Making observational assessments of academic and social strengths and struggles. Grouping students for small group support.Reviewing 1st grade material before diving into 2nd grade content.Making students aware ahead of time of the consequences for positive and negative choices.Working toward an established daily routine.Offering feedback, praise, and support as students undertake procedures independently.Providing opportunities to practice routines.Knowing ahead of time how I want things to run in my class.Providing time for fun and community building.Recognizing each student as an individual.Being clear with my expectations so students know the boundaries and limits.Giving students ownership and choice (thank you Responsive Classroom books!).These 4 components are critical to the success of the whole year, so I selected activities to meet those key intentions. I refer to them as ATTA BOY: Affirming, Training, Teaching, Assessing at the Beginning Of the Year. Define your goals for the first few days of school and select the activities that support those goals.įor me, I determined my most important goals for starting school. The activities you select are less important than the reason you select them. There are so many fun, cute, clever back-to-school ideas it can be hard to narrow down what to use. If you want to know what I did the rest of the first WEEK of 2nd grade, just keep reading! If you want to know how I organized the first DAY of 2nd grade, check out this post. I sat down to type up what I did the first week of 2nd grade, but a few thousand words later, I'd only covered the first day! So it seemed like we probably needed 2 posts on that topic.
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