Sometimes a new school can be "scary" or we can feel unsure or even "sick" about going. Hands can be cold and clammy. We can't breathe. Our head hurts. We feel sick physically! We have the JITTERS! What are Jitters? They are "nerves." We talked about all of the different things we can do to help us COPE... think positive thoughts, listen to music, breathe, etc. We read the book FIRST DAY JITTERS, and at the end we were surprised to find out the main character, Sarah Jane Hartwell, was actually the teacher. She was the one who had "the jitters" because she was starting a new school. Jitter Juice By: W. Abby Mullins Have you heard of Jitter Juice? It's magic and it's yummy. It makes the butterflies fly away right out of my tummy. The bubbles in this silly juice will help you not to worry. So grab a cup and drink it up. Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! We are READERS!! We already book shopped and talked about "good fit" books. We talked about books as if they were like shoes. We want our books to "fit" us like our shoes do! If our shoes are TOO BIG (like books- we can't read them) we will fall all over the place! If our books are TOO SMALL (like books- we won't learn/grow) our feet will hurt! We talked about how we wear shoes for different reasons - CLEATS (football, soccer), FLIP FLOPS, BOOTS. We also read books for different reasons (to cook- cookbooks, FOR FUN)! NEW THINGS to USE! I was BLESSED by getting a Donor's Choose grant filled "just" before school began! I have received many of these materials including these pool noodles. These materials will help us during a very unnatural time in our lives when we must social distance. We are learning this through "visuals" like pool noodles and "sit spots" in the classroom which velcro to the floor. This is a BIG box that the students got to help me open. We received dry erase clipboards so that each child will have their OWN, including an eraser! We got some alternative seating places including wiggle cushions and laptop computer desks that are ventilated. THANK YOU DONORS! IF you are interested in looking at my Amazon wishlist her it is: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/dl/invite/gyohMB4?ref_=wl_share
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June 2022
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