Our First Day

Well, I had a great first day today! I feel really good about our class and how we will get along with each other. I think the students feel pretty good, too. We read two books together, the first one being "First Day Jitters" and the second being "Chrysanthemum."

We had time to choose our own books to read, and we each wrote about something that is very important to us.

We had gym today. Our gym days are Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Those are the days to bring running shoes to school. (Some parents like to have an extra pair of shoes to leave at school, especially when the weather gets wet and snowy!)

We are going to try to remember the different ways we can read a book:

1. We can read the words out loud.
2. We can whisper the words.
3. We can read the words in our head, silently.
4. We can tell the story in our own words using the pictures.

As time goes by, we will more and more be able to read all of the words on the page!