Morning work was writing sentences using spelling words. Students used their Pencil Challenge pencils for the third day. All pencils were successfully returned at the end of the day.
The Question of the Day was: Have you ever tattled on someone? Children tattle for a variety of reasons including concern for the rules, attention, and getting someone in trouble. You can read about tattling in this Responsive Classroom article. It is meant for teachers, but I think parents will find it helpful, too. The concept of tattling is a tricky one for kids. We want students to learn how to distinguish between tattling and reporting/warning, between something that is an emergency and something that is not, between Now problems and Not Now problems, between kid-sized problems and problems that need adult help. That's a lot to figure out and situations are not always black and white.
We worked quite a bit on getting a better understanding of tattling today. We read and discussed A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue. This was a good conversation starter for us. After reading it, we decided whether a variety of scenarios were emergencies or not emergencies. Some were challenging. For example, most students felt that a friend calling you a name was not an emergency, that it could be handled by student problem solving. But what if it keeps happening? How often is too often before you get help? I reminded the class that if they are ever not sure about a situation, they should speak up. Students also completed a couple activity sheets about tattling and took the tattle pledge. You will find a copy in your child's home folder.
Specials classes of the day were financial literacy, ASL, and STEAM. Inner Explorer practice involved taking a body scan. During science, we read The Fossil Girl: Mary Anning's Dinosaur Discovery. Then, the students made shell imprints in clay and imagined they were fossils in stone. Finally, we returned to the computer lab. This time, the students had their life history timeline papers with them and they began typing their individual events. The first graders will pick up wherever they left off during our next session in the computer lab on Monday.
Parents, please check home folders for information about Taste of Asia. Thank you!
The Question of the Day was: Have you ever tattled on someone? Children tattle for a variety of reasons including concern for the rules, attention, and getting someone in trouble. You can read about tattling in this Responsive Classroom article. It is meant for teachers, but I think parents will find it helpful, too. The concept of tattling is a tricky one for kids. We want students to learn how to distinguish between tattling and reporting/warning, between something that is an emergency and something that is not, between Now problems and Not Now problems, between kid-sized problems and problems that need adult help. That's a lot to figure out and situations are not always black and white.
We worked quite a bit on getting a better understanding of tattling today. We read and discussed A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue. This was a good conversation starter for us. After reading it, we decided whether a variety of scenarios were emergencies or not emergencies. Some were challenging. For example, most students felt that a friend calling you a name was not an emergency, that it could be handled by student problem solving. But what if it keeps happening? How often is too often before you get help? I reminded the class that if they are ever not sure about a situation, they should speak up. Students also completed a couple activity sheets about tattling and took the tattle pledge. You will find a copy in your child's home folder.
Specials classes of the day were financial literacy, ASL, and STEAM. Inner Explorer practice involved taking a body scan. During science, we read The Fossil Girl: Mary Anning's Dinosaur Discovery. Then, the students made shell imprints in clay and imagined they were fossils in stone. Finally, we returned to the computer lab. This time, the students had their life history timeline papers with them and they began typing their individual events. The first graders will pick up wherever they left off during our next session in the computer lab on Monday.
Parents, please check home folders for information about Taste of Asia. Thank you!