Happy 2nd Day of School!

Wow!  We have had a wonderful first two days of school!  The kids have been working so hard reviewing expectations and learning about everything in Room 27.  I am very proud of them!

Yesterday, we read First Day Jitters and then wrote about our jitters while drinking jitter juice, to get all our jitters out. :)  Some of them were nervous, excited, happy, sad, even a few said they were mad.  I think they had different feelings this morning.  :)

 Their smiling faces with their juice. :)

How they felt when they came to school yesterday.  

We have been testing out our flexible seating also.  They have tried at least 3 different places to sit.  We were reading this afternoon, and it was fun to walk around the room, they all looked so comfortable, but were all working so hard also!

Today in math, we made a graph about their favorite pizza toppings.  Cheese was an overwhelming winner with 12 votes, while sausage, ham and pepperoni on had 2 votes each.

In writing, they started their free write notebook today.  This is a place for them to write about anything they want.  We discussed some topics they could write about and away they went.

They picked out a nonfiction and a picture book to keep in their book bags today.  These are books that they will read during our reading centers.  We will be adding a couple more books to their bags in the coming week.  

We have been reviewing expectations at school and will continue that the rest of this week and into next week also.  We have discussed that our school wide expectations are the be safe, respectful, learners and we refer to these expectations as the RBE3.  Today we focused on ways to be safe at school.  Tomorrow, we will discuss being respectful and on Friday, we will discuss being learners.  We are covering these in all areas of the school and talking about how they apply in each area.  

The students have been earning stickers very quickly this week with their wonderful behavior.  They have a few options when they fill up a sticker chart.  If they choose an option that requires something from home (PJ day, stuffed animal day are a few of those options), I will write their choice on the back of their sticker chart and they take it home as a reminder for themselves to bring in whatever is necessary.

I have so enjoyed spending the last 2 days with your students and can't wait to spend the rest of the year with them!

Have a wonderful evening!

Mrs. Ross