Wow! What a busy first two days! It just flew by! I am excited to start the year with all my new Kindergarten friends! I think I have a good group with a lot of potential! I always forget how little they are and how much practice they need and all the routines we need to establish! Highlights of the first day included a lunch box craftivity from teacherspayteachers. We cut and glued a lunch box together that had the expectations for eating lunch in the cafeteria. It did take longer than I anticipated so we actually had to finish it after lunch. The students LOVED the scavenger hunt of our classroom. I took pictures of the tissues, sink, markers, etc, all the things they need to know where to find. It was so cute to see them walking around the classroom and checking things off the list.
Our afternoon was so long and they lost steam by the end of the day. I think what will be tough is having our reading block in the afternoon. I have tried out my Daily 5 lessons and it was hard for them to stay focused. I think what I had planned for the good fit lesson was well planned. It took a lot of redirecting to keep them focused on the lesson. They liked seeing all my different shoes and they liked the book Dog in Boots.
One of the lessons that was not as effective was a Who Am I? activity page. Students needed to fill in their hair color, boy/girl and favorite color. I modeled and showed them where the words were but it got lost when it was time for them to complete the activity. Next time I will have us all complete each step together. I think I struggle with these types of activities. I find it hard to keep them all together and at the same pace.
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