Congratulations to Tamara for showing genorosity this past month!

The New Year brings new goals. In order to reach our goals, we need perseverance. Perseverance is Cottage Lane’s word of the month!

• Perseverance is a steady persistence with an idea or task despite obstacles.
• Perseverance is not getting discouraged or giving up when tasks are difficult.
• Perseverance is the continuance with challenges.

At our assembly today, we saw many examples of perseverance. Review some examples again here – Perseverance Assembly. What will you persevere at this year? Post your goal to our class blog and steps that you will take to reach that goal!

It is time to get those creative juices going again! Mrs. McBride is offering another opportunity to put your skills to work. Find out more details for this month’s challenge here – Willy Wonka Challenge

“The Hour of Code is designed to demystify code and show that computer science is not rocket-science, anybody can learn the basics,” said Hadi Partovi, founder and CEO of Code.org. “In one week last year, 15 million students tried an Hour of Code. Now we’re aiming for 100 million worldwide to prove that the demand for relevant 21st century computer science education crosses all borders and knows no boundaries.”

HOUR of CODE – Try a one-hour tutorial designed for all ages in over 45 languages. Join millions of students and teachers in over 180 countries starting with an Hour of Code. You can find all activities here or try one below.

This month we are “wild” about cranes. Our book of the month, The Paper Crane, reminds us of the magical powers generosity can have on others and ourselves. We learned that:

•  Generosity is the quality of being kind and giving.
•  Generosity is freely sharing what you have with others.
•  Generosity is being willing to offer money, help or time when it is needed.
•  To be generous means giving something that is valuable to you without expectation of reward or return.
•  Generosity doesn’t always cost money. Anyone can be more generous simply by sharing his/her spirit with others.

Our goal this month is to show generosity. Being generous does not have to cost money. You can be generous with your time, service and/or smile. In addition, you can be generous by donating a used coat to our Coat Drive, purchasing a new hat or mitten for the Winter Drive and/or making cranes for our school wide gift. Watch the video below or read these directions to make as many cranes as you can. Have fun!

Congratulations to Kaleb for showing gratitude this past month!!

On Tuesday, November 21st we walked to the post office to deliver some very special letters! We learned about the US Postal system and we were fascinated with how mail is handled on a daily basis!!

We had such a wonderful time celebrating Thanksgiving with our families in school! There is nothing better then a Thanksgiving Feast…we are so grateful for all that they do for us! Today we also shared our first published piece of writing! 

Last week you solved problems through playful exploration and trial and error. With TEAMWORK you were able to breakout. Today a door is firmly locked. You will need your problem solving skills to escape once, twice…forty times! Can you escape the mysterious room? And do it again and again and again? Play 40x Escape.