First Full Day of School!

It was a fun, long day in 2nd grade today!  Be prepared for your 2nd grader to come home tired!

Hot lunch:  The first hot lunch menu for the year is open and ready for you to order!  See Mrs. Jameson's email for more information about what hot lunch looks like here at BL, as well as how to register and order.  The first hot lunch orders are due by September 2.

We started off with a tour of our desk and a tour of the classroom so we could get acquainted with the important things we'll be using throughout the year. Then we reviewed some procedures and took a look at our classroom blog. 

Then we learned about each of the classroom jobs and the responsibilities the students will have throughout the year to help our classroom run smoothly.  2nd grade is a fun time of learning and growing, becoming not only more independent, but also branching out and noticing the needs of others and then working to meet those needs.

We got a chance to work on our morning work.  We'll do the first few together so the students can get the hang of it, and then they will start working independently each morning by the end of the week.  We will be doing this type of morning work most mornings, so we did it together today.  They'll transition into doing a page by themselves, and then checking it as a class, by Friday.

After lunch, we settled into silent reading, checking out classroom library books (which will stay at school).  I was impressed how quietly and responsibly the second graders looked for books and handled them! 

I also did an All About Mrs. Picker presentation so they could get to know more about me, beyond just what they see in the classroom.  The presentation ended with a game--since I'm an identical twin, I took childhood pictures of me and my twin sister and had the students guess which one was me.  Ask them how well they did!  (I usually get several wrong!)

In order to help us learn our three classroom rules (show respect, make good decisions, solve problems), the kids worked in groups to plan and perform short skits to demonstrate the rules.  Ask them which rule they demonstrated and what their skit was like!

After recess, we packed up and put our gym shoes on.  Then the 2nd graders started to decorate a nameplate that I will laminate and that will be put on the front of their desk all year.

We ended our day by starting our read aloud of The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo.  Then the 2^nd graders got to go to their first P.E. class of the year!  Ask them what they did!

Have a restful, low-key night!