Cottage Lane Elementary School
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:
This month we celebrate Compassion!
Compassion means:
We can show compassion by:
Watch our Character Education Assembly hosted by Mrs. Ambrose’s 4th grade class:
This month we celebrate persistence!
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:
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:
This month we celebrate empowerment!
Empowerment is:
Check out our February Character Education Assembly hosted by Ms. Kolesar’s Kindergarten class!
This month we celebrate acceptance. What does it mean to accept others?
Acceptance is understanding and celebrating the ways that each person is different and unique.
That means having a right to their own feelings, thoughts and opinions.
When you accept people for who they are, you let go of your want to change them.
When We Are accepting we:
Check out our January Character Education Assembly hosted by Mrs. Cassetti’s 2nd grade class:
This month we celebrate resilience.
What does it mean to show resilience?
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:
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:
Click here to view the details of the Dreamcatcher Monthly Challenge! Mrs. Courtwright
Click here to view the details of the Dreamcatcher Monthly Challenge! Mrs. McBride
This month we celebrate being courageous.
What does it mean to be courageous or have courage?
What are some ways you can show courage?
Click here to view November’s Virtual Assembly hosted by Mrs. Fanning’s 2nd grade class!
Community Project: Each student will design a medal (digitally or on paper) about a time that they tried something new and were brave and courageous! Teachers have been given a class set of medals for their students. If you want to print and complete your medal at home, click here.
Click here: The Undefeated to visit Ms. Zatarga’s slideshow that has all the info on how to complete your medal on the computer!
This month we celebrate inclusiveness.
An inclusive school environment makes sure that:
Below is October’s Virtual Assembly hosted by Mrs. O’Brien’s 5th grade class!
Community Project: Each student will design their very own flag showing what makes them unique and how they are inclusive to other students in school. We will then put each classes flags together to create a class book. Teachers/student have the option of designing their flag digitally or on paper. Teachers have been given a class set of flags for their students. If you want to print and complete your flag at home, click here.
Video of Ms. Mueller explaining the October activity: Designing your own flag
Click here: All are welcome virtual activity to visit Ms. Zatarga’s slideshow that has all the info on how to complete your flag on the computer!
Additional links (all in the slideshow):
The link for students to create a new copy of the flag to design
The link for students to click on to print a flag
Video– how to upload to Padlet
Video– how to design on Google Slides
Diversity is what makes us all special and unique! Please watch my video below to gain a better understanding of diversity:
Here is an extension activity to do at home or in the classroom: After watching my video, teachers play the video explaining the activity. Students will get to complete their personal self portait by coloring pictures of their favorite things. If time, students can share out loud with the class.
Diversity is what makes us all special and unique! Please watch my video below to gain a better understanding of diversity:
Here is an extension activity to do at home or in the classroom: After watching my video, teachers will give students time to complete the worksheet. When students are done answering questions about themselves, they will have the opportunity to share out loud and elaborate on their answers. While a student is sharing facts about themselves, the other students will be listening and filling in on their own sheet at least one fact about a classmate that they did not know. For example: I am good at playing guitar. Johnny is good at cooking.