Well, we have completed our first full week of school. We have been busy learning the class rules and procedures. We will be practicing these more next week. I was so happy to see that every child brought back their homework sheet. The most important part of the sheet is the reading log at the bottom. Reading for 15 minutes should be done every night. Beginning in October we will participate in a thousand book reading challenge. It will be important that every child reads and records the books to be turned in so our class will meet this challenge.
This past week, we made a class alphabet book. Soon you will be able to see it on this blog. Comments to the blog are always welcomed. I have changed the settings so that you can now comment without having to be a registered user.
Today was a great second first day of school. We reviewed our class rules and procedures. We are working on learning our lunch numbers and speaking loud enough so the lunch lady can hear. We will continue to practice them throughout the next couple of weeks. In reading, we read a story called "That Big Cat!" In the story we discussed setting and character. We listened for the short a sound in words and blended short a words. In math, we practiced counting forward and backward from a number to another number. For example, we counted from 5 to 13 or from 18 to 6. We set up our science notebooks today. The students did a great job of putting "Table of Contents" at the top of the first page, entering our first assignment, and turning to the right page and completing the assignment. I am so proud of how they did.
My favorite part of the day was sharing the story "First Day Jitters" with the class. It was about a character named Sarah not wanting to go to school the first day. She hides in the covers and complains about being sick. When she finally gets to school the principal greets her and takes her to the classroom. You'll never believe who she is - the teacher!
I am looking forward to the rest of the week with the kids. And Gustav needs to stay away!!!!
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