Camp Champions

This crazy crew is headed to camp!  View the slide show of our homeroom adventures below.  

Habit 1: Being Proactive

We are participating in a district-wide program entitled The Leader in Me. We began exploring the first habit, Be Proactive, more in depth.  We discussed how each of us "controls our own weather" and can control our outcomes by being proactive rather than reactive.  

In regard to this habit, Covey writes "I am a responsible person. I take initiative. I choose my actions, attitudes, and moods. I do not blame others for my wrong actions. I do the right thing without being asked, even when no one is looking."

As a class, we brainstormed challenging situations that kids face every day. The students came up with some very timely situations. Some of these included:

• A friend at school is being mean to you.
• Your mother makes you go grocery shopping with her.
• You have a big project for school due in a week.
• Your parents embarrass you in public.
• You have a hard time waking up for school.
• You are late for school more than once a month.

Students broke into pairs to identify a proactive way to approach their selected situation and a reactive way to approach this situation.  They used Puppet Pals, an iPad app, to share their thinking.  Below is an example of one of the videos student groups created.  

You can learn more about The Leader in Me here.

Digital Citizenship PBL Presentation Day

Today we presented our learning from our Digital Citizenship PBL to Mrs. Hollis and Mrs. Bernero today.  You can view our presentations here.

Mrs. Bernero Visits our Class

Mrs. Bernero, our principal, visited our class today and read the story Three Questions to our class. In this story the main character has three questions:

• When is the best time to do each thing?

• Who are the most important people to work with?

• What is the most important thing to do at all times?

A wise turtle helps him reflect on his adventures throughout the day to discover:

• The most important time is now. The present is the only time over which we have power.

• The most important person is whoever you are with.

• The most important thing is to do good to the person you are with.

Throughout the story, the students made very strong connections and inferences using textual evidence.  We also found several examples of figurative language.  We absolutely enjoyed her visit and hope she comes back to read with us again soon!