first kid, first grade, first day
I took her to school this morning. I dropped her off. I even managed it without getting choked up at all, unlike last year. And then she was gone, and I had to wait at home for a whole six and a half hours before I could see her and begin pelting her with questions about just what it is the DO all day at that great and mysterious place they call First Grade. Luckily she was obligingly chatty and answered my many questions enthusiastically. Here is a rough approximation of what she had to say.
So what did you do today, kiddo?
I got to eat my lunch in the cafeteria, and I had a granola bar in my lunch and it was my favorite kind, cookies and cream. It had a lot of cream in it. I ate with Tabitha.
Is she the one who had the same shoes as you?
Yes, we have the exact same shoes! And also I ate with a new girl who never came to our school before.
That's good. I bet she was glad to have someone to eat with. What was her name?
Oh, I don't remember it.
You'll probably learn it eventually. Did you have enough food in your lunch?
Yes, I ate it all except my carrots. I still have them in my bag.
And did your thermos keep your milk cold enough?
Yes, the milk tasted GREAT.
What else did you do?
We had music class again, like last year, and the teacher said we are going to learn a new pattern dance this year.
A dance? Cool.
Yes. Also we are going to learn drums. And music from different countries. Like Irish harps.
Harps? Wow.
Yes, Irish harps, that's what she said. I would like to learn to play the harp. And maybe someday the flute.
Yeah, that would be neat. So was your teacher nice?
Yes, she was really nice. I wonder what dress she'll wear tomorrow. I liked her dress today. It was cute.
Did you have any lessons today? Like reading or math or science or anything?
No, not really. But I think we will have reading groups, because when she was writing on the board things to be excited about, I raised my hand and said reading groups, and she wrote reading groups on the board, and I don't think she would write it if we wouldn't have them.
Yeah, probably you will have them later. Just not the first day.
And you know what else she wrote to be excited about? Field trips! I am REALLY excited about field trips.
Field trips are really exciting. Did you do any art projects or anything?
Yes! We worked on making stars for if you get to be Star of the Day. If you're Star of the Day, you get to be line leader, and help out with ALL the classroom jobs. Anything the teacher needs help with, you do it. I really hope I get to be Star of the Day tomorrow! And I made my star golden, with blue hearts over the gold, but the blue still showed up pretty well. And I put my name in the middle with a heart around it, and my teacher said it was really cute. That's what she said, that it looked really cute!
That does sound cute.
And there is another ELIZABETH in my room!
Wow! You've never had another Elizabeth in your room before.
And the other Elizabeth has the exact same hair cut as me. Except hers is brown, but it's the exact same hair cut. And I gave her one of my bracelets that I had. Because I like to be kind sometimes. And now we both have one of the same bracelets. Oh! And we have THREE recesses now.
Cool. Who did you play with at recess?
I played with Tabitha. But it was raining, so we couldn't even go outside at all. We just did jump ropes in the gym.
Too bad.
And Mom? I made a new friend today.
Who's your new friend?
It's the other ELIZABETH! And Mom?
What, sweetie?
I think I'm really going to like first grade.
9 comments:
This is the best! I'm forwarding it on to my mom, all those years as a 2nd grade teacher...she'll love it.
But, you do realize that I most likely will not get these great details from my son. Boohoo. Although I did get a pretty good summary of why he wants to play mid-field tonight.
@ Rebekah: This is the most forthcoming she's ever been about what her school day was like. I remember in preschool I couldn't get her to say hardly anything about what she did all day, and it drove me crazy! I was so happy that she felt like sharing today.
And hey, with the mid-fielder thing, at least you can see that Bren is including you in his thoughts and plans for the things he REALLY cares about!
So sweet. What a great first day for you both!
What a great first day! It took mine going to third grade to finally decide to talk.
Very sweet!
That made me cry, of course. They are growing up too fast.
I'm so sorry to disappoint....but I have no idea what an Irish harp is....and I won't be teaching it =)! Dancing for sure...... =)
Mrs. DeYoung
@ Mrs. DeYoung--How funny! I wonder where she got the harp idea. Glad to hear she's paying attention in so well in class...
After pondering this all day.....she must have heard me say AUTOHARPS!!!! And yes, she will get to play those =)! Love the commentary......Beth is a joy to have in class!!!!
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