A look at some events from our first few weeks together in second grade
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| After collecting aspen, green ash, and maple leaves, the children pressed them between sheets of paper for the evening. The next day we placed the leaves under white paper and colored over with crayon to create leaf impression art. |
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| Coloring over leaves to get their impressions. |
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| One afternoon the children were excited to see the delivery of Painted Lady caterpillars to our classroom. Mrs. Deile ordered them from a science supply company just on time to learn about life cycles and habitats in science class. The ten caterpillars ate and ate until they formed cocoons. The they were carefully transferred to a butterfly habitat. |
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| On Friday, the caterpillars had been in their coocoons for 7 days. The kids kept an eye on the butterfly habitat all day anxiously checking for some action. The first two butterflies hatched out about 15 minutes after the kids left for the weekend. |
As of Sunday, nine Painted Lady butterflies have hatched out of the 10 cocoons. Their habitat is filled with orange slices and sugar water, flowers, and some twigs for perching.
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| Isaac caught a leopard frog on the playground. |
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| We had a cute and exciting visitor on Friday for show and tell. Javin's very new baby sister (and, of course, his mom) came for a visit. Here is the proud new big brother with baby Bella. |
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| Damon and Grace team up for soccer. |
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| Show us your muscles! |
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| More muscles!!! |
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| Brayden, Carson, and Aidan are exhausted after all that muscle-work. |
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| Clay relaxing on the playground |
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| Catching grasshoppers kept second graders busy when school started |
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| Aria, Kya, Kelsey, and Kiera pose on a hot summer afternoon recess |
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Mrs. Deile's Super Cool new Second Grade Class!
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