Butterfly or Moth?

Our mystery caterpillar emerged from its chrysallis today but......is it a moth or butterfly??  What do you think?

Guest Speaker Tyrone Scott

Today we had a guest speaker, Tyrone Scott, from New York City!  He showed us a ton of pictures and talked to us about life in NYC.  We had a great time learning from him!

Mailbox Magazine Feature

How cool is this....I was featured in Mailbox Magazine this month!!!

First Day of School!

Our First Day

These girls brought a cookie cake!  Yum!

Our first day feelings graph..... Notice that almost our whole class was happy or excited to be here!

This is our Jitter Juice. After we read the book First Day Jitters, we read a poem called Jitter Juice and had some to drink!

Welcome New 2nd Graders!

Assessment Recorder from Learning Resources

This is now on my wish list!  I can think of so many ways I could use this recorder.  It would be perfect for letting students podcast during literacy stations and then post to our blog! Check this out!



Pic used from teachingmaddeness.com

Student of the Month Chair

This is my newest creation.... a student of the month chair!  I plan on placing it at the desk of the student of the month so that when they walk in and see it at their desk they will find out the surprise!  If they choose, they may sit in the chair for the month until a new student of the month is chosen.

My Classroom Library

My New Seats/Storage Crates

These are the supplies I purchased to make my 4 seats.  I got the crates from Walmart for $3 and something each.  I also got the material, ribbon, and foam mattress pad at Walmart.  The lady in the material department was super helpful.  All my material I found on clearance.  The plywood was purchased at Home Depot.  They cut it for me but in order to fit into the top of the crate, I had to have my father-in-law round the edges on his saw.  They could not do that at Home Depot. The man at Home Depot also suggested I buy nuts, bolts, and brackets to put in for reinforcement but after seeing how tightly the boards fit, I did not need to use these.

This mattress pad would probably make about 8 crates in all with some left over.

Lay the piece of plywood on top of the foam an cut around it.

Lay the foam and on top of the material and the board on top of the foam.

The lady at Walmart recommended that I cut cardboard and then fold the fabric over it.  Pull tight and use a staple gun to staple to the board. Do opposite sides like I did in the picture.

When you have all sides stapled, loop a ribbon and staple.

Here is the finished product! Wasn't hard to do.  Gathering the supplies was probably the most difficult part. 

Summer

I really miss all my freinds.  But I have seen alli camping.  I saw Abby,Alli and Joah at bible school.  I also saw Abby at allstar practice.We are going camping this weekend. We are going to see fireworks at the beach.  There is also a fair at Otwell.  They will also have fireworks.  My cousins are coming to see them to.

Summertime :-)

Hope you all are having a great summer! I am by excited to see that a couple of you have clogged since school has been out (Jason and Abby)... Nice work!

Miss You!!

Oh my, It's been so hard without my great friends and teacher!! If Mrs. Knust is on here  I just want her to know I wouldn't be promoted into third grade. So I want to think her for helping me when I need help and I will never forget her.
   
                                                                  May 30, 2012

I miss you

Dear Mrs Knust



     I had fun in your 2nd grade class.  I'll see you when i'm in 3rd grade.

2nd grade memories.

It's sad we are leaving 2nd grade.  We had allot of fun in 2nd grade.  2nd grade is not so hard after all it's actually easy. 

Help Save The Endangered Animals

Many  animals are endangered for many resons. Try to save the endangered Animals.  Many animals are Killed for body parts.  So save the endangered.