The First Day of School!

The Bresciani Bunch on the First Day of School!

Today we kicked off the first day of school with a bang! (Quite literally it turns out, but we'll get to that later) We spent the first portion of our morning learning about the basic procedures for Mr. B's classroom and played a fun "Quizizz" game testing the the students knowledge of these procedures. In addition to learning about procedures this morning, students also spent some time organizing their desks and new school supplies.  Shortly before lunch we headed to the gym for our first school wide assembly of the year and Ms. Norris introduced all staff members and highlighted a few of the key school wide procedures as well.

After lunch we spent an hour working on an ELA assignment that tasked the students with writing about themselves to help me to get to know everyone better. Once we finished up with ELA we held an "I Can't" farewell to say goodbye to all the "I Can'ts" in our lives because the words "I Can't" no longer exist in Mr. B's class!  We got rid of these words by writing down a bunch of things we couldn't do, then we stuffed them into a rocket and launched them up to the sky!  (Check out the video below!) During the last hour of the day we took some time to work on a time capsule that highlighted everyone's thoughts from the first day of Grade 8.  We will open up the time capsule again on the last day of school so the Grade 8 students can see how much they changed over the year.

Overall we had an fantastic day and I am so excited for the great times we are going to have this year.  From the moment they walked in the door this morning, it was obvious that we have an absolutely amazing group of young people in our class this year and I feel so blessed to have the opportunity teach them during their final year of elementary school!

Have a great night!

Here's a video of our "I Can't" Rocket Launch:

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA:

Tell Me About Yourself assignment is due on Friday, September 4th

Reminders:

-Bring your gym clothes and indoor shoes for Thursday.

-Boys Football Try-outs Thursday at 3:35 - 4:35