We had a GREAT first day. We were so incredibly busy that I forgot to take any pictures. I ALWAYS take a class picture on the first day and totally forgot until the bus bell had rang yesterday. Mrs. Jones popped in and snapped this picture for our Facebook page, so I snagged a copy of it so that we would at least have one picture of our first day together.
We began our morning learning a few procedures for our classroom. Each student received a handbook and we talked through a few of the procedures like morning routine, entering the classroom, bathroom, etc...
After reviewing a few procedures we took some time to talk about the kind of teacher we want. This is the list the students came up with.
We read two books yesterday. The first one we read was Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus. The kids thought it was funny and we learned how to check for comprehension while we read. The second book we read was Chrysanthemum. Again, the students loved the book. We used this book to work on accuracy when reading by cross-checking when we are unsure of a word.
After we learned our two reading strategies we began discussing Daily Three Time. We launched Read To Self so that students could begin working on independent reading. We created this iChart to help us understand Read To Self.
We will add our last way to read a book tomorrow.
We spent most of the day getting to know one another and learning about our classroom. I know we are going to have a great year together!
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