Who is...? And getting to know each other - We did a "choose the best answer" activity to learn more about our teachers. Then we shared five things about ourselves with a friend in the classroom. That friend then chose two of our facts to share out and introduce us to the class.
I'm searching for a classmate who... The Sugar and Shorette kids gathered on the playground to play this game. We stood in a large circle, then were read a prompt such as...
- I'm searching for a classmate who flew in an airplane this summer!
- I'm searching for a classmate who has a sibling at Franklin!
- I'm searching for a classmate who speaks a second language!
- I'm searching for a classmate who loves ice cream!
If that prompt applied to us we had to run and find a new place within our circle.
Circles - We filled in our favorites, then asked our friends where they fit into our "circles".
Classroom Expectations - We read the Book "What if Everybody Did That?" to get us thinking about the collective effect of our actions. Then we worked as table groups to think about what we need what we need to do and what we need others to do in our classroom to help us be successful. We organized and categorized our ideas and came up with a set of classroom expectations.
We also read some great books from some AMAZING authors. We started our read aloud Wonder, and read two Patricia Polacco Books, Some Birthday and When Lightning Comes in a Jar, for use in reading and writing.
Figure Me Out - students thought about numbers they could use to describe themselves. Then they created equations to equal those numbers.
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