Rodeo Day in 2nd Grade

Friday was Rodeo/Western day in 2nd grade at Kaufman! The students had a blast rotating through all of the different western stations. You'll have to ask them what their favorite station was! We finished the day off with a delicious chili snack. A perfect ending to a perfect Rodeo/Western day! Here's some pictures we captured throughout the day of our little cowgirls and cowboys - enjoy!

We had a fantastic play that we performed called Go Fish! It was about a shark who wanted some friends that weren't sharks, but rather, other sea creatures from the ocean. We had fish, seahorses, jellyfish, seaweed, octopus and more! Here are a few shots of our performers-

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Go Fish! Slideshow

Valentine's Day 2010

Well, it's official! We have adopted the American Eagle, Liberty, from The Houston Zoo. The paperwork came in the mail this week and we have enjoyed reading about this wonderful creature. It is good to know that our donation is going to help take care of Liberty and we look forward to seeing her at the zoo in March!

We have been very busy in 2nd grade learning about dinosaurs and fossils within the last week. The students got to research the dinosaur of their choice in class and create an illustration showing that dinosaur living in it's time period (ex. Jurassic). The students really enjoyed this unit of learning and here are some examples of their completed work.

The students also enjoyed learning about fossils and how they are formed. Here's a display of some of their hard work from the past couple of weeks.

Here's the paleontologist as they go on a "walk" through the stages of a fossil being formed. This was a neat way for the students to learn and understand each step of the process.

This week our unit of learning has been on weather and the watercycle in science. The students learned a fun song to help them remember it and got to illustrate it as well as seen below.

Next week we will continue to learn about weather in science, but will begin working on a biography research project in reading class. Stay tuned for pictures of all the cool new things we'll be learning!

Our visit with Laurie Keller!

Today we had a very special visit from guest author/illustrator, Laurie Keller. Each grade level had their own presentation and our 2nd graders were very attentive listeners!

She showed us some of her books that are our favorites here at Kaufman! The students have been learning about these whenever they visit the library on Wednesdays.

She even gave us all an art lesson on how to draw some of the characters in her books....very cool!

Mrs. Williamson, our school librarian, LOVED all of the beautiful drawings the students made!

I caught Mrs. Sheltraw trying out her artistic abilities......good job Mrs. Sheltraw!

Of course we had to sneak a picture with Laurie Keller before we left! We loved having her visit our school and hope she comes back again next year!