Taking Off with Jazzy Jet

Last week, we welcomed two new kindergarten students who have moved into our class.  They are great additions to our group!

We started our day by sharing a little about ourselves so the students could get to know each other better.

Next, we worked on our math problem solving skills. 

 
After lunch, we had our first Spanish lesson with Senora Gates.  Each student had a chance to choose a Spanish name and worked on the following vocabulary:

1.    Greetings - Hola, Buenas días

2.    Names - Me llamo… ¿Cómo te llamas? Mucho gusto.

3.    Colors - rojo, azul, blanco, negro, amarillo, verde, anaranjado, rosado, morado, gris, café o marrón.  Game-Levántense- Siéntense

5.    Numbers 1-10

  

Next, we met our newest Quirkle, Jazzy Jet.

From Jazzy Jet, we learned about Bernoulli's Principle and how it helps our Frisbee and huge airplanes fly!

In the afternoon, we began a new unit for our Affective Skills curriculum unit.  The unit is called The 7 Habits of Happy SAGE Kids.  Our unit is based on the book, The 7 Habits of Happy Kids, by Sean Covey.  (Sean Covey is the son of Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.)   As an introduction to our unit, we discussed what a habit is, then took a pretest to see what we knew about habits we have that make us happy. 

Through this book, we will have ten lessons focusing on self-awareness (perfectionism, giftedness, task commitment, dealing with stress, risk-taking, valuing yourself, goal setting, and underachievement) and social awareness (peer relations, ethics, empathy, conflict resolution, leadership, and self-advocacy).  The students will discover how the choices they make can affect their day, their relationships, and their future.  Each of the stories within the book introduces a positive habit.

It is good to be back from our break!  We had an exciting day!