A Fabulous First Day!

The boys and girls from Rotation A are enthusiastic, friendly and outgoing.  Mrs. Giacomo & I were eager to meet and get to know our A Day class and were impressed by their kindness and willingness to make new friends.  I was happy to see my returning students, but wondered what our class would be like with the addition of new students and a new mix of personalities?  Let me assure you, we couldn't be happier!  A few of the kids seemed to be a little anxious and there was an occasional "deer in the headlights" look that crossed a face or two, but they worked very well together and by afternoon, everyone was more relaxed and seemed to be enjoying their day.

The students began their morning by writing a paragraph about something in which they love to study.  Next week, we will try to finish these to share and display our interests and passions.

The students were introduced to TOPS Math and learned how we structure this individualized, problem solving program.

Several students even found time for a crazy puzzle.  --There are 250 possible combinations to these puzzles, but there are only 2 correct ways to solve them.   While most of the students explored one or more of the 248 incorrect possibilities, three students impressively discovered a correct combination! Kudos to them!

During our lab time, the boys and girls learned to log in to our computers with their new user name and password.  They also practiced accessing our class blog.

In the afternoon, the students had a chance to get better acquainted with a classmate they did not know. To do this, they took turns interviewing their partner and recording a few facts about him/her.

 

Each student introduced his or her new friend and told us a little bit about them. Some introductions were silly, some were very creative and a few were even animated (Great character voices Caleb!  I wish I had an audio file to share.)  Every single student seemed genuinely interested in their new SAGE friend.  They did a wonderful job on their introductions!  

I took meticulous notes as each child was introduced so I could share some facts about our friends.  Alas, they are on my desk and I am here at home...

However, the wonderful thing about a blog (or web log) is that it is interactive, so boys and girls, I need you to help me out!  With your mom or dad's help, please add a comment to our blog post and share one or two facts you learned about your new friend.  (Parents, this can be done without creating a Google account.)  Remember, we only use first names, so mention your friend by his or her first name and sign your comment with just your first name.

If you have trouble figuring out how to leave a comment, don't worry, you can do it in our class next week and we can help you.

We hope you enjoyed your first week of SAGE.  Have a wonderful weekend and we will see you next A day.