We had a very productive day! To get ready for handwriting and spelling work, I taught the procedures for passing out and returning mini dry erase boards and erasers. While they had their boards, we practiced writing the uppercase and lowercase E. (Yes, I'm a few days behind where I hoped I'd be on letter introductions. I was a little overly ambitious with my original schedule.) Students did such a nice job of following directions that they earned some "doodle time." Everyone got a turn to use highlighter tape to showcase a letter E in our ME poem. We practiced recognizing and writing some numbers and played a counting game (1-10). Today was our first day of Library. Students listened to a story, looked at books, and colored an information sheet about library procedures that will go home in their Monday envelope.