Sharing schedule

Our class has finished our "Brown Bag Shares" and we are getting ready to start a sharing routine where each child will have one day a week to share something as part of morning meeting (this year we have the first integrated arts special of the day so we do morning meeting, then go to special, then will come back to the room and share while having snack). Today a copy of the sharing schedule hung up in our room will be coming home so that you can see which day your child will share each week. This way your child knows their share day ahead of time so that if he/she wants to practice what they are going to say ahead of time they are able to do so. In first grade we want to avoid having this time focus on things (i.e. toys or games).  Instead, our purpose is to help students strengthen both their speaking and listening skills so we ask the children to tell about an experience as opposed to a thing brought in from home.  Sometimes, children feel that they don’t have anything ‘important enough’ to share.  This is not true!  Shares can be very simple (i.e. receiving a phone call from a family member, getting a card in the mail, learning how to hula hoop) and the possibilities are endless! Please let me know if you have any questions.