First Day of Kindergarten

I adore my new class! They are absolutely adorable children and they seemed to adapt well to so many new things! We started the day by reading Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten. We talked about how they got ready for school (by buying supplies and getting shots) and how I got ready for school (by writing their names all over the place). After our tour of the office, library, lunchroom and bathrooms, we had recess. I gave a whistle signal (2 tweets) to line up to go back inside. Some of the students said they couldn't hear the whistle so I had to gather all my little ducklings before heading back inside. Next, we read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and watched the short movie that goes with it. We then made our own Chicka trees, which involved tracing, cutting, gluing, and attaching the letters in their names. The trees are so cute that I hung them in the hall, but will try to send them home on Friday. Lunch took longer than usual, as everyone had to learn the procedures. Afterward, we read How I Spent My Summer Vacation. Students decorated their journals and completed their first writing activity: showing me all the letters and numbers they can write.

Parents, you have lots of reading material that was sent home in your child's Monday envelope. Please sign the papers and return them in that same envelope tomorrow morning. They normally go out on Mondays and are returned on Tuesdays, but there was already so much paperwork to deal with that you needed a head start. See you in the morning!