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Our First Day

I survived the first day of school and am actually awake to blog about it!  I’d say that is a success in and of itself!  Our day went by so fast and furious that I barely had time to breathe!  I talked more than I ever will on a normal day and tried to cover all of the basics… bathroom, drink, kleenex, pencil, lining up, recess, lunch and all other procedures!  
When my students walked in I had their locker nameplates ready for them to color.  I actually got these laminated after school and will be hanging them up tomorrow!  I’m exciting to have even more kid-art hanging up in my room 🙂
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Since our first day of school morning procedures take a good hour I also had our Back to School Memory books on their desks.  We worked on our covers and self portraits!
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Once everyone was in the classroom we started our first day read aloud.  I’m so happy I stumbled upon this book and unit from Linda Kamp because it was the best first day read aloud EVER!  I made a huge deal about my kiddos doing all these fun things while I had to WAIT and WAIT on them!  They were all over the world… Jamaica, Mexico, Brazil, Florida, California, New Mexico.  I also mentioned that I will definitely be traveling with them next year instead of working all summer 😉  It was so funny watching their reaction to my overly dramatic behavior 🙂
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My kiddos wrote one sentence to tell me what they had been doing and where they were while I was waiting!
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I wanted to extend on their summer plans and incorporate our school theme of superheroes for an activity that I could display in the hallway.  So, I called on all of my uber-talented teacher friends… and Deanna Jump came to my rescue!  She made this cutie patootie superhero craft that was perfect for today!
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 I was able to notice right away the type of writers I have in my class.  I have so many different levels, especially with about 20 native English speakers, 3 ESL students, and 18 native Spanish speakers!  Such a variety!
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 They look absolutely precious hanging up in our hallway!  To make this bulletin board I used wrapping paper, burlap chevron ribbon (from Wal-Mart), Superhero clipart from Krista Wallden (blown up), and fonts from Kimberly Geswein!
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OH, and this happened today!  You can read about Joelle’s first day of Kinder HERE!

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Phew!  Now I’m tired and ready for that nap!  We have a week full of fun activities that I just can’t wait to do!  

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16 Responses

  9. I'm so tickled you used my unit and hope your kiddos had fun! The responses I got from my class were hilarious and kept me giggling all day! I love your superhero bulletin board! It looks like you had a fantastic first day!

    Linda
    AroundtheKampfire

  12. Everything you did on your first day is impressive! Please share where you got locker name tags. Thanks in advance! Evelyn

  14. I love your creativity with your kiddos, Amy! I especially love your first day activity of coloring their names when they come in! Did you use a particular font to create them yourself? I have scoured the internet for something like that! Thank you for sharing your wonderful ideas! ~Tracy

  16. I would love to purchase the template you used as well! Is it in your TPT shop or Deanna Jump's? I can't seem to find it. Thank you so much!
    Hope

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