Happy St. Patty's Day!

Remember reading logs and spelling activities are due tomorrow, and there is math homework and a spelling skill sheet.

Have a great day!

Our next lifeline to focus on is Empathy!

FamilyConnect
Lifeline: Empathy
Due Date: Wednesday, March 23 (They will be taking paper copies home tomorrow) 

Can we teach kids to care? Well, it’s a big job, but we can start by fostering empathy in our children. Our whole school is focusing on the Lifeline of Empathy this month. Empathy means to understand and experience the feelings of others. To develop empathy, students must be encouraged to become aware of others’ feelings and to see situations from alternate points of view. When we can empathize with the needs of others, we can make the decision to respond in a caring way.

Two steps to teaching empathy
1.)MODEL! MODEL! MODEL!
The more your child(ren) see you demonstrating empathy, the more likely your child(ren) will exhibit similar behaviors.
2.)PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE!
Children, like adults, need to practice skills to master them. When you provide your children with experiences that require empathy, you give them opportunities to consider concepts larger than themselves.
Empathy Teaching Tip: Help your child participate in opportunities to help other people such as volunteering at a homeless shelter, soup kitchen, collecting cans for canned food drives, or donating to a worthwhile cause.
Family Task:
This month we are encouraging you to discuss with your child(ren) how your family can show empathy. Brainstorm a list of ways that the family can show empathy and decide how you are going to accomplish it this month. Example: Our family is going to show empathy by helping the homeless people in our community. We are going to donate can goods to the homeless shelter.
Let us know your plan! Please return the family connect sheets!

2^nd grade

In spelling we are practicing idioms. For example – don’t put all your eggs in one basket, Means risking everything and not having a back up plan. In reading we are going to read The Art Lesson .Tommy wants to be an artist. He drew pictures every where he went. It was his favorite thing to do. His friends had favorite things to do too.        Jack liked to collect turtles. Herbie loved to build huge sand cities. In religion we are working on getting ready for first communion. We sometimes talk about what to do and what not to do. In math we are doing patterns and graphs. In science we are learning about the phases of the moon. We are doing great. Here are the spelling words for next week:  every, found, still, between, name                                                                                                              challenge words are:  conserve, interstate, executive, legislative, judicial

   Have a wonderful weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!                                                                                                                                                        

Delaney O’Brien

                      3^RD GRADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In science we are learning about the moon and why the moon faces change. In writing we are finishing our weather stories and our illustrations for the stories. In spelling and phonics we are doing idioms. In reading we are reading a new story called Brave Irene. In every subject we are all  doing great!!!!!! The words for next week are:  upon, family, later, turn, move.

Have a nice day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- ABBY NAGEL

          

Honesty

We have been focusing on "honesty" as a lifeline schoolwide.  We have been discussing how honesty is more than just not lying.  I included links to two videos we watched in class.  Please continue this conversation at home :)

http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/112-Purse

http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/91-Classroom

“To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.”

John Ruskin  (1819-1900);
Poet, Writer, Art Critic

Spelling activities went home today; they are due Friday.  There is math homework tonight.

Happy Monday :)

Great job to 3rd grade for finishing up ISTEP. Here is the newsletter

2^nd grade

In reading we finished Carousel. In math we are working on patterns and graphs. In writing we are still writing about weather.  Here are the spelling words for next week:  great, tell, men, say, small                                         

Delaney O

3^rd grade

In math we are answering questions about temperatures on graphs. In writing we are writing about weather. We are doing great!!!!! In reading we just today finished our story called Storm In The Night. In science, we did an experiment to see how our shadows change throughout the day. We learned about the positions of the sun. The words for next week are:  didn't, car, morning, I'm, body.  Challenge words are:  gibbous, crescent, secede, design, protest 

Abby N.