Grade 2

Movement Breaks - Young Children

Week of 10/5 Lesson - Rainbow Fish - What makes us beautiful?

Dear AIS Parents & Grade 2 Friends,

This week's lesson read aloud is Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. We are going to listen to a story about a beautiful fish that had something the other fish wanted. We learn the rewards of friendships and the difficulties of making friends. Sometimes it is a struggle to share things that are special with a friend that. But sharing and allowing others to play their way makes us happier and builds on to healthier and supportive friendships.

Before watching the Rainbow Fish read aloud, invite a family member to view the Rainbow read-aloud story. Have a shared conversation about a time that either of you had something that some else wanted. How did you feel? Were you proud? Were you uncomfortable? Did you share what you had? Why or why not?
Listen to the story to find out how the rainbow fish felt and acted toward the others. After the story, stop the video. Have a shared conversation: Did the rainbow fish make the best choice? Why do you think that? Does the Rainbowfish need other fish? How does Rainbow Fish's decision to give to others affect their friendships?
Find a towel for lying down. Follow the guided Sleepy Starfish relaxation - imagine you are a sleepy starfish lying at the bottom of the ocean. Practice Under The Sea Square Breath exercise sitting on your towel in ease pose, criss-cross.
Home Activity: Be creative and make your own unique Rainbowfish.
Encourge you child to take Movement Breaks.
Parents take time to explore the mindful moment calm corner toolkit in the parent resource room, or join in on a virtual world class Art gallery tour.

Remember: “You’ll never be bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do!” – Dr. Seuss

Drop by the Counsellor office hours. We can chat, share home activity responses, connect with friends, and discuss health & wellness topics.

Take care.

Ms. Malak & Ms. Susan

Week of 03/05 Lesson - The Invisible Boy - Making friends

Dear AIS Parents and Grade 2 Friends,

Friends, think about a friends group you want to be apart of. Sometimes friendship groups can leave other kids out. It might not be on purpose. But at times they unfairly pick players for soccer or leave others out of conversations. Sometimes friendship groups are mean to kids they think are on the outside. How do you deal with it when a friend leaves you out?

This week In the read-aloud The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig. You will learn about the many things you can do to invite friendships. It can be noticing others gifts and talents and giving them a compliment, sharing your seat at lunch, or standing up for someone. Making new friends is rewarding but it is not always easy.

Invite a parent, a brother or sister to watch The Invisible Boy read aloud. Pause the lesson after the story. Click and pause on the next three slides. Share your thoughts and ideas about the ways you can help someone feel better, and invite new friendships.
Home Activity Option 1: Try complimenting a special someone about their gifts, talents or personal strengths each day this week just like Justin.
Home Activity Option 2: You can choose to write an email or send a note of encouragement to a friend or a special someone just like Brian.
Watch Birds on a Wire video . The bird insists on fitting in but the other bird do not want him to be part of their group. This gets them into a lot of trouble. Who gets the last laugh?
Melting - Flow breathing and relaxation exercise.

"Belonging doesn't change who you are it requires you to be who you are."

Be sure to drop by during our office hours. We can chat about Counsellor read-aloud stories, share home activity responses, connect with friends, and discuss health & wellness topics.

Take care. Kindest regards.

Ms. Malak & Ms. Susan Austin

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Lesson for week 26/04 - Caring

Dear Parents & Friends,

I am excited to join you today. Today's lesson focuses on caring. Caring is an essential character trait in building character. True friends will always find a way to tell the truth, think about others' feelings, learn how to fix their mistakes.

In the read-aloud Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller and Jen Hill, you will learn being caring is many different things. Caring can be showing kindness to others, sharing, saying "please" and "thank-you," understanding others' feelings, and forgiving someone for doing something wrong. You will also learn the act of kindness is not always easy.

Be prepared to stop the video after the Be Kind story. Ask you child to think about what it means to be kind and how the story characters showed kindness.
Kindness meditation. Take time to calm, sitting in easy pose for the guided meditation. Think about a special someone to send them love and kindness. Breathe & relax.
The Act of Kindness activity. Think of the kind things you can do at home and play. Draw or take a photos of your acts of kindness If you want, you can email them for posting on the Grade 2 Counselling classroom.

