Monday, August 23, 2010

The 1st Day

Wow! What a great first day of school. We really had a great day getting to know eachother and finding out interesting things about new friends and old friends that we didn't already know. I started our day by introducing myself to the class using my Bio Bag. I had 5 different things/pictures inside the bag that would tell a little about myself and the things I like to do. The students then put their Bio Bags together and began decorating them with things that they enjoyed doing. They took their Bio Bags home to complete for their first homework assignment. On Thursday, students should all have their Bio Bags ready to present to the class. We also played Name Bingo. This was a game that they had to walk around the class finding characteristics from their bingo card that matched a student in the class. Once they found a match, they would have that student write their name in the bingo box. After all the boxes were filled in, we played Name Bingo. I would call out the names of our classmates and they would cover their bingo boxes if they had that students name on their bingo card. Once they covered four in a row, they called out bingo. The bingo winner would then have the four students on their bingo card stand up to introduce the unique characteristic about that student. For example, "Johnny is someone who has more than 2 brothers or sisters." We played a lot of getting to know eachother games and look forward to a great rest of the week.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Last night was our "Meet the Teacher" night. It was a great turn out with a lot of excited 3rd graders. I am so happy to have met so many wonderful parents and students. I look forward to a year full of learning with all the technology opportunities our school has to offer. This year our class will have a new iPad and Mac in our room. We will be one of two classes at Longs Creek to try them out this year and experience great ways to differentiate our learning. Please feel free to comment about what you are looking forward to in 3rd grade whether you are a parent or student?