and history and blessed with some of the best cross country ski trails in the country. Not only are there literally hundreds of kilometers of groomed trails, but they represent a wide range of family-oriented to athletically challenging experiences in a setting of incredible natural beauty. With the region’s strong Scandinavian heritage, it was only natural that Nordic skiing took root in northwest Wisconsin. Farmers, loggers and settlers of Norwegian, Finnish and Swedish extraction used cross country skis for work and recreation dating back to the early part of the twentieth century.

27. Y is for yellow corn Y is for the yellow corn that we grow every year. It is very sweet and tart. Savorwisconsin features a wide variety of products from producers all across Wisconsin. Eileen Cullen, Extension Entomologist. In 2006, 106 Wisconsin soybean fields were monitored for variant western corn rootworm beetle abundance to help growers guide first year corn management decisions in 2007. Variant western corn rootworm beetle abundance and egg- laying in soybean fields, with potential root damage to first year corn in the same field the following year, present an economic risk to corn and soybean producers in the affected region(s).

28. Z is for the zoos Z is for the zoos like the Milwaukee and capital zoo. In 1904, the City of Madison, Wisconsin received a gift of 50-acres of land from William and Anna Vilas. The land had been set aside "for the uses and purposes of a public park and pleasure ground.'' Named in honor of Henry Vila, the couple's youngest son who had died as a result of diabetic complications, the family stipulated that the park grounds always be free of charge to the public. From 1905 through 1910, the Vilas family donated approximately $42,000 towards improvements for the zoo, and public donations raised an additional $10,000 for expansion and remodeling the park.