Ms. Nakada's First Blog for the First Day of School

AGENDA

new seats

Welcome! Planners/Welcome Packets

Course Outline/Syllabus

First day letter - Blog name

HW: Return C.O./A.U.P./E.C./H.Q.

It was the first day of school at Emerson! Third period started after nutrition today, and as students made their way into the room, they found seats based on the letter I assigned. Then, I passed out binder reminders and students labeled them and wrote down the agenda. 

After that, we went over the contents of the Welcome Packets with all of the forms that needed to be returned and a reminder about the uniform and phone policy (along with a new "don't order food" policy). 

With that school business out of the way, I passed out the Course Outline, and we went over how this was everyone's last first day of middle school. We talked about making sure you have space and quiet to get school work done. 

We proceeded through the Course Outline and reviewed materials needed for class. We talked a little about equitable grading and expectations for work habits and cooperation. After the simple rules for the class, we took a quick look at the syllabus before naming our blog: The Joe Biden Fan Club.  

I started reading the letter for the first day, but then we ran out of time. 

Everyone pushed in their chairs and left the classroom for second period. Welcome back, Class of 2024! It's going to be a good year.