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Thursday, 10 September 2026

Thursday September 10th

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - We'll do our red light (quiet activity). Then we'll have a discussion about our class rules, our class motto...and really just try to work on building a class community of hard working, kind kids. Then we'll read a bit of Wayside and the kids will have their own independent reading time.

Period 2 We'll continue working on our 'all about me' books. Some kids are rushing through too fast, and not taking pride in their work...others are going too slow and not getting much done because they're almost too proud!

Period 3 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 4 we'll do a little more math....trying again to work on that growth mindset. I heard a lot of "I can't do math, I'm not good at it". I'm trying to erase that language and replace it with " This is hard, but I'm going to work hard and try my best to do this".

Period 5 I've got a team building/responsibility building activity planned. Then we'll have some quiet finish up time.

Period 6, if it all goes according to plan we'll enjoy a bit of free time.

Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Wednesday September 9th

Just a little FYI, my daughter goes to Aldershot High School, so I usually get to school quite early, and leave right away, so often my blogs are written at the start of the day...what I HOPE and plan to happen....it doesn't always go that way.

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - We'll do a quiet 'red light' activity to start the day. I'm going to read a funny book called 'But It's Not My Fault'. We'll go over our class motto and rules. Then we'll have some time to read on our own...we'll work on picking appropriate books and putting books back from where we got them.

Period 2 we'll begin work on our 'All About Me' books.

Period 3 we'll do a tiny bit of math, mostly focusing on our Social Emotional Learning, knowing we can do hard things.

Period 4 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5 and 6 we'll so a bit of 'name art' talking about warm and cool colours. I think we'll finish pretty early and get to have a little free time too..I hope.

Tuesday, 8 September 2026

September 8th

Day 1...almost complete.

What a great day so far. We all have a bit of 'summer brain' so today was just about getting to know each other and following the rules.

Period 1 and 2 - We found our desks and hooks. We had some popcorn and shared a few tid-bits of information about ourselves with the rest of the class. We read the book "First Day Jitter" and did a quick activity about how we felt about coming to school. Most kids were excited and a bit nervous (just like their teacher). I shared our class motto: It's ok not to know. It's not ok not to try. I'm curious if any of them remember it...quiz them at home tonight!

Period 3 and 4 we played the 'Blanket Name Game', came up with some class rules. Sang Willoughby Wallaby (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cx-21573X1TITaqlnJiM7TkwHRQxZ43s/view?usp=sharing) . Hopefully that works and you can hear. We went outside for a game of Squirt and started reading Sideways Stories From Wayside School.

Period 5 and 6 (happen next)-we'll sing another song from my camp days, Aroostacha. We'll go to our 'mailboxes' to get our yellow school medical forms (coming home tonight...paperwork for the parents). We'll finish up our First Day Jitters activity and hopefully have a bit of Free time and practice cleaning up!

I've done this job for over 20 years...every year I get so nervous before the start of school...and by First Break, I'm right back in the saddle and loving my class! I can tell this will be a great year. Thank you!