Today in class, i am continuing to work with my kindergarten friends on learning the classroom routine, class/school rules and how to use school supplies the correct way. Today we learned about the Do's and Do not's of using scissors. Using scissors in the beginnning of the school year is always "tricky!" Please practice this at home too so your child is getting "extra" practice so they can use scissors easily at school. We will be using scissors a lot in the classroom. Please make sure they have the correct scissor grip when cutting. The class did a wonderful job with the lsson and I was impressed on how well they did on the cutting activity I gave them!

I did a school scavengar hunt today where I gave them a sheet of paper of things they needed to find that were hidden all around the classroom. They were pictures of school items and when they found each item, they had to mark it off until all 10 items were found. They LOVED this activity today!

We also did a school mini-book today too. This book was all about things they see in school. On each page, I taught them how to read the words by frog hopping word to word until the whole sentence was read with their "reading finger." We also talked about how many words were in the sentences on the pages. They did a great job reading the book with me and when we were finished, they got to color it on their own ensuring they were using their best coloring making sure to get all those "peek-a-boo" spots!

Friday fun!

In school on Friday, we had HOOT rotations where we learned about school expectations in every part of the school and what behavior/sound level is expected in those areas. The class did a wonderful job listening and asked good questions at each part of our rotation. In the afternoon, we had our first school assembly where Ms. Davis and Mrs. Martin ran the assembly to get us ready for the school year! It was a great assembly to kick off our fun learning year in kindergarten! In the classroom, we are continuing to learn the routine, classroom expectations and I did a few lessons on how to use crayons and pencils appropriately in the classroom. With each mini-lesson, they did a practice activity to go with them. During "snack and story," I read them Our Class Family and I did an activity with the class to go along with it. They all got a school page and they got to answer questions about themselves on the page. When we finished them, I hung them in the hall for all of Olive to see and for you to peek at on Curriculum Night this week. They were so proud of their finished projects and it's so fun to look at them to learn more about each of our K-1 friends!

It was so much fun meeting all my "new" kindergarten friends and seeing the BIG smiles and excitement that filled our classroom! I was amazed with how well they did following the "new" routines I was putting into place and how well they all sat and listened throughout our kindergarten day together! It was truly a wonderful day in K-1! I was amazed with how well they did with a full first day! We did calendar, learned about the daily routine, talked about some school rules, read a few fun read alouds, did a "How to use a crayon" lesson, played a Get To Know You game to learn each others' names and we also had a long indoor recess so they could get to know each other. We also had our first gym class with Mr. Post and music with Mr. Szuwald. My kinders LOVED that! They had such a fun day! At the end of our day, I had many friends come up to me and say, "This is the best day ever! It was AWESOME!" which melted my heart! I kept telling them that after today, it only gets better each and every day! Here are some pictures I took today of the class so you could see who your child's classmates are. I can't wait for Day 2 tomorrow!