Congratulations to Michael for showing Empathy this past month!

This month our Colors of Character Education Program is focusing on gratitude. Gratitude is being aware of and being thankful for the good things that happen; taking time to express thanks. We are encouraging students to show gratitude to someone at home, in school and to a veteran. Please comment on this post about how you will show gratitude toward others, your classmates and veterans.

We will be sending Halloween Candy to the troops over seas to express our gratitude for their service to our country! Please donate some candy for this cause!!

Listen to our book of the month, America’s White Table.

We had a fun morning parading around CL and having a special munchkin treat! Happy Halloween!

Halloween is here and time to use problem solving skills with Scholastic and Max’s Adventure.

1. Read or listen to the rhyming poem – THE TOOTH
2. Continue Ruth’s pattern using this activity sheet – Max’s Tooth Activity Page
3. Create another pattern for a classmate to solve – Max’s Tooth Activity Page
4. Try and solve the challenge – The Tooth Extra Challenge
5. Solve this Halloween Sudoku Challenge.

Get a first hand look how candy corn is made – CANDY CORN

This month at Cottage Lane there are so many ways to be creative while thinking of others.

• The Student Advisory Council Kid is sponsoring Socktober. Read more about it here, CLE Soctober.
• This small act of love also inspired this month’s creativity challenge. Mrs. McBride is challenging all students to research and create a cute sock animal. Find out more details here, Sock Challenge.
• To celebrate both events, wear crazy socks on October 27th.

Are you looking for a fun way to practice your math facts? Would you like to compete with students from all over the world? World Math Day is for you! Register and begin practicing today! On October 13-15 you can compete with students from all over the world using your math skills. Watch the video to find out more. Then, ask your parents to register you by clicking this link and begin practicing today!

https://youtu.be/iusUKlP1exc

Congratulations Joseph for showing courage this month!!!

Empathy is the feeling that you understand and share another person’s experiences and emotions. It is the ability to share someone else’s feelings.

Listen to our book of the month, The Invisible Boy. Practice empathy by understanding Brian’s experiences. How would you show Brian empathy?

• Sesame Street: Mark Ruffalo: Empathy
• Stand in My Shoes

Today is September 11th. Fourteen years ago was a day of grief and a day of courage. At our assembly, we learned how ordinary people found the courage to do extraordinary things. Welles Crowther, The Man in the Red Bandanna, was one of many amazing people. Visit the CLE Courage website and listen to our book of the month.

Remember Mrs. King’s warrior words, “I have the power and the courage to be a positive, proactive upstander.” Will you: stand up for yourself, stand up for others, make a new friend, try out for a team, develop a skill, audition for a play, speak in front of an audience, ask for help, treat failures as opportunities to grow, etc.? Post a comment to our class blog on how you will use courage this year.