My first week almost always looks the same as past years. A little tweak here and there, but mainly the same concepts - building a class community through a bunch of team building activities, learning about student work habits and personalities, and of course a lot of practice of routines, rules, and expectations.
Please don't judge my handwriting... :) Here are my main go to activities/read alouds for my 4th grade classroom. Many of these ideas can be used in multiple grade levels.
Read Alouds:
*Have You Filled a Bucket (My intro. into our rules)
*First Day Jitters (Mentor Text for First Week)
(CA History Intro.)
*7 Habits of Happy Kids (I read one habit per day the first 2 weeks of school, then we brainstorm how we can model that behavior.)
Team Building Activities
*Save Fred (teamwork with a partner - involves gummy worms, peach rings, paper clips, and plastic cups)
*Puzzle Races (teamwork with a small group using small boxes of puzzles)
*Fourth Day of Fourth Grade (teamwork with a small group, centers practice)
Math Activities
*Practice MATH Workshop Routine
(Not full speed, practice rules/expectations, one station per day)
M= Math Facts
A = At Seat
T = Teacher Time (I save this until later on)
H = Hands On
Writing Activities
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*Welcome Booklet (Great filler for those first days of school)
*Set Up our Grammar Notebook
(Mentor Sentences, Word of the Day, Parts of Speech)
*I am Poem (I hang these up as an easy bulletin board for BTSN)
*Heart Map (What do they love? Great look into what's important to them, and then we put into our classwork folder for quick write options)
Reading Activities
*Set up our Reading Notebook
(Genres, Strategies, Themes)
*Start my version of Daily 5
(IPICK lesson, What does Read to Self look like, What does Read to Someone look like)
It's a busy week, but a memorable one. :) I hope this helped someone. In case you haven't heard, today and tomorrow there is a TPT Best Year Ever Teacher Appreciation Sale going on. My store is also on sale, including all the bundles, and you can get an additional 10% off with the code BESTYEAR. :)
It's a busy week, but a memorable one. :) I hope this helped someone. In case you haven't heard, today and tomorrow there is a TPT Best Year Ever Teacher Appreciation Sale going on. My store is also on sale, including all the bundles, and you can get an additional 10% off with the code BESTYEAR. :)
Have a great day!
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