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!