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!

We are finally settling in!

Hello!

It has been a busy, but great, start to the school year. I have started classroom guidance lessons in everyone's classroom, the peer mediators are trained up and ready to start their jobs this next week and we had our first successful school spirit day of the year on Friday

Small groups will be starting soon. Please let me know if you think your student could benefit from small group time with other students who might be having similar struggles. I work with small groups of students to help foster friendships as well as groups that help kids through family transitions (separation, divorce, etc.). I would be happy to talk to you about your child's specific needs.

Check back here for upcoming news on our monthly school spirit days, community service activities, and classroom guidance lessons.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call, drop by or e-mail me (please note we are  currently having difficulty receiving some e-mails, so if you do not hear back from me in a reasonable amount of time, please call or stop by)

Sara