We had a great first day of school today!  I'm guessing there may be some tired children tonight. :)

A few of the activities that we worked on today were -
                 
- writing about our first day of school
- going on the playground, learning about peaceful playground, learning games
- drawing a self portrait (there is a sheet that went home for the second half of this project)
- going to the gym for an assembly.  We learned that we are a part of the pack and we are wolves!  We   also learned a really fun song and dance about the fruits of the spirit.
- we read the book First Day Jitters and The Teacher from The Black Lagoon.  We did a fun activity      with First Day Jitters.  We learned about how everyone was feeling about this morning.
- we learned how to take lunch and attendance on the SMART Board.
- we made a chain with 180 links!  That's one link for every day of school!
- we started our first read-aloud of the year - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

We used the SMART Board to figure out how everyone felt about coming to school today.  They are very good at using the SMART Board!

We graphed our information.  We found out that 10 people felt excited, 7 people felt worried, 4 people felt happy, and 2 people felt sad.

I think one of the favorite activities was making the chain.  We had 180 strips of paper.  We made 180 links into one huge chain!  Each link represents a day of school.  The team work was fantastic!  

Have a fantastic evening!