Five for Friday

It's Five for Friday with Doodle Bugs Teaching!

Summer school ended today...so I wanted to begin setting up my room...but that just didn't happen. I always have the best intentions!

I did grab copies of The Tale of Despereaux. This is for our first read aloud. The kiddos love the story, and I have enough copies for the entire class...yay! The timing works great for us to watch the movie around Thanksgiving.

My plan this year is to read Flora and Ulysses for our last read aloud. I thought it would be fun to begin and end the year with the same author.

Name Glyphs are so much fun! It's another way to get to know my new students, and it provides a colorful display for Back to School Night. 

My summer school students completed a name glyph on our first day. I usually pass out copies of the directions, but I decided to project the instructions one step at a time. After completing each letter, kiddos came to the carpet and held up their cards as I read off the choices. It gave each student a chance to share something about themselves before moving on to the next letter. It also gave the class a chance to move around and practice coming to our meeting place. We repeated the routine for each letter. At the end of the activity one of the students noticed that her name was colored exactly like another student...and that they had a lot in common! We also discussed how it was good for our "Team" that all of our names weren't colored exactly the same. So in one activity we got to know each other as well as work on transitions and following directions.

I am getting the hang of Instagram...I think!

Finally, the most important thing on my to do list is to get my precious two off to college...so many mixed emotions!

I hope you have a great week...and thanks so much for visiting my blog. Be sure to visit Doodle Bugs Teaching!