Note to parents: Watch the social distancing video - how children can keep safe. Remind your child they can talk to you about any worries they have.

We are here to support you and your family in any way. Take care.

Ms. Malak and Ms. Susan Austin

Lesson 4 ( April 5th- April 9th )

Hello dear AIS parents and students,

We hope you are all staying safe and are at home. Here is this week's activity.

We can practice the Golden Rule with the people in our home.

Be friendly: Say “Good morning!” or “How are you?”

Be polite: Use a inside voice

Be honest: Tell the truth

Be kind: Use nice words

Share: Play together with your siblings

Help each other: Help clean up or pick up your toys

What else can you do?

Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners by Laurie Keller

Lesson 13/04 The OK Kid Read Aloud & Feel Good Yoga Lesson

Hello Friends,

We always happy when we get together. We learn new things, share our feelings and thoughts and have fun. This week we will try some feel good yoga poses and breath deeply to let go of our worry thoughts to think happier thoughts. I will also be introducing you to the OK kid who is the main character who is simple stick figure in The OK Book - Amy Krouse Rosenthal & To Lichtenheld. The OK kid reminds us to enjoy every day life. The OK Kid tries lots of new things to challenge him or herself.

We will also learn about the things you do that you are OK at. Use your creativity to imagine you are the OK Kid. You will draw the OK Kid doing the things your are good at and more. If you want email me a pic of your artwork for me to post (saustin@aiswest.com).

We hope to see you soon during Counsellor office hours Sunday - Thursday or in your Zoom Classroom. The Counsellor Zoom Meeting Link and Meeting Password are posted on your SEESAW classroom site,

Warmest wishes.

Ms. Susan Austin & Ms. Malak

Growth Mindset lesson for week of 03/30

Hello friends,

I am excited to be here with you today. It is a joy to connect with you. I think about you each day. This is a most challenging time. I know that you can jump back up to keep working to do the best that you can. I believe in you as a learner becuase you are always ready to learn new things, problem solve and deal with mistakes. When we make mistakes learn ad practice new things our brain grow new pathways making you smarter. Having a growth mindset is to be self-confident in your own learning capablites whatever the challenge.

Growth Mindset Lesson for week 03/30

The truth and science about your Brain. Our brain is designed to change because it works like a muscle that struggles to grow to build on to learning skills.

Parents the video about how having daily learning routines help you builds on to your child's confidence as a learner.
Friends watch the Growth Mindset Dojo lesson. Learn how we can all build on to our learning skills to be smarter. That making mistakes are just steps to learning success.
The Morning Routine chart below will help you and your child to work together to do the best that you can.
There is a parent handout for 10 Ways to Make Growth Mindset Fun for Chilren for some family fun.

If you want, you and your child can check in with me in ZOOM grade meeting room to chat. Just click on counselling for the class ZOOM links. I am always interested in learning more about the things you do staying at home that make you happy, and your child's talents, interests, passions and goals.

Take care

Ms. Susan Austin and Ms.Malak

My Morning Routine - Big Life Journal.pdf

Kindness lesson for week of 3/22

Hello Friends,

Your child's health and wellbeing is very important to us. The posted SEL activities were created to show your child's gifts, talents and skills. The Kindness lesson focus is on showing kindness to yourself and others. Acts of kindness create relationship connections that help you to thrive at school life and beyond.

Have your child go to the Mind Yeti - What is mindfulness? video link https://www.mindyeti.com/v2/s/dashboard-v-17. Scroll down the page to the video. (The video link is in the screen pic.).
Follow the How to Talk About the Video Parent Guide: What’s one thing you noticed in the video? What do you think being mindful means?Why might you want to learn how to practice mindfulness? When are some times you might want to be kind to yourself?
Your child might want create a Random Acts of Kindness poster showing all the ways we can be kind to yourself and others. They might want to post it.
As well, I have included mindfulness parent tips and activity ideas on how to introduce mindfulness practices to your child.

I am inviting you to chat about SEL topics that might be of interest to you (self-esteem, handling big feelings, friendship and other social emotional smarts). My office hours are from Sunday - Thursday at 11:00 am. The Zoom Link is https://zoom.us/j/512118595 .

Remember to Relax and have fun.

Warmly,

Ms. Susan Austin

saustin@aiswest.com

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