Week One! (August 21-24)

First Grade:
During the first part of the week, the first graders worked on three things that they did over the summer. We also were able to read the book "David goes to school" (David Shannon). We made connections as to how David should have made better choices during school. The rest of the week was designed to have the students learn the four expectations for Health & Fitness. They drew a picture for each of the four rules (listen, follow directions, try your best and show the core values).

Third Grade:
We started the week with a classroom connection assignment. We wrote down answers to basic questions like your favorite color and how many sisters do you have. We then introduced ourselves to other people and asked them the questions we had already answered. If we made a match we traded papers and signed the other person's paper. Later in the week we started with a H&F hieroglyphics. We went searching for the cyphers (code) and used the information to translate a worksheet.

Fifth Grade:
We also completed the classroom connection assignment during the start of the week. We also participated in the H&F hieroglyphics during the later part of the week. On Thursday and Friday we took the last twenty minutes of class to go over to the first grade classrooms and we introduced ourselves to our "little buddy." These buddies were able to go out and spend about ten minutes talking with each other and playing with each other at the end of the day. The goal is to have the fifth graders meet up with their little buddies every month for a little while.

Sixth Grade:
The start of the week started with the classroom connection. We spent the day working on introducing ourselves to each other and getting signatures from our classmates. Afterwards, we spent some time working on doing a self assessment from the activities. We had the students write 3-4 sentences on how well they followed directions in the activity. On Thursday and Friday, we spent our time working on the H&F hieroglyphics. Afterwards, we filled out our expectations handout that was to be taken home and signed by their parents or guardians.