Welcome to August Sunday Reset
Happy Sunday Reader,
Week one is either behind some of you or about to start for the rest. Either way, this is the email where I hand you the same one-page plan I've been building all summer, updated with one real change.
THIS WEEK'S SKILL: Anchor Before You Plan
Before you touch a single lesson, decide what you want kids to believe about themselves as readers and as people in your room by Friday. Everything else is decoration. That's the whole skill, and it's the one I come back to every single year.
THE WEEK I'M RUNNING THIS YEAR
Day One. A Place for Me. This one's new. I finally have a Day One book that speaks directly to the kid who's already overwhelmed before the bell rings, not just the kid who's nervous. Miss Reese doesn't fix her student. She just makes room. That's the tone I want set before anything else happens in my room this year.
Day Two. Your Name Is a Song. The story in your name.
Day Three. All Are Welcome. We build our room's promises together.
Day Four. Milo Imagines the World. We do not decide who someone is from the outside.
Day Five. A just-for-joy read and your first full FLOW run.
Five days. One page
IF YOU WANT DAY ONE TO CARRY FURTHER THAN A READ-ALOUD
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The Companion Guide for A Place for Me keeps the belonging conversation going past Monday, comprehension prompts, a writing extension, and discussion questions that don't stop when the book closes.
ONE LAST THING Reader
However week one goes, you already did the thinking. Let this week meet a teacher who's ready, not scrambling.
See You In The Next Chapter!
Patty