Last Friday first-grade students got cozy, cuddled up, and spent the day camped out with their pillows and blankets for a surprise « Sleep Day. » Jenn Gillis, First Grade Homeroom Teacher, explains that Sleep Day has been a special annual event in first grade for many years. « It is a little bit of a surprise, » she said. Students find out the night before, and then they are very surprised when they arrive to find the room dark and ready for « sleeping. »
« We work so hard to learn how to read in first grade and having a day to relax, take a little more time, read for as long as we want, have special breakfast snacks, and use our flashlights to read in the dark feels like a great culmination and celebration of our year and our growth, » Gillis said.
