books for the first days....
 

What are some of your must have books for the first days of school??

First Days...
 

Today I was working on my plans for the first two weeks. :)

The Kissing Hand
First Day Jitters
First Grade Jitters
Know and Follow the Rules
The Night Before First Grade
Don't Be Silly, Mrs. Millie!
The Recess Queen
Rocket Writes a Story
Accept and Value Each Person
How Rocket Learned to Read
Talk and Work it Out
Listen and Learn
Reading Makes You Feel Good
Chrysanthemum
Corduroy
The Crayon Box That Talked
Fire Drill
How to be a Friend
The Little Engine That Could

I also read...
 

Froggy Goes to School
Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
Officer Buckle and Gloria
How do Dinosaurs go to School?
If You Take a Mouse to School
David Goes to School
We Share Everything

:)

One..
 

Little Cliff's First Day of School by Clofton Taulbert

It is about a boy's first day of first grade...set in the rural south in the 1950's.

love, love, love
 

We Share Everything!!! And we change it up a little. I talk to the kids about it and then when we get to the part where it says "In Kindergarten......" We change it and the kids say "In First Grade...."

book
 

I also read "Leo the Late Bloomer" the first week of school.

2 student made books
 

one written the first day and read on the second called "On the first day of school, I was scared about..." They illustrate and I write from dictation.

The other is "On the first day, I felt good about..." written on the second day of school and read on the third.:p

I keep both in the classroom library and they are visited often in the early weeks of school by the students during free reading. I also pull them out to re-read when we get new students as a reminder of being in a new situation.

Great book
 

I always read First Grade Stinks......the kids can really relate to this book and they love the title. It really gets them talking about things even before you read the first page.

1st week books
 

Never Spit on Your Shoes is one that my kiddos like.