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Dear Teachers,
The right first impression is important. We asked our teacher-authors to tell us what they say to their students on the first day of school. Here’s just a sampling of what they told us:
I spend the first two days with my high-school students getting to know them... and I always participate! I want my students to know that I have a life out of the classrsoom... it's amazing how many students I can connect with through my love of music, snowboarding and mountain biking. —
Addie Williams
Little kids love using big words. I teach the kiddos the word synergy. I explain that families work together by synergizing. Then I introduce Seven Habits of Happy Kids by Sean Covey, Habit #6: The Big Bad Badgers.
In this story, the 7 Oaks Gang could not score a single goal against the Badgers until they started focusing on each one’s individual strengths and played like a team. After reading, we share 3 things we are really good at.
— Primary Graffiti
I make a bunch of mistakes, like counting to 3 and forgetting the 2 or starting the alphabet at the letter C.... The class fixes my mistakes together and then I promise them a whole year of fixing mistakes together and learning together. —
Mrs. Joanne
I always start by teaching my students a quote from the Cat in the Hat: ”It’s fun to have fun but you have to know how.” I tell my students that we are going to have a great time in 1st grade,
but we have procedures we have to learn in order to have fun. It becomes a chant that we do in our class all year long and sets the groundwork for learning procedures in our classroom for every subject area. They totally get it!
— Kathy Griffin
Whatever you decide to say, it’s best to be true to yourself and balance a sense of safety with high expectations for good behavior and hard work. Good luck!
Teach and be well,
Paul Edelman
Founder, TpT
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TpT SPOTLIGHT
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