Monday Morning Meeting
At Monday Morning Meeting, the 2nd Grade Flex group preformed a song they have been working on!
Ms. Beers had students do a puppet show with the giraffe and Jackal.
The giraffe is the land animal with the biggest heart. With her long neck she has a good overview and clear vision. The giraffe stands for compassionate communication. The second animal is the jackal, representing competition. Jackal language is about judging, criticising, analysing, moralising and accusing. When we feel unfairly treated, accused or when we want to impose our wishes, we tend to use the language of the jackal. Jackal language is separating. Giraffe language is unifying.1. Observe what is happening and describe the situation without judgement:
I see … / I hear … / the situation is …
2. Identify/express your feelings:
Then I feel …
3. Find the need behind your feeling:
My need is …/ because I would like … /
I desire … / I need …
4. Formulate a clear, positive, doable request:
Please will you … / Are you willing to do
this …?
The giraffe is the land animal with the biggest heart. With her long neck she has a good overview and clear vision. The giraffe stands for compassionate communication. The second animal is the jackal, representing competition. Jackal language is about judging, criticising, analysing, moralising and accusing. When we feel unfairly treated, accused or when we want to impose our wishes, we tend to use the language of the jackal. Jackal language is separating. Giraffe language is unifying.1. Observe what is happening and describe the situation without judgement:
I see … / I hear … / the situation is …
2. Identify/express your feelings:
Then I feel …
3. Find the need behind your feeling:
My need is …/ because I would like … /
I desire … / I need …
4. Formulate a clear, positive, doable request:
Please will you … / Are you willing to do
this …?
The PCO introduced the 2016 Dance-a-Thon! We will all DANCE on Friday, Sept. 23rd.
Number Talks
Number Talks is ongoing daily routine that provides students with meaningful practice with computation.
Writing Workshop
In Writing Workshop, we talked about Purposes of Writing. Our first focus this year is - To Narrate.
We started on personal narratives. Our narratives relate to a story we read, "Yo! Yes!"
We started on personal narratives. Our narratives relate to a story we read, "Yo! Yes!"
Two lonely boys who don't know each other meet on a city street. Brought together with a simple Yo! answered by the other one's Yes? and the bounce of a basketball, this modern classic will strike a chord with every child who's ever longed for a friend.
Word Work
We started Word Sorts this week. Word Sorts are a daily word study for phonics, vocabulary and spelling. We sort our words all week, and then on Friday, we glue them in our Word Work Journal.