[LM_NET] ELEM: Suggestions Needed

[Katie Farrington <kmfarrington@GMAIL.COM>]

Hi All,

Thank you again to all those who have responded to my inquires in the past.
I am super excited (and nervous!) to begin my first year in September and
have a few more questions to throw out for advice. Feel free to answer one
or all of the questions, any feedback is greatly appreciated!

I will be teaching 2nd and 3rd grade and each level has 10-12 classes.

1. What types of things are normally done the first week of school? My first
day with the students is a Friday and I don't want to do anything that day
that will throw the whole next week off. But I'm looking for ideas for that
first full week also.

2. Does anyone do book check-out at the beginning of class? I have 50 minute
periods and right now book check out falls in the middle. Also, any
suggestions for keeping the students quiet while they wait for the rest of
their classmates to check out books?

3. At what grade level should the class be more lesson based and less
story-time? As it was in the past, both 2nd and 3rd grade were read to each
class period (schedule: lesson, book check-out, story time).

4. Any good program ideas that anyone could offer that can be used for 300
or so students? I would really like to do craft projects, but I'm not sure
what can be done when each grade level has so many students.

Thank you!

Katie Farrington
Library Media Specialist
Hess Educational Complex
Mays Landing, NJ
kmfarrington@gmail.com

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