This week we have been focusing on learning all about our
creed! Each day we read a story about one of the words, discuss what the word
means to us and think about how we can live by the creed. Here are some of our
interpretations of courage, compassion, honesty and respect (responsibility is
next week).
Courage
To me, courage is:
“riding my bike without (training) wheels.” –Aa.S
“telling someone not to pick a flower.” –A.Y
“standing up for others.” –A.M
“being nice after a fight.” –A.W
“when I brought up two apple juices. One for me and one for
my sister. When she didn’t want hers it took courage to put it back downstairs
and not drink it.” –D.B
“standing up for myself and others.” –E.H
“doing something you are scared of.” –E.L
“being nice and standing up.” –G.A
“my sister doing a back flip off the diving board for the
first time.” –G.H
“helping someone, even when you are afraid.” –L.H
“my dad jumping into the ocean.” –L.N
“standing up
for yourself.”-N.S
“being kind. That is just a little bit of love.” –S.O
“giving my mom a hug goodbye on the first day of
kindergarten.” –S.G
“saying ‘no’ when you get scared.” –S.W-B
“doing a back flip off the diving board.” –W.F
Compassion
To me compassion:
“feels like helping my friends when they feel bad.” –Aa.S
“looks like helping others.” –A.Y
“looks like helping my sister down the slide.” –A.M
“is when Georgia is crying I still give her everything she
wants.” –A.L
“helping my sister when she is sad… to make her happy.” –A.C
“is helping someone that is hurt.” –A.S
“is being nice
to someone and caring about them.” –G.A
“looks asking friends to play.” –G.H
“is our friends taking care of cats.” –M.S
“looks like love.” –M.B
“is helping my friend when they get hurt.” –N.S
“is helping my brother.” –S.O
“is my brother letting me go first.” –S.W
“is helping my little sister when she is crying.” –S.G
“is letting someone else win.” –S.W-B
“is helping someone when they scrape their knee.” –W.F
Honesty
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| "This is what honesty looks like." -M.B |
To me, honesty:
“is truth. In
the picture I am asking Georgia ‘Did you throw that ball?’ and she said ‘Yes.’”
–A.L
“is when you copy
you are not being honest.” –L.H
“in the picture
the angel is being honest to the bunny that she can’t fly.” –M.S
“when you aren’t honest you will feel sad. When you
are not honest you make other people sad.” –M.B
Respect
To me respect is:
“helping someone that is sad.” -A.C
“asking a friend to copy-draw.” –A.M
“listening when someone is speaking.” –A.W
“listening.” –S.W
The majority of our week was spent learning about our
classroom materials, routines and our new kindergarten schedule. In math we
have been focusing on calendar, days in school, shapes, patterns and colors. Below
are some of the photos I took on my phone. Keep checking the blog for more
photos from my camera.
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| Writer's Workshop |
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| Practicing how to transition in to and out of classroom stations |
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| Our name towers. |
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| Our birthday animals |
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| Math Exploration |
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| Twins at morning recess |
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| Practicing Peaceful Time |
Time on the structure from Lisa Dutton on Vimeo.
Peaceful Time from Lisa Dutton on Vimeo.
