This year will be a little more difficult, as all of my prep periods are in the middle block...so most of my posts will be "what we've done so far"...and "what I'm hoping to do" this afternoon.
Here we go:
Period 1 we cracked open our 'red light' books for the first time. Our Red Light books are where we do quiet activities while the announcements are on. Today we drew/wrote about our highlights from Grade 3 so far. Then we used the Random Number Generator to help us decide on our September seating plan (I usually try to change the desk arrangement every month).
Period 2 we started reading Sideways Stories from Wayside School. We did a lot of laughing. Ask your kids about Mrs. Gorf. Then we talked about 'independent reading' and how to pick a good book. Then we worked on building our Reading Stamina. We were able to read for 7 minutes and 39 seconds today.
Period 3 I showed the kids this picture:
I also made the kids a promise. I'll deliver their best year of school if they can do their best to follow our 4 class rules.
Your kids were so awesome, I had to take them outside for some fresh air. There was a massive game of tag on the climber, some sand castle building, swinging, skipping and searching for gross bugs. It was great.
Period 4 (now) Mr. Butt has them for library (Wednesday is our book exchange day) and technology.
Period 5 we have the gym (I think) and we're going to play a few different co operative games. Cat and Mouse and Matt ball.
Period 6 I want to finish up some 'first day jitters' work from yesterday. Hopefully have some time to a game I call seatball and talk a little more about building an amazing community...we're already well on our way!
P.S. Thanks to all the people that brought in some of that paperwork from yesterday...if you haven't yet, can you please send it in when you complete it?
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