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Open House!

Tomorrow is my first official school day for the 2011-2012 school year! Tomorrow morning we have Superintendent’s Day which is basically where all teachers in the district have to watch the blood borne pathogens and sexual harassment videos. There’s a guest speaker and it’s pretty much a pep talk from the superintendent to have a great school year. It probably sounds a lot better than it really is!

Tomorrow night we have Open House. At my school’s Open House everyone meets in the gym first to hear the school wide behavior expectations. Other things are discussed such as parent volunteer information and PTA. After that, teachers are dismissed to our classrooms and then the parents and students come and meet us!

Each teacher does things a little differently. I have all of the parents and students meet in my room and then I introduce myself and give a brief overview of the school year and my classroom rules and behavior plan. I make sure everyone gets a folder of important paperwork that must be completed. I take time to explain a little bit about what’s in the folder. I always include a checklist and put items on the left side that need to be returned and items on the right side that are just for their information.

I always have some sort of treat for the kiddos. This year I made bouncy balls like the ones I saw on Mrs. Miner’s blog. I also bought popcorn like I did last year. (I found that idea somewhere last summer.) I’m also making the Ready Confetti I saw on Denise’s blog (picture of finished product later).Β  (Sorry for the cruddy iPhone pictures. Not much light in my living room! And I promise my rug isn’t as dingy as it looks!)


 

 

 

School starts for the kiddos on Wednesday. I am starting to get really excited! This could be the best school year ever!!

 

If you’d like to download my updated Ready Confetti or Bouncy Ball and Popcorn Labels, click below!

Ready Confetti

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Comments

  1. First Grade and Fancy Free says

    August 7, 2011 at 5:00 pm

    Love those bouncy balls, cute idea!!

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  2. Mrs. Mugurussa says

    August 7, 2011 at 5:24 pm

    WQow you have been really busy. Interesting that Open House is before the kids come- Hmmm, we have ours about 10 days after school stats, this is in case we have to shuffle kids, teachers around. Some years teachers start out at one grade level then get moved after a few days to make adjustments for too many kids or not enough. Very frustrating.
    Tiffani
    Time 4 Kindergarten

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  3. SunnyDays says

    August 7, 2011 at 5:40 pm

    Good luck on your first day! So glad you’re using the ready confetti:)

    Denise
    Sunny Days In Second Grade

    Reply
  4. Kristen says

    August 7, 2011 at 5:56 pm

    Good luck tomorrow! We saw the blood borne pathogens too. Love the bags you made for your students πŸ™‚

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  5. A MilShelb Mom says

    August 7, 2011 at 6:54 pm

    Great ideas!
    ~Maggie

    Reply
  6. Valerie says

    August 7, 2011 at 8:31 pm

    I love the popcorn and bouncy balls ideas! I will have to try this in my room this year!!

    Reply
  7. Caroline Brantley says

    August 9, 2011 at 11:46 pm

    Love it all! Can you share your popcorn labels or are they protected?
    Caroline

    Reply
  8. William Smith says

    August 11, 2011 at 9:36 pm

    I think it is hilarious that almost every district starts out the same way. I also am amazed that you had your open house so soon. It would be nice to have it over with, but you had a lot of work on the first day.

    Reply
  9. Elisabeth says

    August 14, 2011 at 7:47 pm

    Love those ideas!!! Thanks for linking up!! πŸ™‚

    Elisabeth
    http://www.missdelk.blogspot.com

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  10. Anonymous says

    August 18, 2011 at 11:57 pm

    Can you share your ADORABLE popcorn labels? πŸ™‚

    Reply
  11. Anonymous says

    June 15, 2012 at 9:25 am

    Thank you for SHARING!

    Reply
  12. Beth Dilworth says

    July 19, 2012 at 7:37 pm

    I was wondering if you could send a copy of the words inside your sweet dreams poem? I teach kindergarten and think the kids would love this before their first day of school!

    Thanks so much and love your ideas!

    Reply
    • Mrs. Magee says

      July 22, 2012 at 3:46 pm

      I got the idea and poem from here – http://sunnydaysinsecondgrade.blogspot.com/2011/07/ready-confetti.html

      Reply
  13. Sandi says

    August 8, 2012 at 9:20 pm

    I love the Popcorn and Bouncy Balls ideas. Can you share the tags as I would love to give these to my 1st graders on Aug. 24th during our “Meet & Greet”. Thanks for all your wounderful ideas and sharing your creative ideas. πŸ™‚

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  14. showsomeluv says

    August 24, 2012 at 3:50 pm

    Can you please share where you got the lables for the popcorn and bouncing balls?

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    • Mrs. Magee says

      November 15, 2012 at 8:21 pm

      I made them and they are available at my TPT store (link under shop at top)

      Reply
  15. Colleen says

    September 16, 2012 at 5:30 pm

    Is there a link to print the popcorn label? I love this idea!

    Reply
    • Mrs. Magee says

      November 15, 2012 at 8:28 pm

      Here ya go! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanks-for-Popping-In-treat-for-Open-HouseConferences-Freebie

      Reply
  16. Kathy Stansbury Weslowski says

    August 10, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    Could you please share where you got the border to go around the poem?

    Reply
  17. Kathy Stansbury Weslowski says

    August 10, 2015 at 7:41 pm

    Could you please share where you found the polka dot border and stars to go with the poem? Thank you.

    Reply

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  1. Back to School To Do List – Linky Party! says:
    July 22, 2012 at 4:12 pm

    […] list: 1. Finish 3 classroom bulletin boards (Magic Math, Fry Words, Literacy Focus Wall) 2. Make Ready Confetti for Open House 3. Make Bouncing into a new year bags for Open House 4. Make “Bright new […]

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  2. Back to School Freebies! says:
    August 11, 2012 at 1:55 pm

    […] year I found this cute idea for giving each student a bouncy ball that said “I’m looking forward to bouncing through the year with you!” I handed these out at open house along with a bag of microwavable popcorn that said, “Thanks […]

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