Hopes and Dreams

Happy last day of summer/almost  first day of autumn! The first six weeks of school in elementary grades are a wonderful time when we work hard to learn routines, become a team of learners helping each other to grow, and set goals for the year as we begin first grade curriculum. We have now been in first grade for 16 days and have decided on our classroom rules and our personal hopes and dreams for the year. Our next step is creating classroom jobs that will help us to take care of our room. Creating rules, hopes and dreams, and jobs with young children gives each one of them the opportunity to have a say in what goes on in our classroom and allows each child to take ownership for our space. Rules, goals, and jobs also allow us to add structure, accountability, and predictability to our classroom environment. Putting these things in place from the very beginning of school year will help us to Be Safe, Be Kind, and Do Our Best as we learn all year long!
Below you will see photos of each child's hope and dream for the year. Put your cursor over each photo to read their hope and dream.

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