Caring is giving love and attention to people and things that matter to you. When you care about people, you help them. When you do a careful job, you give it your best effort. You treat people and things gently and respectfully.
"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care."
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Monday (Oct. 22)
- Math
- Practice strengthening our basic addition and subtraction fact fluency.
- Addition Strategies
- Estimation (making a thoughtful guess)
- Individualized literacy instruction and assignments
- Learning how to use the iMotion App to create stop motion animations.
- "The Zones in Video" : In this activity, students view video clips and identify zones in the characters who are portrayed. It is intended to help students become more skilled in identifying emotions and zones in other people.
- Review of the key players in the brain's stress response.
Tuesday (Oct. 23)
- Math
- Practice strengthening our basic addition and subtraction fact fluency.
- Subtraction Strategies
- Estimation (making a thoughtful guess)
- Individualized literacy instruction and assignments
- Continued exploration of the iMotion App to create stop motion animations.
- Visit from Mr. Jordan (School Psychologist)
- Differentiating between mindful behavior and it's opposite, unmindful behavior.
- Being mindful for our Earth
Wednesday (Oct. 24)
- Math
- Practice strengthening our basic addition and subtraction fact fluency.
- Addition and Subtraction Strategies
- Estimation (making a thoughtful guess)
- Individualized literacy instruction and assignments
- Our class has been asked to host the Remembrance Day Assembly on Friday November 9th. Last week we read several short stories from the book "What We Remember," which captures the wartime perspectives of children. Using iMotion, students will work to recreate a short story about a child's perspective during the war.
- Read Aloud: The Three Questions
- Nikolai goes on a quest to find a way to be the best person he can be. By acting mindfully, he discovers the answer. Underscoring what he has learned, a wise old turtle advises him to pay close attention to the moment, his environment, and the needs of others.
Thursday (Oct. 25)
- Math
- Practice strengthening our basic addition and subtraction fact fluency.
- Subtraction Strategies
- Estimation in our World (why learn estimation?)
- Individualized literacy instruction and assignments
- Ongoing: Using iMotion, students will work to recreate a short story about a child's perspective during the war.
- The Zones in Me: In this activity, students decide what would be the expected zone for a variety of scenarios.With this activity, students explore the concept that all of the zones are expected under different circumstances, and it is okay to experience all of them.
Friday (Oct. 26)
- Professional Learning Day - No School for students
Once a Day
Share with your child an observation about a
mindful decision you made in a demanding situation.
mindful decision you made in a demanding situation.
