Hi Friends… I don’t know about you, but on the first day of school I like get my kiddos writing RIGHT AWAY! After we get their supplies in order and get ourselves organized, I always do a read-aloud called How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Mark Teague.
Click this picture to check it out on Amazon.
After I read the story to them, we do a sharing circle on the carpet where we share Something We Did and Somewhere We Went so that all of the students have an opportunity to share. This is a PERFECT springboard for our first writing activity of the year! We will complete The Scoop on Summer Flip Flap Book to record all of our summer memories. It is a great way assess their writing skills, spelling skills, and cutting skills! I found out first hand last year that kids have trouble cutting…what in the world…. I nipped that one in the bud with my flip flap books. They were cutting machines by the end of the year 🙂
My friend Corinna over at Surfin’ Through Second has already started school and I have a couple of weeks left, so she shared this picture with me! I was SOOOOOOOO excited that she shared it with me and she said her little ones loved it. I am a Happy Camper 🙂
There are a few design choices to pick from…
You can also check out my video on What I Do on the First Day of Second Grade!
What’s even better than this….is that this Flip Flap Book® is a FREEBIE in my Blog Shop! Click the image below to download your free copy!
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I hope you enjoy using it with your students this year!
Hugs,
When I moved to second grade I mistakenly thought we could write our own "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" stories similar to the book. Um, no! I think listening to it is plenty for freshly-out-of-first-graders!
I teach second grade too. I have some of your books and love them! I would love to win these for my first week back!
Cindy Luoma
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Thank you for all the great ideas! All of this would be amazing to do the first week of school! This will be my first year teaching and I will be teaching 2nd grade! I can’t wait!
Tyler
tylerntodd@gmail.com
Great Ideas can’t wait to use them! I teach 2nd grade and have used a few of your items in the past. They are always a hit.
I have taught Kindergarten for 5 years and am now switching to 2nd! I would love your books for our first week of school 🙂
Thank you so much for posting these!