It doesn’t matter how many years I have been teaching, the back to school section, the feel of fall in the air, and the smell of new books always brings on the same anxious feeling I had as a child as school was about to begin.

If, as a veteran teacher, I am still getting these feelings, I KNOW that many children are just as anxious about their first day of school.

First day jitters book pdf Sarah is afraid to start at a new school, but both she and the reader are in for a surprise when she gets to her class. Everyone knows that sinking feeling in the pit of the stomach just before diving into a new situation. Sarah Jane Hartwell is scared and doesn't want to start over at a new school. This wonderful and hilarious book is perfect for the first day of school! First day Jitters was written Julie Danneberg and illustrated by Judy Love. First Day Jitters interesting book about the first day of school. First Day Jitters is a book written by Julie Danneberg. Everyone knows the mixed emotions of the first day of school – especially if it’s the first day at a new school. Tina’s Try-Out Day pg.13 First Day Jitters pg. 14-33 Making New Friends pg. 34-35 Fluency Model - Punctuation pg. 33A Vocabulary - Words in Context pg. 37C-37D downstairs nervous fumbled chuckled nonsense trudged Small Group Differentiated Instruction Due to lack of data, differentiation is optional until September 5th. First-Day Jitters Locks Around the Room Lamb to the Slaughter Choose Kind. Lunch The Summer Table One to Ten Padawan Wake Me Up when September Ends Jack Will.

For this reason, I do what I can to help them out. I send them a small packet of glitter (what I refer to as Jitter Glitter) along with this poem:

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I always read the book First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg as the perfect follow up to sending the Jitter Glitter.

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It is the cutest book about being nervous for the first day and, although you think it is about a child’s first day of school, it ends up that it is actually the teacher who was so nervous. We always laugh and say that she needed to have some Jitter Glitter like us!

The glitter in my hair on the first day of school is an incredible ice breaker. They love to see that I put the jitter glitter in my hair, too, and that I really might have been a little nervous, too.

Swing on in to grab the entire packet that I send home over the summer to my new friends. Help ease those jitters…

– Originally posted on Teaching Blog Addict

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My name is Krissy and I am a K/1 teacher all the way up in Maine! I love blogging about ideas and creating materials that make the lives of teachers everywhere easier.