We have had some great discussions lately. One about behavior and self control when there is a guest teacher in the room, and the other about the reconfiguration of our school next year.
Apparently people had a lot of trouble mustering up their self control when I was away last Thursday morning. After we discussed this, people wrote cards to themselves about one thing they could do differently the next time I am away. We continue to refer to these cards and practice these skills. It has been amazing to hear what people say when they reflect on their own behavior in the group. They are very honest and want to do better. To that end students have made specific plans of how they will do better next time.
Jackie Parks came by on Friday to welcome us all to the other building in light of the disclosure of decisions made last week abou the new configuration. Students had many questions for her or me, and they continue to. We are now talking about this quite a lot.
During Read Aloud these last two days I have been reading and then modeling how one would respond to the the prompts on the last page of this week's reading packet. Hopefully this will help students take more care, and understand better how to address one of those prompts.
As a class we are all working on pleasant greetings to each other, using positive language and positive tone of voice.
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