October 22 – 26

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Meghan Saxon

Colonial Presentation was a lot of fun… but we are grateful to live in 2018!  Ha!

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We enjoyed seeing everyone dressed as a storybook character!  Hope to see you tonight at the Fall Festival from 5:00-7:00!

Thank you to Ms. Eva for being our first Mystery Reader!  We enjoyed listening to the book “I’m bored!” by Michael Ian Black.  Such a great lesson!  Life is way too amazing to ever be BORED!

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

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Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Snot Stew by Bill Wallace;  describing connections between historical events; alphabetical order

Writing: ELABORATION

Math:  double-digit addition with re-grouping, began subtraction with re-grouping

Social Studies:  REVIEW

Science:  The important contributions of chemist Dr. Mario Molina

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Students of the week:

Cash and Soleil

Thank you for being trustworthy and showing MAJOR effort this week!

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Important Dates:

  • 10/31:  Send in Halloween snacks
  • 11/1:  Class book fair visit – 1:00-1:30
  • 11/5:  Picture re-takes
  • 11/6:  Field trip to Amphitheater to see Schoolhouse Rocks!
  • 11/12:  Veterans Day – Student/Teacher holiday
  • 11/15:  PTAO meeting – 8:35 am
  • 11/16:  Interims sent home
  • 11/19:  Country research project due
  • 11/21-23:  Thanksgiving Break

Reminders:

  • Cool and helpful information on our brains and how we talk to ourselves and our children!  I had the opportunity to hear Carol Dweck speak in Atlanta 6 years ago and it changed the way I taught!

Two Mindsets Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. Fixed Mindset: Intelligence is static - Leads to a desire to look smart and therefore a tendency to Challenges: avoid challenges Obstacles: give up easily Effort: see effort as fruitless or worse Criticism: Ignore useful negative feedback Success of others: Feel threatened by the success of others As a result, they may plateau early and achieve less than their full potential. All this confirms a deterministic view of the world. Growth Mindset: Intelligence can be developed - leads to a desire to learn and therefore a tendency to Challenges: Embrace Challenges Obstacles: persist in the face of setbacks Effort: see effort as the path to mastery Criticism: learn from criticism Success of others: find lesson and inspiration in the success of others As a result, they reach ever-higher levels of achievement. All this gives them a greater sense of free will. Graphic by Nigel Holmes

  • The Power of Belief – Mindset and Success – Students watched and discussed this powerful Ted Talk in class this week.  I encourage you to watch the link below and talk about mindset with your child at home.   Link to TED Talk:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN34FNbOKXc

  • Research completed by Dr. Carol Dweck states that the way our students think impacts their attitude toward learning and how they perform in our classrooms.

    • 90 percent of students who are praised for effort instead of abilities ask for new challenging tasks and persevere in solving them. 
    • Students who are praised for effort view challenges as a way of learning, and embrace them.
    • Students praised for abilities reject the opportunity for a challenge in fear they will not be able to perform as expected. These students are also more likely to lie about their performance when they do not feel they have succeeded on a task.
    • Students who are praised for being smart (abilities) are less likely to take risks in their learning and if they do not perform well or things do not come easily. They shut down because they no longer feel smart.
    • Students praised for hard work (effort) may find it hard to understand why another student would not want to challenge him- or herself and learn. (Read more about Dr. Dweck’s studies at Brainpickings.org)
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