August 9, 2012...Day 2!

Hello Students and Parents!

Homework:  Just read!  Find something you like and read it...enjoy it!  Get to bed at a reasonable time.  We'll get into our homework routine next week.

Everyone was a little more tired today after having a full day of school under our belts!  I don't know about you, but we are having to force ourselves NOT to stay up too late watching the Olympic coverage.  That old alarm clock wails MUCH too early...ooooffff!

I've spent the last two days getting to know my students, not only on a personal level, but as readers and writers.  Everyone filled out a reading survey for me and did a writing.  We have also worked to build a strong classroom community by discussing what we hope this school year is like, and what we will ALL need to do each day to have the best school year ever!  The students identified the importance of the following things:

• We believe people should be respectful and kind to each other, treating others the way we want to be treated.
• We believe we should focus on learning and have FUN doing it!
• We believe we should show responsibility and act as role-models.
• We believe celebrations are important!
• We believe that in order to learn, we need to work hard and set goals.

Tomorrow we will dig deeper.  If we believe these things, how will you see us act?  What things will you hear us say?  These are the guidelines by which we will base our behaviors, etc.

Tomorrow we will start investigating our first Social Studies standard:
 The student will explain the responsibilities of a citizen.

EQ:  Why do we need rules and laws?  Why do they exist?