Our first grade class ends almost every afternoon with Closing Circle. During Closing Circle students are dismissed to their buses and after school programs. We also have the opportunity to play games, share about ourselves, reflect on the day, and say goodbye to one another.
Many students are starting to memorize our Make a Wish farewell that works as a call and response and that signals the beginning of Closing Circle. This farewell is borrowed from the Responsive Classroom Closing Circle guide book.
It goes like this:
The time has come to say goodbye
We learned a lot today
Some of us will go
And some of us will stay
But we'll all be here together tomorrow
To work
To have fun
To be in our first grade community
On Friday we changed one of the lines to "But we'll all be here together NEXT YEAR."
I hope everyone has a safe, joyful, and healthy winter break!
Many students are starting to memorize our Make a Wish farewell that works as a call and response and that signals the beginning of Closing Circle. This farewell is borrowed from the Responsive Classroom Closing Circle guide book.
It goes like this:
The time has come to say goodbye
We learned a lot today
Some of us will go
And some of us will stay
But we'll all be here together tomorrow
To work
To have fun
To be in our first grade community
On Friday we changed one of the lines to "But we'll all be here together NEXT YEAR."
I hope everyone has a safe, joyful, and healthy winter break!