For the month of February we celebrate Black History Month. The month of February is designated in the United States as Black History Month, a month set aside to honor the important role that African Americans play in the story of our country. Here is a short video to help us learn more about Black History Month:
We also celebrate our Character Education theme Communities Show Persistence.
What does it mean to show persistence?
When you are persistent it means you keep trying, you do not give up
You press on even when you feel like quitting
You don’t let challenges stop you from accomplishing things
People who are not persistent give up very easily. They may try once and then quit. They do not believe they can do it. On the other hand, if you are persistent you keep trying. You will keep looking for ways to accomplish the task or goal. You are determined to succeed.
Check out this video of kids showing persistence and never giving up!
Our book this month is Emmanuel’s Dream by Laurie Ann Thompson & Sean Qualls.
Our song of the month, David Osmond, “I Can Do This”:
SOCES will be celebrating our 2nd annual College & career Week January 18-22! Each day we will have a school wide activity to support the development of career readiness in our students.
Tuesday:
Teachers will have a class discussion about their Educational Experience. Teachers will distribute question cutouts to help students to initiate the conversation.
Wednesday:
Design your ideal career pennant! Students will be able to design a pennant with what they want to be when they grow up! Using a blank piece of paper they can draw a triangle and decorate it with pictures relating to their future career.
Thursday:
Career Bingo (CLE): Students will find a teacher, administrator, or other adult at CLE for whom the following statements about college experiences are true. They will ask that person to sign the box that contains their true statement. Up to 5 people may sign their sheet twice. Five in a row wins – horizontal, vertical, or diagonal.
Read Aloud (WOS): Students will listen to a read aloud of a career book.
Friday:
Dress like your future self day! Encourage your students to dress up like their future career. During morning meeting class will have a discussion about the outfit they are wearing and what they want to be when they grow up!
5th grade classes will be participating in career day chats with TZHS alumni!
All classes will be receiving a college & career lesson from Mrs. Mueller!
This month we celebrate Individuals! Communities are large groups of people but within that large group we are all individuals, we are all special and unique.
Watch our Character Education Assembly hosted by Ms. Byrne & Ms. Whittaker’s 2nd grade class grade class:
Persistence is the ability to stick with something. If you practice the violin for over a year in order to play “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” perfectly, that’s persistence!
We can be persistent by:
Breaking a big goal down into smaller steps
Remembering it’s ok to make mistakes. We learn from our mistakes!
Learning about others who failed but were persistent and reached their goals
March is also Women’s History Month! During Women’s History Month we celebrate the contributions women have made to the United States and recognize the specific achievements women have made over the course of American history.
Watch March’s Character Education Assembly hosted by Mrs. Grennan’s class at CLE:
Resiliency is our ability to bounce back when something tough or hard happens. It means we are strong on the inside.
When we are resilient and bounce back we:
Set goals
Feel good about the future (we are optimistic)
Can identify our feelings and recognize feelings in others
Don’t let bad moments stop us from having good days
Use problem solving to reach our goals.
Check out our December Character Education Assembly hosted by Mrs. Bartell’s 2nd grade class:
Community Project: Students will draw or write on a feather how they will “bounce back” and be resilient when faced with a challenge! They can cut out the feather and use if they want to participate in Mrs. McBride’s & Mrs. Courtwright’s Monthly Challenge! Teachers will be giving out print outs of the feathers in school. If you want to print and work on your feather at home, click here.
If you’d like to design your feather on the computer:
