Kids First Day

Today was the kids' first day back to school, and I must say I have one terrific bunch of students! I love this class!! They are inquisitive, sharp, and fun. 

Our focus, as with any first day, was rules and procedures. We explored the framework of Daily 5, and reviewed expectations for read to self. In addition we discovered the five finger rule and practiced our reading stamina as a class...we read 5 WHOLE MINUTES without a sound in the classroom.w.amazon.com/Brand-new-Pencils-Books-Gilbert-Friends/dp/0060726164

One of our shared read-a-louds was  
Brand-new Pencils, Brand-new Books (Gilbert and Friends) Paperback – June 26, 2007by Diane deGroat 

Great Common Core free downloadable lessons here:     http://www.dianedegroat.com/CoreManuals/BrandNewPencils.pdf

The other shared reading was 
Wild About Books Hardcover – August 10, 2004 by Judy Sierra  (Author), Marc Brown  (Author)http://www.amazon.com/Wild-About-Books-Judy-Sierra/dp/037582538X/ref=sr_1_1s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1438916413&sr=11&keywords=Wild+About+Booksh