Back to School

So since it is September I thought that it would be appropriate to start out with a lesson plan that has to do with the first day of school.


I would start out by having all the children come into the classroom and get settled. After the class is settled and we are ready to go I would start out with a handout that has to do with their summer. I would have them write one thing that they did over the summer and then draw a picture corresponding with the story. I would then ask if any of the children would like to volunteer and share what they wrote about. I would also share what I did over the summer as well.

I would then do a little ice breaker activity with all the children. I would have a bucket with small pieces of paper with questions on them. Each child will have to pick one piece and then we would go around the class and have everyone answer their question on the page including myself. This will help everyone get to know each other a little bit more and start to get more comfortable with each other so we will begin to form our little community. 

Another thing I would do on the first day is reading the book "First Day Jitters" by Julie Danneberg. It is a good story to start the first day with because I know everyone including myself will have the jitters. After reading we will discuss the story. Then I will have the children go back to their seat and pass out the handout about "First Day Jitters". They will then have to write about their experience with first day jitters. After everyone writes about it we will then have voluteers go around and read their story out loud to the class if they want to. I will also tell them my first day jitters. When we are done reading out loud to the class with have to draw a picture that corresponds with their story.

There are just some of the things I would do on the first day of school. Hope you enjoy! Have a happy school year!

"What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge,
and not knowledge in pursuit of the child." - Georg Bernard Shaw

Hello and welcome to my blog!!

I am Becky and I will be blogging about fun, exciting, and creative activities and lesson plans to do with first and second graders. I am currently a student at Kean University going for a degree in K-5 special ed with a content area of english writing.  On my blog I will be sharing with you activities, lesson plans, pictures, possibly some videos - all educational things that you can do in the classroom with first and second graders. 

Please feel free to comment on any post with your experience with any of the activities you have done or if you have done an activity I post about I want to hear how your experience went with your class! I hope to hear from you. 

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