Thanksgiving Holiday
I hope everyone enjoys a wonderful Thanksgiving break with no school on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. I hope you have time to slow down your lives a little and enjoy each other's company. Read a good book together, spend some time laughing and listen to each other. Since it is Thanksgiving, I hope to spend some time thinking of those things that I am especially grateful for - and at the top of my list is family. Friends, both here at school and outside school, are also at the top. I hope you, too, have time to pause to think about what you are thankful for.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
For the Week of November 14th
Chess Club
Club #1 meets on Wednesday, November 16th and Club #4 meets on Thursday, November 17th.
Presents with a Purpose
Since the holidays are approaching and many of you exchange presents during this time I thought I might put in a recommendation. Apples-to-Apples, Jr. is a great gift idea for your student. It is fun for the whole family and it provides vocabulary enrichment at the same time. Make sure that when you play the game, you make it a rule that the person who is "it" must state reasons for choosing or not choosing each particular card. This is the part that helps the student to make connections and broaden his/her vocabulary.
Paper Recycling
Did you know that you can help our district earn money by recycling paper here at school? You can bring in any paper (no cardboard please) to the green and yellow bin marked Paper Retriever located in Lakeview's parking lot to be recycled. The more paper we collect, the more money we can earn. The provider of the bin uses the paper to make newsprint, which is then sold to other companies. That is how we are paid to recycle paper.
Thank you for your help (and for helping the environment at the same time!)
Club #1 meets on Wednesday, November 16th and Club #4 meets on Thursday, November 17th.
Presents with a Purpose
Since the holidays are approaching and many of you exchange presents during this time I thought I might put in a recommendation. Apples-to-Apples, Jr. is a great gift idea for your student. It is fun for the whole family and it provides vocabulary enrichment at the same time. Make sure that when you play the game, you make it a rule that the person who is "it" must state reasons for choosing or not choosing each particular card. This is the part that helps the student to make connections and broaden his/her vocabulary.
Paper Recycling
Did you know that you can help our district earn money by recycling paper here at school? You can bring in any paper (no cardboard please) to the green and yellow bin marked Paper Retriever located in Lakeview's parking lot to be recycled. The more paper we collect, the more money we can earn. The provider of the bin uses the paper to make newsprint, which is then sold to other companies. That is how we are paid to recycle paper.
Thank you for your help (and for helping the environment at the same time!)
Friday, November 4, 2011
For the Week of November 7th
Chess Club
This week Chess Club #2 meets on Wednesday, November 9th and Chess Club #3 meets on Thursday, November 10th.
Veteran's Day
There will be no school on Friday, November 11th, in honor of our veterans. The students made cards to send to veterans. We should remember that we enjoy our freedoms because of many who gave their lives. Thank you to all of our veterans!
Positive Encouragement
As parents we spend a lot of our day trying to correct our children's actions and words. As humans, however, we thrive on praise. A good goal is to try to say at least four encouraging statements to every one disciplinary statement. "I like the way you spoke politely to our neighbor." "You did a great job helping with the dog." As an experiment, try tallying your words to your children. Count how many negative statements you make compared to how many positive. Then try to deliberately increase the positive statements you make and see if it helps your child. Encouraging words make for happy children!
This week Chess Club #2 meets on Wednesday, November 9th and Chess Club #3 meets on Thursday, November 10th.
Veteran's Day
There will be no school on Friday, November 11th, in honor of our veterans. The students made cards to send to veterans. We should remember that we enjoy our freedoms because of many who gave their lives. Thank you to all of our veterans!
Positive Encouragement
As parents we spend a lot of our day trying to correct our children's actions and words. As humans, however, we thrive on praise. A good goal is to try to say at least four encouraging statements to every one disciplinary statement. "I like the way you spoke politely to our neighbor." "You did a great job helping with the dog." As an experiment, try tallying your words to your children. Count how many negative statements you make compared to how many positive. Then try to deliberately increase the positive statements you make and see if it helps your child. Encouraging words make for happy children!
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