This is the first post of my 2012 - 2013 school year. I'm happy to report that we had a fabulous day today! We began our day with our Morning Message on the new projector! I have my iPad hooked up to project the letter and then the students get to fill out the interactive part on the chart paper. Today's question was how we got to school this morning. The majority were dropped off from a car. We made our first class graph!
Students learned how Morning Meeting will operate all year long. Every day we have 2 leaders who tell us the schedule, do the calendar, report the weather, and help us read the Morning Message. They play a key role in our Morning Meeting. The leaders have the opportunity to share any news that they feel is important with the class. They also lead the line and get the snack milks. I don't do class jobs, but the leaders do all of the things students would do if they had jobs.
After Morning Meeting, we decorated candles showing our birthdays. These were hung on the birthday cupcakes in the classroom. We also worked on a challenging word search with all of our names in it. Students also decorated their Take Home Folder covers. Hopefully, you saw these today when your child showed you the paperwork sent home today.
We had snack and then PE. To finish our morning, we played a game with a blanket, learning everyone's names. We will play this tomorrow as we try to learn all about each other. We also did a scavenger hunt to find things in the classroom that will be useful to us!
This afternoon, we read a book and had some "Quiet Time". Ask your child what that's all about! We worked on some math with Cuisinaire Rods. It was a great day!
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