Here is a blackline master for lunchboxes. I let the kids take them home and ask the parents to go over these expectations with their children for a little added reinforcement. We review them again and then we make fun little paper lunchboxes and glue them inside (good coloring, cutting and gluing practice). I let the kids act these out (they always want to act out the bad ones!) From this list, we make a final list of expectations. And I always do it again mid-year as a refresher.Īfter we return to the room, we make a T-chart of good choices and bad choices. Depending on the class, I sometimes do this 2 or 3 times that first week. It takes a big chunk of time, but it's well worth it. I mean, who knew that some kids think it's funny to stick pretzel sticks up their noses?) I try my best to think of every possibility and cover it all (although they always manage to think of something else. We go through the whole routine with our invisible lunches. #RECORDIT BUTTON HOBBY LOBBY HOW TO#Then I show them exactly how to clean up. And then I show them what not to do-stand on the benches, crawl under the table, run around, scream, yell-they love that part. We go to our table and I show them exactly how to sit. We line up, we go through the cafeteria line, we get our invisible milk, we get our invisible trays, we make our invisible side choices, we scan our lunch cards-all the while, I'm talking about what their bodies should look like and their voices should sound like. On the very first morning of school, well before their their little bellies start rumbling, I take the kids down to the empty cafeteria (this is actually a school-wide expectation.) We go over everything-step by step. Never take anything for granted!! Trust me-if you just assume that five-year olds know how to sit at a cafeteria table with 20 or so of their new friends and quietly eat their lunches-you're going to end up with 20 or so kids running around the cafeteria with chicken nuggets in their pockets and peanut butter in their hair! The first few days weeks of school, I go over every single routine I can think of and explicitly teach students the expectationsregarding those routines. I also found these on Etsy and now I want to make some of these, too! Grab Bag of charms, trinkets, nic-nacs, doodads, beads (50) I have a few-there's a bucket, bird, bottle and balloon. So, now I'm on a mission to find little trinkets. And because it's an advent calendar, there are only 25 drawers. Yes.they're a little wonky! The M's barely fit and I could only fit the uppercase W. I used puffy letters from the scrapbook section for the drawers. I also used an emery board to sand them a little (a paper crafting trick but completely unnecessary!) I trimmed up any extra paper with an exacto knife. I glued the paper on with my favorite glue: Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive. If you don't have one, you could use an exacto knife (but I highly recommend getting one. I used a 1" hole punch to punch out the little notch. I cut my paper into 2 X 2.5" pieces (the drawers are roughly 2x2", so that gave me a little to wrap around the sides.) I covered my drawers with scrapbook paper, but you could just as easily paint them. I wanted it to have a time-worn look like kids have been playing with it for years-so the more messed up, the better! I did not worry too much about being perfect. #RECORDIT BUTTON HOBBY LOBBY FULL#Never pay full price for anything at Hobby Lobby! It will go on sale eventually.I also used some cheapie craft paint and paper scraps. I found these cardboard Advent calendars in the Christmas Craft aisle at Hobby Lobby. I'm going to have the kids sort different pictures and small objects by their beginning sounds. Crafts make me happy! I made an ABC Sorting Box from materials I got at Hobby Lobby. A little crafty project to share on a Sunday afternoon.
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