The First Day of School Recap

What a great first day! We spent the whole day as a homeroom getting to know third grade routines and one another.  We had a fun scavenger hunt in the morning to find things in the classroom.

 

We did an activity where students move around the room and use stickers to give their answer to 6 different questions.  We were then able to analyze the data to find out a consensus of things in our room.  Some things we noticed: P.E. is definitely the most popular special, lots of people love language arts skills, and many students do their best work when working independently.  Check out our finished “Consensusgrams” below.

       

I read the book Swimmy by Leo Lionni. This little black fish has a brilliant idea to teach the little red fish to swim together in the shape of a large fish so they can go exploring through the ocean rather than just hide among the rocks, fearful of large fish.  This year third grade has a hallway bulletin board that features fish decorated by each student and teacher.  It says “We are all different, but we swim together in third grade.”  Just like Swimmy, I hope our class learns to work together to accomplish many exciting things this year as we swim together in our “school”.

 

We also got to practice recess today. For the first week of school all classes at Brecknock we will review the rules of different games and aspects of recess and then give students an extra opportunity to put these expectations into action while getting feedback from their teachers.  Today we reviewed the rules for using recess equipment.  The kids had fun showing that they can use the equipment safely and enjoyed this extra recess time.

  

We finished our time outside with a group picture of the WHOLE third grade team.

I hope your third grader had some great stories to tell about this first day!

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