Ms. Nakada's Post for the First Two Days

AGENDA for Monday / Tuesday

new seats - take a minute
welcome
course outline/syllabus
first day letters
SCHOOL TRIP

HW: Course outlines signed, letters home
RJ 1.1 School Trip p. 1 - 27

Welcome to our first class blog! Way back on Monday, the first day of school, my first period class came in after Academy Time. They found their way into seats at tables around the room, and we were ready to get started. 

The first thing we did was introduce ourselves. I passed out the course outline, and then we talked about materials, grading, homework, and rules. Students signed their understanding.

Next, we moved on to the course syllabus. Each table did popcorn reading of the units we will study fall and spring semester. 

The last paper I handed out was my first day letter. I started to read that, but then class was over for the first day. 

On the second day... 

We took a minute to do box breathing. 

After that, I collected course outlines and although some people had them, a few were missing. 

We moved on to first day letters which was our first writers workshop. Students settled in to writing their letters to me, and I passed out copies of books for students to take home. 

Last, we talked about a blog name, but didn't decide on one. That was it for the first two days. Such a good start to the year, y'all. We got this.