February 2016

Mrs. Mewbourn's Tolerance Lesson

Move around the room--all the folks with glasses/not glasses, boys/girls, color of hair, color of eyes--Can we play only with the folks who look like us?

Tolerance -- Birds of ALL Feathers can stick to TOGETHER!

Nerdy Birdy, accepting of ALL birdies

Flamingo Pose

Consequences of Intolerance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk_omG7-61I&feature=related

Eagle Pose

Consequences of Tolerance: The Peace Book by Todd Parr

Balance Peacock Feathers

Kindergarten--Careers Exploration

Boxville Puppet Project

Create YOU and a job that would be a GOOD FIT

Ask questions:

outside vs. inside

with animals, people, stuff, by self

at a desk or moving around (active)

numbers vs. letters vs. neither?

keeping people healthy

sports

water

food

driving

quiet vs. people looking at you (entertainment)

strong

caring heart

making smart choices

jobs with a uniform? your choice?

special equipment?

1st Grade--Connecting Personal Strengths to Careers

Match your EGGcellent strengths to Career Possibilities!

2nd Grade--Connecting Problem Solving to Careers

STAR Problem Solving Flipbook

Read I Yam a Donkey!, Hippos are Huge -- Are these "okay" ways to solve problems . . .

Work in groups, process group work

Kindergarten--What Box would you try on in Boxville?

finger puppet/box project

Mrs. Ciortea's Class

2/5/16--Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do and duckies--outside/inside jobs? uniforms? computers? brave? girl vs. boy jobs?

2/19/16--STAR Problem Solving -- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star with star, twisted star and folding star movements