I wanted to take a moment to
share a few pictures from our first week of school and to show some picture of
my classroom. This year I decided it was
time for a change. I have pretty much
had the same set up and décor for the past 2-3 years and I was ready for a
change. I decided to head over to SchoolGirl Style and have her hook me up with a cute rainbow chalkboard theme. I really fell in love with the silhouettes.
I really love the way my
focus wall turned out and the sky paper helps to set off the harsh black colors
from the chalkboard designs.
The adorable subway art rules
posters can be purchased here.
Our first week of school was
a success. We all survived and had a
wonderful time getting to know one another.
We managed to do some “About Me” posters that I got a steal for at the
Dollar Tree (I heart that store). My
favorite part was letting the kids decorate cardboard cut outs of them
themselves. They turned out really cute
and made an awesome display for the first week back.
We managed to get “Our
Classroom Promise” finished and hung in our room too. I love Debbie Miller and this is a must in my
plan book during the first days back. We
did a classroom survey with anchors around the room. I love this activity because it gets them up
and moving around the room. They are
usually pretty squirmy the first couple weeks until they get the routine down,
so this is great. We play it much like
musical chairs only they stop at a poster and have to put a sticker on the
choice that best describes them. For
example, “What’s your favorite specials?”
The kids love it.
Student Surveys
We did a lesson this year
that I really loved to watch. It was a
listening and following directions exercise with Legos. This is a skill that I am sure all kids can
use as a life skill. Each group got two bags
of Legos, each with the same colors/size Legos as the other. One partner would build a Lego design with
their eight blocks and then would have to give step-by-step instructions to the
other student and see if they could build their design correctly. The builder had an office up so the other
person couldn’t look. It was tricky for
some of my kiddos, but I had a few students that really gave detailed directions
for a first grader. I was impressed!
What are some of your
favorite first week activities? Have a wonderful week and happy teaching!
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