Classroom Guidance Lessons

Classroom guidance is under way. I have made it to most classrooms twice now. We have spent the first couple of lessons brainstorming/reviewing the school rules. Students from second through fifth grade made posters and signs for us to hang around the school. This will make sure that the whole school is following the same set of rules. When you are in the building, look for posters around the school.

As a part of the rules conversation, we also came up with some general rules for different playground games and activities. Soon you will be able to find signs up that help explain the various activities. If your child is still not sure how to play a game outside at recess, please encourage him or her to find a peer mediator who can help.

For the next couple of months the classroom guidance lessons will focus on emotions/feeling words. At the K/1 level we will be learning how to read facial expressions and how we should react to each one. For the 2/3s we will be learning synonyms for the basic emotion words in order to better describe our feelings. The 4th and 5th graders will also be working on developing synonyms and antonyms for feeling words, but diving in a bit deeper.

You might notice some papers coming home with your student. Please engage your student in a conversation about the lesson. If you have any questions for me, please feel free to ask!