Black Friday… Cyber Monday…Sales! Sales! Sales! Everyone is out looking for great deals on holiday presents. Don’t fall into this shopping craze. Use some imagination and creativity with Mrs. McBride’s monthly challenge, The Holiday Challenge. All entries are due Tuesday, December 17th.
We all really enjoyed gathering together to celebrate with the students upon the completion of their memoirs. Throughout this unit, the students dug deep into stories from their own lives for meaning. They thought about struggles they battle again and again, reflected upon special connections and took a step closer to understanding and accepting themselves for the unique individuals they are. Here are a few pictures of parents celebrating with the students.
Our class had the opportunity to lead the November Gratitude Assembly during two periods on Friday, November 1st. We each had an opportunity to address the audience and practice our public speaking skills. Katelyn even played the piano to welcome the classes into the assemblies and to send them on their way.
I was impressed with the presence each child demonstrated while speaking in public. Each and every student spoke clearly, loudly and at a reasonable pace. The class is quite a group!
“Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits,
but you accept everybody just because they’re alive and human.” ~ Albert Ellis
Book of the Month:
The Day You Begin By: Jacqueline Woodson
What is one way you can show acceptance to someone who may have differences to you?
Please post a response which reveals your favorite memory of the trip. Also tell about a landmark or two that you enjoyed seeing and why.
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HTML Code for The Pumpkin Challenge
It is time to get those creative juices going again! Mrs. McBride is offering an opportunity to put your skills to work. Find out more details for this month’s challenge here – The Pumpkin Character Challenge.
This week we will celebrate “Start with Hello” week, which is a week to remind us how important and powerful it is to get to know one another, make new friends, say hi to new people, and make people feel good if they are feeling sad or alone. Every day you can do a special activity to remember to try and include others. Whether on the school bus, in the playground or in class, it is important to make sure others feel included and welcome.Sometimes to do this, you need courage. Courage can mean a lot of things and people can act courageously in a lot of different situations. Listen to Bernard Waber’s book, Courage. Think about what courage means to you and how you too can act courageously in every day kind of ways. Courage is also staring with Hello! Let’s try to be courageous by getting to know new people and by helping others who might need a friend.