It's the first week of school! Where did the summer go? I had a blast with summer reading (which will be featured in an upcoming post), but I'm so glad to be back with my students.
This year we have a little over 200 new kindergarteners at Odell Primary! For most people, that seems insane, but I absolutely love it. They are so wide-eyed and excited about school...it makes me excited too. Of course, none of them know where they're going or how school works, but we'll get there. I absolutely LOVE teaching them in the Media Center, but I'm not sure I could do it all day every day (shout out to my kinder classroom teachers - you da bomb!). Right now, we're doing staggered entry so I'm not teaching true media classes...we're reading Amanda Panda Quits Kindergarten by Candice Ransom, coloring, and doing puzzles. We've started back to school lessons in the Media Center with first and second grade. We're re-learning how we use our three PBIS rules in the Media Center to be safe, be responsible and be respectful. First grade is reading Back to School with Bigfoot by Samantha Berger and they are having a blast. Second grade is reading Second Grade Holdout by Audrey Vernick. Second graders are also discussing how important it is to be good leaders since they are the oldest students at our school. This year I'm doing the craziest thing I've ever tried at the beginning of the school year...we're checking out books. From day one. Insert terrified emoji. It has actually gone REALLY well! The kids are super excited that they get to check out books so it's pretty gratifying. Most of our students are returning from the previous year and I'm only allowing first and second grade to check out one book for the first class. It's chaotic but it's the chaos I thrive in, so it's just a dream come true. Big things are on the horizon this year. It's the first year I've returned to a school after a full school year, so I'm excited to see how things change and how I can improve my practice.
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