A Successful FIRST Day

Whoa, even with the caffeine this morning it was crazy busy!  Lots of energy and excitement.  I'm quite PROUD of the class I have.  While driving home I finally realized I didn't even get a bathroom break today!! :o)

Here are some pics of our first day.

We also worked with our names and put them in ABC order.  The kids drew self-portraits and practiced writing their names.

 We also read David Shannon's books about little David who always seemed to find himself in trouble.  I found a great lesson idea at The First Grade Parade and completed it with the kiddos today.  We talked about our new Peace Garden and what peace means.  I then introduced them to Peacemakers and Peacebreakers.  We made these two posters to hang in our room along with our class expectations.

We also spent time learning about each other.  The kids made friendship necklaces.  In order to get clay the kids had to ask each other questions.  Once all the kids had their clay they made beads.

And last but not least, we made some first graph gylphs.  Here are a few kids working on them.