Back to School!

Welcome back to school!

My new kiddos and I have had a great start to our year!  Here's what we did on the first day of school.

We began by introducing ourselves and did a little get-to-know-you activity on the Smartboard.  Students just tap on a balloon and answer the question.  We shouted out "That's Me!" if we had the same answer (a little energizer activity from Tribes).

We also had a Classmate Scavenger Hunt.  Most of my students are English language learners so our scavenger hunt was very visual.  We reviewed the sight word "like" and we practised asking questions (Do you like...?) before milling about the room.  It was also a good way to get them writing their names again after the summer.

Then I read First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg.

We discussed how we were feeling the night before school and the morning before school.  Apparently I was the only one who was nervous or they are just not admitting it yet...

This led us to brainstorm some ways that we could make sure that no one felt scared or nervous coming to school.  Here is what we came up for our class agreement: