When we look at characters in fiction writing it is easy for us to identify their character traits. Today, we will look at our very own character traits. Are they positive character traits? Negative character traits? Whatever they are, it is often very difficult to identify our own character traits and change the ones we… Read More Telligami You!
This week in library, second grade students explored the world of programming with an iPad app called Cargo-Bot! Cargo-Bot is a puzzler designed to teach kids about programming. The concept is simple –tell a robot arm how to move colored boxes around on a platform into different patterns.The implementation may be quite challenging, and just like… Read More Cargo-Bot
This week we read many nonfiction books, one of which was Bugs, Bugs Bugs, by Jennifer Dussling. As nonfiction readers, we ask questions in order to delve deeper, to better understand a subject. As we were reading, we noticed we did not understand some of the key words used by the author. In order to understand some of… Read More Swap and Solve
Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck discovered that when kids receive a message that their brains are malleable and their abilities can be developed, they approach learning as a challenge that they are ready to embrace. To help provide resources for teaching growth mindset the ed-tech company ClassDojo teamed up with Stanford’s Project for Education Research… Read More Growth Mindset Resource
This time of year, especially Valentine’s Day, we try to express our love to others and show concern for others. Each and every one of us has the power to make others feel better or worse. Making others feel better is much more fun and actually makes us feel good too. Kindness is to act friendly,… Read More February Challenge
The Dream Big, Build Bigger enrichment course is for second grade students ONLY. This course will last for 8 weeks. The course will be held every Thursday, beginning January 21st ending March 10th, in the Library Media Center. You must commit to ALL 8 weeks. ONLY the first 20 students registered will be accepted. Those 20… Read More Dream Big, Build Bigger
Dear First and Second Grade Students, Have you ever tried playing Chopsticks on the piano? Have you ever tried eating with ChopSticks? What was your first experience with ChopSticks like? According to the Mobile Cuisine Chopsticks , when you use chopsticks, you involve over 30 joints and 50 muscles in the fingers, wrist, arm, shoulder as well as thousands… Read More ChopSticks
Optimism Be Positive! Optimism is the ability to remain hopeful and confident about the future or successful outcome of something. Assembly Read Aloud: Rain Brings Frogs: A Little Book of Hope by Maryann Cocca-Leffler Read Alouds: Be Positive! A Book about Optimism by Cheri Meiners Wanda’s Roses by Pat Brisson Pete the Cat: I Love… Read More January Word of the Month: Optimism