First Day of School!

We had a great first day today! I was so glad to see everyone back in school and read to learn. Tomorrow is our first full day, so that will give all of us a chance to run through the full schedule.  The idea of this picture was to have the students hold letters that when put together spelled "1st Day of School." The students made the posters themselves, but next year I think we need to use black markers. Any thoughts?

After some Photoshopping!  

'Twas the Night Before School...

Tips for transitioning back to school mode:

• Stay on a routine (including weekends)
• Designate a place to complete homework
• Eat breakfast

For tomorrow:

• Remember to bring 2 snacks (or 1 snack that can be divided)
• There is NOT any lunch tomorrow but we will have snack
• Lockers will be assigned tomorrow, and students will be given time in the morning to set them up.
• We will put together the "perfect notebooks" tomorrow.  

I look forward to seeing everyone in the morning!  

Open House!

I'm so excited to welcome our families back for the 2013-2014 school year.  Open house is this Monday; it will be so great to have the halls filled with kids again!

15 Most Misspelled Words

Spelling can be a very difficult thing to teach because there is always an exception to a rule.  This year my class will be moving through steps 1-4 of the Wilson Reading System.  A huge part of "Wilson" teaching is learning about the rules in the English language, but there are some words that all of us (yes adults) misspell on a consistent basis.  I like this chart, and I was thinking of using this to teach the first week or two of school before we get into Wilson full-force. What do you think?

We're Back!

A HUGE thank you to the Noble PFA for a fantastic breakfast this morning! It is great to be back in the school. The "calendar" center of the room is set up! This year primary will have an additional math class, I am unofficially calling it math enrichment. Part of this will be calendar time, we will use this time to study patterns, graphing, counting money, and days of the week. This time will also be used creating hands-on projects and crafts related to the mathematical concepts we are learning for the week.



Now that we have a set of iPads (HOORAY!) I was looking for some ideas on Pinterest, and I came across this great idea for a summer scrapbook. Then I thought, what a great idea for a beginning of the year composition project.  This is also a wonderful get to know you lesson idea link here

The Pencil Battle!

As all teachers know, keeping students with sharpened pencils is a constant battle. I personally do not have a sharpener in the room because it drives me crazy. This year I am going to try the strategy of communal pencils, and one of the weekly jobs will be for a student to sharpen all of the pencils at the beginning of the day. I got this little handy organizer at Michael's. My only complaint is that I wish the cups that hold the pencils were a little taller. I was thinking of adding card stock around the top, but I thought I would wait and see how it works when the kids get here first.

Class Schedule

2013-2014 Class Schedule