Off and Running

We had a wonderful first week of school together. We've been working hard to learn all of the routines and procedures and are very confident that the classrooms will quickly grow to become self-running learning environments.

Some of the highlights of the week included:

• reading Judy Moody
• creating a tshirt about our summer vacations
• using playdough to form objects that tell about us
• sharing our "me bags" and special artifacts that describe us
• introducing independent reading
• painting self-portraits
• working cooperatively to untangle our "human knots"
• spending some extra time on the playground
• writing about ourselves
• completing a word search of classmate names
• getting to know our friends who are new to Riverside

We're looking forward to full days of school next week. Please remember that there will be no school for the students on Tuesday. We're looking forward to meeting with you all on Wednesday night at 5:45. Enjoy the weekend!