Today was a really good day with our new 2nd graders! We did a lot of community building and worked on our first craftivity!
First, we read one of my favorite back to school books, Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. After we read the book, we graphed the syllables in our names. We gave each kiddo a sticky note and had them write their names on them. The kids took turns saying their names, and as a class we counted the syllables in each child's name. Then they hung up their sticky note in the appropriate column. This activity also let us review each other's names :)
I like my name because I'm named after a movie star.
I like my name because I am named after Esther in the Bible.
I like my name because my name sounds good.
I like my name because it is named after Reese's Puffs.
I like my name because I am named after my great grandpa.
I like my name because my name is named after a baseball player's last name.
In the afternoon, we read Have You Filled a Bucket Today? and talked all about bucket filling!! I think this is such an important subject to spend time on because it really helps build an awesome classroom community! After we read and discussed the book, Amy demonstrated how hurtful words or actions can't be taken back, even if we say sorry. She squeezed out some toothpaste each time a child gave an example of bucket dipping. After most of the toothpaste was squeezed out, we called students up to try and put the toothpaste back in tube {using toothpicks}. It was hard to do, and we couldn't put the toothpaste back. I think the kids really got it :)
Then we made two anchor charts; bucket dippers and bucket fillers. Our class decided that we should crumple up the Bucket Dippers chart and throw it away!
The last thing we did was work on was the Bucket Filling and Bucket Dipping sort that can be found in my Back to School MEGA Pack! The kids did great! I am so excited to start letting the kids fill each other's buckets :)
Tomorrow we are going to start our first day of Daily 5! We use Daily 5 for Dummies to help us pace our lessons :) It is definitely worth it to google it, especially if you are just starting out!! I will post more about that soon!
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Those name explanation are so cute!
ReplyDeleteLove Kevin Henkes books! He as so many awesome ones.
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My Second Sense
How fun that you team teach! I have a student teacher and the new thing is that we co-teach which is lots of fun!!
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I would love to team teach too! Have a great year!
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Bought your Kevin Henkes pack! I'm so excited to use it tomorrow!!!
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ksandherkids.blogspot.com
I LOVE Kevin Henkes! I have all of his books and LOVE them for back to school themes :)
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Mindful Rambles
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I love the bucket fillers and dippers with the toothpaste. I use this book every year and never thought of that visual! Thanks for the ideas!
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