The kids were so eager and cheerful. I think it's because they all got such a good night's sleep. Most of them came in all ready, in their nice new school clothes and clean, never before worn shoes. All except my new most favorite student, Number Nine. Number Nine clearly knows the rules of buttering up a teacher. She came in completely zombified! I am going to give her A's now, no matter what.
Here were some of the fun things we did today:
- A student scavenger hunt (I can find someone who... sheet posted awhile back)
- We practiced lining up and quieting up with my quiet signal
- We went over the rules
- We started "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" which is our first read aloud
- Drew self portraits
- Did our first math lesson. I love lesson 1.1.1 :)
- A tour of the school
- We read "First Day Jitters"
- We went on a pretend Zombie Hunt (to the Song, Going on a Bear Hunt)
- We began our stamina building with the Daily 5
- I taught them the card game, Bullshit
- They learned the clean up routine
- I did a spelling assessment
And then, we packed up and went home! After the kiddos left, my teaching buddies and I changed into our sexy duds and hit happy hour! We had several drinks, and now I am just ready to fall into bed. God, I love the first day of school!
Here we are, celebrating a successful first day with champagne!
Today is my first day back (just in-service) and I woke up entirely too early so here I am surfing some of my favorite blogs. I am all dressed up drinking my coffee. I was reading down your list of things that you did on the first day of school and when I read "taught them a card game called Bullshit" hot coffee came out of my nose. Hysterical humor!
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