34. What I'm Doing the First Day of School Might Surprise You...

I let students socialize the first day of school. Read on to find out why…After reading this important article by Write On with Miss G (which I highly recommend you read), I thought back to my first day of school, last year. https://writeonwithmissg.com/Here’s what’s written in my plan book 8/14/2017: introduce self, read My Name by Sandra Cisneros, go over routines/procedures and record names.The last activity, “record names” ended up being brilliant. Originally, I just planned to record names of students who felt their name was hard to pronounce with the voice recorder app on my iPhone. I wanted to make sure I pronounced my students’ names correctly. https://amandawritenow.com/what-im-doing-the-very-first-day-of-school-might-surprise-you-and-why-you-should-try-it-too/