10-31-17 GBH Newsletter

Important Events (Always defer to the parent calendar on our website, if you notice a discrepancy.)

• Veteran’s Day- No School: Friday, November 10th
• November Early Release Date: Monday, Nov 13th
• Conferences and Thanksgiving- No School: November 20th-24th
• Conferences: Monday and Tuesday Nov 20th and 21st   

Reminders:

• Our classroom blog is: crsblueherons.blogspot.com  It has digital versions of these newsletters, as well as digital versions of the learning journal maps.

Requests:

• Many students are really enjoying having tea as they work, we have gone through the boxes and are hoping to stock up again on tea and Stevia, if you have the opportunity to donate a box or two of CAFFEINE FREE tea or Stevia packets, we would greatly appreciate it.

Weekly Update:

Happy Halloween. Be safe.

We are in the work of elevating our independent work quality and have seen some really in depth quality work!  On Helen and Molly taught us about wolves and the the trophic cascade effect of the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone.  Later, Noelle and Ava H taught us about primates and even quizzed us at the end!

Other students have started independent research and art

Our next focus as a class is to really work on welcoming each other and becoming a group of caring and nurturing individuals.  We have started to build a community with solid habits of work, effort, planning and quality products.  So, now we are ready to learn how to become each other's’ teachers and real friends.  We will be introducing more games and problem solving techniques this week and making being a real friend our focus  to help make sure each member of our learning family feels welcome, successful, cared for, and important.  This takes practice and work- and we will be giving updates throughout November on the process.

If you are looking to support your child on their days and their growth as someone who leads through caring, here are more questions to discuss over dinner:

• Who did you help today?
• Did you tell anyone “thank you?”  What for?
• What was the hardest part of the code to follow today?
• Who inspired you today? What did they do?
• Can you tell me an example of kindness you saw/showed?  Was there an example of unkindness? How did you respond?
• Did you have any nice connections with your classmates or teachers?
• Now that you’re home, is there anything you’d love to brag about?

Gratitude Corner:

• Michelle and Shannon made an AMAZING new habitat for Luna!  Pictures next week. Thank you to everyone who came to the auction it was a lovely and generous evening!