Each year in Room 18, we begin with the children naming their most important goal, or "hopes and dream" for the year. This process takes place over the first few weeks of school. To start, I ask the children to think of reasons why we come to school. Then we name the things we are looking forward to learning and accomplishing in first grade. Each child selects their most important goal for the coming school year. These hopes and dreams become the basis for creating our classroom rules. The class and I talk about what rules we need so that we have a classroom where everyone can work well together and achieve their hopes and dreams. Finally, we post the rules along with our Hopes and Dreams in a classroom display. The children have fabulous goals for first grade!
Joyfully,
Hilary Jackson
