During these first weeks of school we will be
getting to know one another. Creating community is a large part of a successful
beginning to a new school year.
Students will be creating “All About Me” bags in
order to get to know one another better. Due to the nature of this task, it
will need to be completed at home and may be seen as a positive opportunity for
your family to collaborate and brainstorm together.
The About Me Bags will be due on Monday September 18th.
If they wish to do so, students may complete and bring their bag to school
before this date.
Last week, I introduced myself to the children with an
“All About Me” bag. It contained a Montreal Canadians magnet, photos of my family and friends, 2 books that I love, a photo album of art work, an owl figurine, a birding magazine, a small camera, and a fishing lure.
Each day a few of the About Me Bags will be shared
as students get the opportunity to help build a positive classroom climate. Instead
of coming to the front of the class to share their bags, the students and I
will randomly choose a bag, open it, make inferences about the meaning of the
items inside the bags, and then guess who the bag belongs to. The owner of the
bag can then elaborate on the inferences made by the class and teach us a few
interesting facts about themselves.
Your child will be given a brown paper bag, which
they must not decorate in order to
hide the identity of the bag. Your child is asked to choose 4-6 items that
describe him/her to place in the bag, but should not include things that
directly give away their identity (e.g., photos that they are in, things with their name on it).
Please make sure that the items your child brings fit inside the paper bag and
are not easily broken. The bags will be returned as soon as your child has shared
the contents of it with the class.
-Ms. Rohrbacher
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