Day 1...check!

Hi students! We did it!  We made it through the first day of school and only I ended up bloodied and battered...good start!

Here's a story about the first day of school.  I'll ask you about it tomorrow ;)

Franny the flamingo and Peter the cow were super nervous for their first day of middle school....new teacher, new friends, new schedule, new locker, new room.  How was one supposed to handle so much newness in one day?!  Luckily, their new teacher had a magical teaching staff and the staff whispered into everyone's ears, "Zicomo."  Zi-what?  "Zicomo."  Thank you, welcome, good bye, sorry, I like your shirt...the word had an infinite number of meanings.  Throughout the day whenever Peter just couldn't 'moo' anymore, he uttered, 'Zicomo' and a calmness came over him.  Well, while everyone was having conversations with each other using only one word over and over again, the teacher (who also was super nervous for the first day of school) somehow tripped on a patch of air and went tumbling to the ground!  Franny and Peter looked on with concern as the teacher, seemingly in slow motion, fell onto both knees and threw her hands out to avoid bashing her head into the back of a parked bike.  Concern and worry quickly turned into an effort to control the bursts of laughter trying to bubble from their lips.  The teacher limped off to the nurse (who was there since it was a Wednesday--students learned only to get hurt on Wednesdays)-- and the class valiantly marched to their room with their new Dixon Ticonderogas held high.  It was going to be a good year!

HOMEWORK:
Due Thursday:  'All About Me' worksheet -- Remember: this is on the back of the 'find someone who' activity we did today
Due Thursday:  Check out the BLOG...good job doing your homework, by the way!
Due Friday, at the latest!: The field trip permission slip, medical form, walking field trip permission