First Day Jitters
by Julie Danneberg
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Book Reviews of First Day Jitters
Book Review: Great fun and helpful too!
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a teacher of 28 yrs. This book is an excellent example of how I felt many times beginning the first day of school. Many of my positions were in tough inner city schools so I had reason to get the jitters. Everything always turned out fine; my fondest memories are working and loving those so called "tough kids". The kids love and are relieved when an adult shares their scary feelings, especially when the experience is so similar.
A few years ago, one little boy took my hand and pulled me closer to him. He whispered in my ear that he'd hold my hand if I got scared of the noisy kids. His grandmother had told him that the teacher was as scared as he was, "after all, your teacher is only one, and you kids are many". Now I read them this book or the older students read it to me. Some kids tell their thoughts of apprehension and crazy dreams. We laugh ourselves silly and I tell them, "I just hate the jitters, don't you. Let's shake all over and get rid of those nasty jitters!" Sometimes I tell them that when they feel the jitters coming on, they can come hold my hand untill they feel O.K. again.
Book Review: Response to Literature Unit
Summary: 5 Stars
Have you ever been nervous on your first day of school? First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg is about a character named Sarah Jane Hartwell. She is afraid and nervous of her new school and of her first day at this school. She was pretending not to feel well and acting silly. She even said she "hated" her new school. Sarah finally gets ready for school. The principal shows her to her new room and...
Sarah Jane Hartwell reminds me of myself who was also nervous going to a brand new school. She was scared and frightened that she wouldn't know anyone just like me. Going somewhere new is always a little scary, especially on your first day of school. Coming to Las Palmas I was nervous and scared. I didn't want to get out of bed, just like Sarah. However, once I got to school I couldn't have been more excited.
I really enjoyed the way this story illustrated the character in a nervous way. I would give this story a 10 out of 10 because it is a story that everyone can connect with. So before you try something new, I recommend you read this story!
Book Review: First Day Anxiety
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a retired teacher who has experienced many a case of "First Day Jitters." I purchased this book for a young friend who had just gotten her first job teaching kindergarten a week before school started. I was familiar with the story and thought she would enjoy it on her first day in a brand new school. I delivered the book to the school office two days before the start of school. Since she was busy getting the new classroom in order, my friend didn't read the book until the first day of school with her new class. She read it aloud, not knowing the ending. Both she and the children were surprised and excited to find out that the main character was the new teacher.
This book is well written and covers all the anxieties of starting school, even if you're the teacher. It shows children that they aren't the only ones with apprehensions. It is a great book for all elementary grades and especially for teachers facing a new class.
First Day Jitters
Book Review: Book about the first day in a new school - we all remember what that's like, right?
Summary: 4 Stars
My nieces haven't read this one yet.
The book runs through the excuses Sarah makes to avoid going to her new school (note that she's nervous about switching schools), and she's steadily cajoled into the front of the class where our Surprise! Announcement! reveals (and I admit, I was surprised - this is really well-done) that she's the teacher.
Well, no doubt teachers do get nervous on the first day of school, same as anybody else does :) Kids are likely to be surprised and laugh at the ending too, maybe even not believe it.
I do find it a little off-putting that Sarah's husband and boss essentially talk to her (and, in the beginning, treat her) like she's a child, but that's necessary to make the reveal an actual surprise.
I found the conversation between Sarah and the other characters to be very realistic (maybe a little less so for an adult, but, remember, we have to be surprised at the end), just like the conversations I had with my parents as a kid about school some days.
Book Review: Everyone has the jitters!
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, this is a superb book for children on the first day of school. The story tells about Sara Hartwell and how she does not want to go to school. She is worried that no one will like her and is extremely nervous about all the things people get nervous about on the first day of school. Mr. Hartwell with much fighting gets Sara to school as the princial is waiting on her to take her to class. When he shows her to the room you find out that Sara is really the teacher! It definitely a new perspective! This is a great way to start a discussion with students about how adults also get nervous and scared and share how they deal with those feelings. I use this book as a great story starter and have my first grade students write about what they have ever been nervous about and have them share and learn from each other's stories. Excellent job Julie Danneberg and Judith Dufour Love!