12/6/2018 0 Comments November!Kindergarten: Bubble Gum Brain, by Julia Cook. Do you have a brick brain or a bubble gum brain is the question! We love learning about our brains in care class. Bubble gum brain is all about the power of the word YET. Instead of saying, "I can't do that," you say, "I can't do that YET!" Everything takes time, practice, and mistakes. The best players and performers in the world make more mistakes....because they are constantly practicing and working at their craft. We are all capable of using our bubble gum brains that stretch, bend and flex! PS...we can't wait to meet Julia Cook in March!!! 1st & 2nd Grade: Zones of Regulation!!! This month, we watched a fun video made up of clips from Inside Out. After each one, we talked about the emotion we saw, and discussed if it was in a Blue, Green, Yellow or Red zone! Then, we made a little book showing ourselves in each zone. We love talking about our feelings and strategizing all the ways to get into that great green zone! 3rd Grade: Your Fantastic Elastic Brain, by JoAnn Deck, PhD For real...we LOVE learning about our brains and how they work! This book builds on our Bubble Gum brain knowledge and teaches us some super cool words like, Amygdala and Prefrontal cortex! It also builds on our knowledge of what it means to flip our lids (click here for a great video on what that means) and how we can build up our self-control skills. 4th and 5th Grade: Empathy This month our word was empathy, and we had more great class discussions. We really have some wonderful humans here at Walnut Springs Elementary. We listened to the story, Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson. Our students were deeply moved by the actions of the students in the book and inspired to be more mindful about showing kindness, as you never know when the chance might be gone for good. We also got to play the Each Kindness game show, where student got to act out scenes, draw pictures, and answer questions related to the story and empathy in their own lives.
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