Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Homework
1. Read
2. Spelling - complete pages 69-70; Quiz: Thursday
3. Math - complete work for 3.4; Review Multiplication tables
4. Music - practice; instruments & books for Friday
5. Library
6. P-Forms - asap, please!

Winter Wear
Thank you to all students for coming prepared.  Don't forget to leave indoor shoes at school.


Blazer Visit
Today students shared time with the Blazers.  We appreciate them coming to McGowan for a visit!  Topics that the Blazers discussed with us were: Role Models and Long and Short Term Goals.  Please ask you child about these topics.

Superflex - Health & Career Education

Students have been learning skills in how to be a more flexible thinker, which allows a person to better control his or her brain and change how he or she thinks.  Superflex helps students think about how to act and behave to keep others and him/herself feeling good.  This program helps students to become better problem-solvers by thinking of different solutions to each problem.  Recently, our focus is on the 'Unthinkables', traits that prevent us from being our best selves.  Student have been asked to reflect on the 14 Unthinkables, identifying those traits that they think prevent them from being their best.   Please ask your child which trait they have identified as being the trait that they might wish to become more aware of. 

Unthinkables:  

Rock Brain: make people get stuck in ideas
Glassman: make people over react
DOF (Destroyer of Fun) - make people overly competative
Mean Jean - get people to act bossy/mean
Space Invader - get people to invade other's space
One-Sided-Sid - make people talk only about themselves
Wasfunnyonce - get people to use humour at the wrong time/place/with wrong person
Brain Eater - distract people
Body Snatcher - move people's body's from group
Energy Hare-y - give people too much energy
Topic Twistermeister - make people jump off topic
Worry Wall - make people worry too much
Un-Wonderer - don't like people to socially wonder about others
Grumpy Grumpaniny - put people in grumpy moods

Thank You!
Thank you to Jonathan and his mother for supporting our Chinese New Year lunch.  We appreciate the time you spent in helping to organize this celebration.   Thanks for making our day a success!

3 Stars!!!
1. Jonathan
2. Haley
3. Carson

Thanks for a great couple of days!  See you on Friday.  Ms. P.