Off+to+First+Grade

//Off to First Grade// by Louise Borden; illustrated by Joan Rankin. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books. Call Number: E Bor

Summary: Each member of a first-grade class, as well as the teacher, principal, and a bus driver, expresses excitement, worry or hope as the first day of school begins.

Activities:
 * Ask students to think back to the first day of school. What were they most excited about? What was one thing they were most looking forward to?
 * Write the opposite story from this book. What is the best thing about the last day of school? What do students how to do this summer?