Back To School!

Welcome, everyone! I'm very excited about starting the school year! Our family has had a wonderful summer, and I hope you have all had the same. Although I will primarily be posting about the writing and literature classes I am teaching this year, I wanted to go ahead and put a walk-through of what my own class will be doing on there first day. If you want to go over this with your child and discuss everything, it may help soothe some nerves that they are feeling.

I can't wait to see everyone tomorrow!
~Mrs. H

Before 9:30 - Go to the upper school morning room (the old lunchroom)
9:30 - Mrs. Hallford will bring everyone into the classroom. We'll start the day with a devotion and the pledge of allegiance, then we'll introduce everyone, have muffins and orange juice, talk about some behavior expectations for the class, our class schedule, and get familiar with the work we'll be doing in Language Arts every morning. Every student will be given a schedule of their own, so they can know what is coming next throughout the day.
10:15 - Mrs. Hallford and Mrs. Parsons will help everyone find their math classes.
10:55 - We'll have a ten minute break, either playing on the playground or in the upper school break room (old lunchroom, stocked with games, a ping-pong table, etc.)
11:05 - Go to the Science/Nature study room for a Biology lesson with Mrs. Roy. Mrs. Parsons will go with the class to help out, and Mrs. Hallford will stay in her classroom to teach a different class.
11:45 - Go to Coach Hallford's classroom for a US Government lesson. Mrs. Parsons will go with the class to help out, and Mrs. Hallford will stay in her classroom to teach a different class.
12:30 - We'll have an upper school assembly in the break room, and Dr. Flint will address the students regarding the handbook, dress code, etc. Then we will all go to the new lunch room (was the chapel room last year) and eat lunch.
1:15 Go to Mr. Flint's room for a Latin lesson. Mrs. Parsons will go with the class to help out, and Mrs. Hallford will stay in her classroom to teach a different class.
2:00 Go back to Mrs. Hallford's classroom. We'll discuss the different kinds of work we'll be doing in Writing class this year, and write a short journal entry.
2:40 We'll have a ten minute break.
2:50 Go back to Mrs. Hallford's classroom. We will have a discussion about how the first day of school went, and begin reading The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe, which will be our secondary novel.
3:30 Mrs. Hallford will explain our "Service Learning" assignments (class chores) and students will complete their tasks. Students will return to their seats after finishing, and then wait to be dismissed by 3:45
(Since we are starting chores at 3:30, please plan to pick your child up at 3:45 to give them adequate time to complete their tasks.)