Brain Break

Here we are taking a much needed brain break yesterday!

Caterpillars!

We now have 5 monarch caterpillars that we are watching at school! 

Lunch and Movie with a Friend

The students can use their coins to buy lunch and movie with a friend. 

Parent Volunteers

Several of you signed up to potentially help out in the classroom.  I am trying something new this year because I would like for the volunteering to be as fair as possible and would like to give you a choice as to what you would like to do to help out.  We will see if it works well and if not we will make some in-flight adjustments to fix it.  I have created a sign up genius page where you can sign up for the date/time/activity that you would like to help out with.  The first sign up has been made for next week, the week of 8/26.  When you sign up I will get an email letting me know what you will be coming in to help with.  Just another note.... You must have had a criminal background check completed before coming in to volunteer.  I sent these papers home after I received your volunteer forms and many of you already returned them.  If you are reading this and would like to volunteer but still need a criminal history check, please contact me: tknust@pcsc.k12.in.us .  Here is the link to sign up:   Mrs. Knust's Sign Up Genius  Thanks for helping out!

Waiting on the Buses

We had a very fun time today before we loaded the buses! We did math board races on teams!

Blogging

Today we blogged for the first time!!! Check it out! http://kidblog.org/MrsKnustsClass/ 

#2ndgraderocks

Mystery Reader!

Our mystery reader for today read "Oh the Places You'll Go!" By Dr. Seuss. He did an awesome job! 

Getting to Know our Friends

Today we read Spaghetti in a Hotdog Bun and talked about the fact that even though we are all different on the outside, we all have a heart and feelings on the inside. We also talked about bullying and when to report when someone is hurting your feelings. Then we did a partner activity to find likenesses and differences with our friends. We made a Venn diagram and presented to the class. 

Caterpillar!

We are watching a monarch caterpillar in our classroom and learning about them! 

What's in the Bag Project

It was so fun to learn about my new students!  They did awesome on this project!!!!

Open House

Otwell Elementary Open House is this Thursday, Aug. 14 from 6-7 pm.  I will be leaving a special surprise on each desk for my students and their parents.  I hope to have 100% attendance!

Funny Stuff

So this is the first class ever in 16 years that has asked to do a silly picture.  I love it so I just had to post!

Luau Cupcakes and Jitter Juice!

#yum  #2ndgraderocks

First Day!

We had a great first day of 2nd grade!  We were busy, busy, busy and did not get everything done that I wanted to but that's ok!  One activity we did was with the iPads.  I had a QR code hunt posted through the hallways and the students had to scan the code to see the question.  This was a quiz about me so that they could learn a little about their new teacher. #techintheclassroom #2ndgraderocks

A New Class!

I am so very excited to be meeting my new students soon!  I look forward to this year in 2nd grade and can't wait to see my students learn and have fun!