First Day

We had a great first day of class! Everybody showed up! I think that was a first. We have 21 children in our classroom.

As usual, we spent the first day learning a great deal about procedures and policies. It is boring, but it is better for the students to be taught what to do than to find out by doing the wrong thing. We also practiced walking over to the cafeteria and visited all the recess areas. We also did some diagnostic testing in Reading and Language Arts. In the afternoon, students interviewed each other and wrote rough and final drafts of a "Letter of Introduction."

Let me remind parents that we have a meeting on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. in room 19. This is not a school event; it is just a "Back to School Night" for our class.

Homework: If students did not finish and turn in the final draft of the "Letter of Introduction" they need to do that tonight. They also need to complete the Knowledge about Friendship worksheet. This is preparation for the first Open Court unit. Also, they should find and make a picture which tells something about friendship. This can be a photograph, an illustration from a magazine, or an original drawing. They will present this to the class tomorrow, and it will be added to our Concept/Question board.