This summer, the director of my preschool (not the one I attended...the one I taught at) told us about a great book. It's called The Important Book written by Margaret Wise Brown. It talks about somewhat random things (i.e. a shoe or the rain) and explains all of the things it does--but then the ONE REASON it's really important. Our director suggested making your own book with this. You can learn about the kids (from what they write about), encourage them to think in a new way (name JUST ONE reason it's most important), and keep the finished product to show (bind it into a book). Then, you can talk about what's really going to be important in your classroom--lead a class discussion about this (and even make a "class page" to go at the end).
I think I'm going to try to use this as a first day activity for them to work on while I give out textbooks, etc. Do y'all think the 6th graders will think this writing and drawing is too juvenile?
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I don't think it's too juvenile. 6th graders are just as scared on the first day, whether they show it or not. You're going to be amazing!
I did this project today...and they LOVED it! We had an Open House tonight, and I was able to put it out there for them to show off. They only had about 15 minutes to do the activity, but did really well. Model it first, but I would REALLY suggest doing it! They were SO excited to show the book to their parents at Open House!
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