We did it and it was "GREAT"!! Let me just tell you...first week of school is CAH.RA.ZY. Now, add a student teacher in the mix. Her sole purpose for observing this week was to see the craziness of "the first week of school". Okay, you want crazy......I can show you crazy. At one point during the week I asked her "Have a gone to the restroom today?" Poor girl, she looked at me and said "ummmm, no". BUT I'm sure she went straight home and checked her manual to make sure she wasn't supposed to keep up with my restroom breaks. The kids came in the first day with a Play-doh activity waiting for them. Second graders LOVE play-doh too. It was a great way to keep them busy while I gathered supplies and greeted parents. You can pick it up { here }. We learned the expectations of working with math tools. We sorted construction paper, they LOVE doing this. It's a great activity to promote teamwork AND it works ...