First Day of School Fun!

Wow did today fly by!

I'm sure your child came home tired, but I also hope they came home with much to share about our day!

We began our day with our toothpaste activity. Yes, you heard that right, toothpaste. The students were asked to squeeze out the toothpaste from their tube while sharing unkind things others have said to them or they have said to others. Then, they were challenged to put the toothpast back into the tube JUST as it was given to them. The class quickly realized that this was not going to happen. We discussed how no matter how many times you say, "I'm sorry" or "I didn't mean it" your words still remain with the other person. Your words can never be unsaid. We are going to refrain in our classroom this year from using "toothpaste" words.

We also talked at length today about how coming into 3rd grade we want to have a growth mindset. We are going to focus on never giving up and figuring things out because there is always a solution. Check out this link for some growth mindset videos.
Growth Mindset videos

We even saved Sam! Not the Sam in our class, but our gummie worm. We discussed the word PERSEVERANCE today and what that means. They demonstrated their perseverance by saving sam without being able to touch him with their hands. The link below details the activity!
Saving Sam Activity

Below are some pictures of the class working hard with our perseverance activity!