First Week!
Wow! It was a short, hot, but great first week! The first hour of class I kept telling them that I could not believe it was their first day of first grade because they all seemed to get back into "school mode" pretty quickly - maybe even faster than me! We focused a lot on classroom routines and we will continue to develop routines, transitions and expectations throughout these first weeks in order to build a strong learning community. On the first day of school we read "First Day Jitters," a story that talks about how we all get nervous for the first day of school - even teachers! We also enjoyed some delicious Jitter Juice to help ease those butterflies or bubbles in our tummies! Throughout the week we have been checking our understanding while we read. When you read with your child I encourage you to help them use this strategy - pause and ask "do you understand what just happened?" "what do you know about the characters?" "what is t...