Conflict vs. Bullying

“Increasingly, evidence shows that healthy relationships are much more effective at ending bullying than anti-bullying rules and punishment. Components of healthy relationships include trust, respect, fairness, equality, stability, enjoyment, contentment, and belonging. When kids respect each other, and have a personal connection to their classmates – even something as small as knowing their names –  they are much less likely to purposefully hurt them. Healthy relationships are also proven to increase our resilience, self-confidence, pro-social skills, stress management, and overall well-being, so that even if kids experience bullying, healthy relationships better prepare them to cope, and ensure that they have a support network of trusted peers and adults to help them navigate the situation..”

From: http://safeandcaring.ca/3337/community-what-it-means-to-wear-pink-on-pink-shirt-day/

7 Habits

H5 – Seek First to Understand & Then Be Understood:

Develops respect, empathy & tolerance

A resolution model that helps students resolve conflicts using the Talking Stick.

Happy Mustache day!

Today is 'Mustache day'! Happy school spirit day! Happy Friday!

Kapla Blocks

Working together to build towers as high to build as high as we can...

50 days of school

Yes, it is true...we are 50 DAYS SMARTER!!! Today, we celebrate by dressing in 50's style, we watched a presentation on what it was like back in the 50's, we attended a 'Sock hop' and danced 50's style and capped the day off by making Root beer floats!!! 

We also:

• Wrote a 'How to' make Root beer floats.
• Counted our way through to 50 (tallies, skip counting, odd/even #'s, etc)

It was a SUPER fun day!

Belonging in my world

I can identify the different types of communities or groups I belong to.

Habit 1 - Be Proactive

How to be Proactive?

Watch this video. In the end of this clip Franklin has a problem. What could he have done to show he was Proactive? What could he have done differently? How would a proactive decision changed the end result?

How can you change the world? What do you think is the best way to make changes?

How could YOU be a good citizen by using Habit #1 - Be Proactive? Please comment!

All About Pumpkins!

This week we researched Pumpkins!!! We learned about all the parts of the pumpkin, the life cycle and lots of cool facts. My new learning was that a white pumpkin is called 'albino' and that pumpkins are made up of 90% water. I never new that before. Today, we investigated what was inside the pumpkin. Then, went to the kitchen to roast our seeds. Ask us if we liked how they tasted. 

The results: 4 - not so much & 12 - yummy!

4+12=16 students that know a lot about Pumpkins!