Introductory+Pieces

__ First Day Speech __ Hello students! I hope you all had a great summer and I am so excited to have you all in my classroom. My name is Mrs. Thompson. A little about me, I am married, my husbands name is Scott, I have a dog named Zooey, and a cat named Pearl. I love to be outside. I really love to shop. I have two older sisters named Jennifer and April. I enjoy going to the beach and love summertime. So that is just a little bit about me and we will have plenty of time today for you all to get to know me better and to get to know each other better. Hopefully by the end of the day you will all know each other’s name and a little something about them. This year I have a lot of fun activities planned for you all. We are going to do experiments, solve cool math problems, do research on the computers, read very interesting books, and much, much more. We are going to have a lot of fun this year and we are going to learn so much!

**__ First Day Schedule __**

8:00-8:10 My First Day Speech

8:10-9:00 Name Game

(We go around the room and everyone tells their name and something they like to do and the next person has to tell their name and what they like to do along with their neighbors name and what they like to and it keeps building until it gets back to me and I have to tell everyone’s name and what they like to do.)

Self Portrait Activity

(Draw a picture of themselves and then all around them write down favorite hobby, food, color, etc.)

9:00-10:00 Go Over Rules and Procedures of the Classroom

(Students will create their own rules and consequences. Talk about classroom jobs and get those assigned.)

10:00-10:45 Writing Activity

(Read “Today I Feel Silly” and “Other Moods that Make My Day,” by Jamie Lee Curtis. Students will write on the topic: I feel _____ today on my first day of second grade.)

10:45-11:00 Tour of the School

11:00-11:30 Recess

11:30-12:15 Activity

12:15-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:30 Talk about and give students a preview of what all they will be learning this year. Show them math problems they may have never seen and tell them they will be masters at solving them by the end of the year. Tell them we are all going through this year together and it is going to be exciting and fun for everyone.

1:30-2:15 Human Knot

(The last activity will be the human knot exercise. I want to see the students working together and to hopefully get the point of teamwork across to them. We will be working in teams, whether it is groups of partners, we all have to work together and be on the same team.)

2:15-2:30 Dismissal