Our First Week of School.......

We had an exciting couple of days.  The students and I are getting to know each other. On the first day, the students entered and were shown around the room.  All of the classroom jobs were explained and demonstrated if necessary. 

We, as a class, came up with the rules for the classroom.  The rules are as follows:

1.  Respect

2.  Be Kind to Others

3. Follow Directions

4.  Raise Your Hand

5.  Always Try Your Best

We read one of my favorite books, First Day Jitters.  We then had some "jitter juice" to help us to get the jitters out.  14 out of the 17 students liked the "jitter juice."  

The students wrote a reason they think second grade is going to be super. They drew pictures, too.  Some of the reasons are:  You get to have lunch with the teacher, We do lots of arts and crafts, We get to read books, We like gym class, etc.

On Friday, we talked about ways to be a great student. Some of the students demonstrated the right way and the wrong way!!

We also read the book "How Full is Your Bucket"

We talked about what bucket filling looks like and what bucket dipping looks like...ask your child about it.  It is really a great concept and the students understand the meaning.  We began working on a self-portrait of a bucket filler which will be available for you to see at Back to School Night on September 12.  

Finally, our last activity of the day was our "Soar to new heights...READ" assembly.  At the assembly, Mrs. Lizza explained our new school wide theme...reading.  We got to see a slide show of my of the staff members reading in all different places.  We also got to meet our book buddies. Our book buddy class is 6-Gloeckner.  We will be meeting with them often to do some fun planned activities.

I hope you all have a great weekend.  See you next week!!