Today when the students started the day they had to write down one word on a notecard that explained how they felt about coming to school. Then on the back of the card the students had to explain why they picked that word.
On my card I wrote the word excited. I was and still am excited about the year that is in front of us. It was great to hear all the different words that students picked. We had excited, nervous, joyful, happy, and so many more. Then we put the notecard into our writer's notebook.
We also started our first read aloud. We are reading the amazing book The One and Only Ivan.
I cannot explain how much I love the book. I have an autographed copy that I got last year. The book was the winner of the Newbery Medal, so I am not alone in singing its praises. The students started keeping track of their thinking in their reader's notebook and I was so impressed. I hope you can find time to talk with them about this new book (but to be honest we just read a few pages).
Tomorrow is already Friday, that cannot be correct.
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