First Lost Tooth, First Superstar of the Week, and First Birthday of the Year!

In all the years I've taught, a student has never lost a tooth in class this early into the school year. Exciting! This 2nd grader lost his tooth after having his lunch. He wiggled the tooth a few times, and out it came! He is now part of this year's Lost Tooth Club. He took home our Lost Tooth Club bag, read one of our books about teeth, and shared his journal entry with the class. Can you believe that a 1st grader lost her tooth the following week? It was literally hanging by a thread, and she let me pull it out. That makes two lost teeth in our classroom so far in the month of September.

 
Our first Superstar of the Week was featured earlier in the month. Being Superstar is a really big deal. Every day during Morning Meeting we have a share from our Superstar that helps us get to know him or her better. Here's the schedule that we follow:

• Monday: All About Me poster
• Tuesday: favorite book
• Wednesday: family/baby pictures
• Thursday: talent

On Friday the entire class writes letters to the Superstar. We bind them together in a book. My daughter still has hers from two years ago. I remember her saying that she was going to keep her Superstar of the Week book forever. Seems just like yesterday when she was in my 2nd grade class . . .


Our first Superstar in front of her All About Me poster

 

Birthdays happen once a year, so we try to make them special. Birthday celebrants get a birthday balloon from our birthday bouquet, a birthday bookmark, and a birthday cake certificate from me. Student also write birthday letters to the celebrant, and we bind those into a book like we do for the Superstar of the Week. At lunchtime we sing "Happy Birthday!" to the celebrant. At the end of each week during school-wide assembly, our principal has the entire school sing to all students who celebrated their birthdays during the week.