In the Groove

Well, it's the second week of school and I just got through hump day. Still up, so not technically done. But the first week went so well. We did some fun team building activities. Got lots of ideas online, via blogs or Twitter! Go figure. My new PD comes from all of that. It's how we do it in the 21st century. Here's a pic of my students trying to "Save Fred". 

The kids had such a fun time trying to get Fred in his life preserver. We covered procedures that day, routines, and built our community. 

Another thing we did that Friday was went over the assignment of "Mini-Me". I gave each child a paper doll of their chosen skin tone. They were to go home and design or clothe the kid with things that would describe him or her. 

They worked hard!!! 

We went into our first units of study, especially the long-awaited Reading Units of Study which is brand new. 

Of course, we also had to glue in lots of charts to help us get back in the groove of responding to texts. 

These aren't by any means, the best, but I had so many who acted like they had never responded before. There's just no way around it with all of the work we'll be doing with the learning progressions and checklists. They will be setting goals and tracking their growth. Good stuff!!