Our First Day!

Today was our first day as first graders! We in the hall and waited patiently for everyone to arrive. Ms. Stern greeted us at the door and said, "Good morning." We looked at her and said, "Good morning" back. Next, Ms. Stern read us a story. Then we began to unpack our supplies. They were HEAVY! After that, we talked about good choices for behavior while eating. We ate our snacks and went outside for a few minutes. It was a beautiful day. When we came back inside, we read another story called Chrysanthemum. It's about a girl (mouse) who is named after a flower. At first, she really liked her name. Then the other students at school made fun of her and pointed out that her name was so long and was the same as a flower. That made Chrysanthemum sad. Finally, the other students became envious of her because their music teacher, Mrs. Delphinium Twinkle, also had a long name and was named after a flower. We talked about our names. A few children shared the stories behind their names and so did Ms. Stern.

Before we knew it, it was lunchtime already! We met Mrs. Graff. She is our lunch aide during recess and lunch. When everyone came back to the classroom, we filled out Name Bingo cards for each other and began to play. First, we played having to get rows. Lots of people got Bingo! Then we played using the corners. Everyone was a good sport in playing. That made Ms. Stern so happy and proud! Sasha and Dylan A. both had great luck with their Bingo boards!

Today was our first day of music with Mrs. Fox. We learned about different instruments that she JUST got this morning! Some of the instruments were finger drums, metalaphones, lollipop drum, thunder drums, and a rainstick.

Here are some highlights/noticings from our first day:
*Dylan A. liked when Ms. Stern read us a book called My First Day of School. His favorite part was the last part because he is excited to learn a lot this year.

*Drew noticed that his friends James and Robert have the same lunchbox as him!

*Victoria saw lots of her friends passing her in the hall. She was excited to meet Ms. Stern.

*Hunter liked when we unpacked our bags. They were so heavy when we came to school. During recess, Stephen and Adam went on the swings and monkey bars. Drew was able to go across all of them for the first time!

*Meaghan thought we had a great day and we had lots of fun! She liked playing outside.