First Day of School

When students began arriving, on the first day of school, they wrote their names on everything. I have arranged student desks into three large groups to maximize space for centers and to help in classroom management. These second graders listened well, were very cooperative, and a pleasure to teach.Great beginning!

The classroom before the students came.

Students read several stories and listened to several stories with the theme of treating others with respect and kindness. I assigned students to learning teams and they worked together to complete mathematic problems.

On Friday afternoon, students reviewed safety, worked with computer activities, wrote a story about themselves, read books about friendship and worked with my cooperation board.