Thank you to all of the parents who attended parent/teacher conferences this week. I enjoyed sharing all of the growth in learning I've been seeing in your children.
The students take brain breaks at school using the GoNoodle program. This gives them an opportunity to get out of their seats and move to a challenge or silly song. This week they decided to dance around the room during one of their brain breaks. So much fun! Keep reading to see what student reporters posted this week.
Integrated Studies: Regions of the United States of America
Students are learning about the Regions of the U.S. as part of an integrated unit. They are applying what they are learning in language arts and social studies to projects about the regions of the U.S. Currently, they are focused on the Northeast region of the United States.
In integrated studies I have learned that in the Northeast region over 90% of
Maine is woodland/ forest area, and that in 2015 northern Maine temperatures
fell to -19 degrees Fahrenheit.
-Faith
In integrated studies I have learned that there are 9 states in the Northeast
region. They are: Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania,
Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey and New York.
~Lucy
It was fun learning about the northeast region of the United States. We got a
map to color in and write in and we are reading a book about the region.
~Logan
I like integrated studies because it tells me cool stuff about the Northeast
region that I didn’t know about before. It also told me about the history of
the states, and it gave me interesting facts about each one.
-Lily
In the integrated studies I have learned that in the Northeast region of the
United States the Revolutionary War took place in the northeast region.
-Julian
What I have learned in integrated studies about the Northeast region is
that Maine is 90% covered by woods or forests. Also, Vermont is the least
populated state with 633,000 people living in VT. Also, by the oceans of
Massachusetts whales glide through the water. Pennsylvania is home to
steel mills too. Learning about U.S. regions is very fun and I am excited
to learn more about different U.S. regions.
~Colby
In integrated studies I have learned lots. One thing that in the 1800’s the
issue of slavery divided the nation. The second thing I learned was the
over 15,000 people have hiked the entire Appalachian Trail. These are
some things I learned in integrated studies.
-Lyssette
In integrated studies I learned that the Northeast region of the United
States (based on what we know) does not include the states of Maryland
and Delaware. However, It includes Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and our
very own Vermont.
-Bennett
Something I learned about in integrated studies is that the Northeast region
was the birthplace of the United States. I also learned that the Northeast
region is the smallest region. I know this because on page 4 it says, ‘’The
Northeast is the smallest U.S. region in land size.’’ I got this information in
the book we have been reading by John Micklos, Jr. Each day we work on
a class packet to get us ready for the essay we will be writing in the end of
the unit.
---Addyson
In integrated studies I have learned that in the Northeast region is New York
and it has the most Puerto Ricans. Also, that the Northeast is the birthplace
of the five regions. We also learned about many cultural centers. Did you know
that the Boston Children’s Museum is the second oldest children’s museum in
the world? The last thing I learned was Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1990’s
was home to steel mills.
-Ella
In integrated studies we are learning about the Northern region and we are doing
a slideshow on it very soon.It's going to be fun!
-Chandler
In integrated studies I have learned many new things about the Northeast. One
example is that we learned the capitals of all of the states in the Northeast, like
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Providence, Rhode Island, Augusta, Maine, Trenton,
New Jersey, and the others, too. We also learned that the Northeast region is
the birthplace of the U.S. We learned all of the postal abbreviations as well.
We’re having a lot of fun!!!
-- Paige
Second Step: Learning how to resist revenge
In Second Step, we learned a few strategies to resist revenge. One of them
is to walk away and count from 10-1 and take deep breaths. I love doing
Second Step because it is very fun and it teaches a lot of strategies for
than resisting revenge.
~Jocelyn
The Second Step program addressed resisting revenge. Resisting revenge
is when someone might accidentally do something such as brushing up
against someone and the person they brushed up into might take it a step
too far and punches them. Instead of punching them you could take a
moment to realize that it was an accident and just walk away and take
a moment to get yourself together. In the lesson we we got to act out a
scenario about resting revenge, I was very impressed about how other
people handled the same scenario that my group had. I learned a lot,
and I will know what to do if I happen to want revenge on someone.
~Cordelia
From the Second Step video, I learned that 1 knocked over 2’s stand
in music class. 2’s music papers fell on the floor, with her stand. She
got mad at 1, so she ripped his music sheets. 1 was mad, and wanted
revenge, but he resisted the urge to do it, and walked away to cool
down. I thought this was good information.
-Lily
In Second Step we learned that revenge is not the way to solve your
problems. You should walk out of the room and use some calming
down strategies and when you have all of your anger out, come
back in the room and say it was an accident.
-Sophia
I have learned that you could walk out of the room and count down from
ten or any number you want. After a little while you can walk back in there
and explain that it was an accident.
-Alexander
Strategies I learned in Second Step to resist revenge is to walk away and
take deep breaths. Also, count from ten down to one. Also, think positive
and don't think about negative things you are going to do. Think to the
positive side.
~Colby
In Second Step l learned that you should stop and think to yourself before
you start something more than what happened.
--Makayla
In Second Step we are learning about how to manage frustration.
-Larkyn
In Second Step I learned that resisting revenge is a hard thing and that you
can do things that you end up regretting later on.
-Bennett
In Second Step we are learning about resisting revenge. During this lesson,
we watched a video about a boy wanting to get revenge on someone, but
having to resist the urge by using one of the multiple effective strategies.
Some of these strategies include taking a deep breath, counting up or
down from ten, or walking away from the situation. So when you are
feeling angry at someone, try one of these ideas, they work!
-Nolan
In Second Step we did a unit on not going for revenge and it was fun to act
out the scene!.
-Chandler
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