I need to start by telling all of you, that you have the sweetest, cutest kids ever! In all my years of teaching... this day was up there as one of the bests. :) Not a single tear and no one asked when it was time to go home. ( That made me think they liked me and had fun today. :) )
I wanted to give you a semi quick breakdown as to what we did today... We did A LOT of rule review: Voice Levels, CHAMPS (breaks down the expectations you have for the students into categories. Conversations, Help, Activity, Movement, Participation and S~Super Students) and play dough rules. The kids did a good job with Voice Levels and EVERYONE loved laughing at the play dough rules. haha It was cute hearing them chuckle. I'm attaching the play dough recipe below, in case anyone wants to make it. :)
We also read two books today. The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn and David Goes to School by David Shannon. Reading The Kissing Hand was perfect for the students because it allowed them to see that the character, Chester Raccoon, was nervous about school just like them. Plus it allowed them to see that you can be nervous, happy, scared and excited all in one. :) Below you will find a picture of the predictable chart we wrote after our reading and the sweet pictures of the kids little hands with a "kiss" in the middle. :) David Goes to School went along with CHAMPS and following school rules. No one in our class wants to be a "David." A few even pointed out the right choices they were making and told me they were not like David! haha I loved it!
See you all tomorrow. :)
 |
 |