Homework is coming... dun dun daaaaaaa!

Inspired by our last community conversation, we are re-stating homework as a method of communication (and some practice).

Starting next week students will get a simple sheet letting you know what they are learning and what they HAVE learned along with a few practice  Homework assignments for ELA (reading), Math, and SEL (social-emotional).  The challenge shouldn't take more than 20 minutes total for the week, but the activities can be extended if you or your child want to do more of it.  

Our goal, as a school community, would be to get 100% participation.  We'll have a weekly scorecard to see how close to the goal we're getting!

(At our next Community Event in early March we'll debrief and see how this experiment is going)

Next week's SEL homework is Balloon Breathing (See below)!  Mrs. Flanagan taught the students this mindfulness strategy to help soothe big feelings.  Have your children try it out two times next week! (preferably when they are calm, it's hard to practice new things when you are upset). Once you know the process you don't need the model anymore and can do this activity on any surface.  The intentional focus on breath and tactile feedback is sends coming signals to the brain!