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Supporting Your Child's Participation in Class
Supporting Your Child's Participation in Class
If your child is shy to raise their hand and share their thoughts, use this guide to guide their self-reflection and provide the emotional support they need to strengthen their courage to share in class!
Resiliency Workshop
Resiliency Workshop
At the start of the year, our class participates in a Resiliency Workshop—a unit I designed to help students build what we call their “resiliency superpowers.” These are the tools and mindsets that allow children to bounce back when they face challenges, whether those challenges are social (like friendship conflicts), emotional (like feeling nervous or disappointed), or academic (like struggling with a tough math problem). Developing resilience is an essential life skill, but it’s also key for success in the classroom: when students can recover from setbacks quickly, they are better able to stay engaged, participate fully, and keep moving forward in their learning. Through hands-on activities, stories, and reflections, students learn practical strategies to handle obstacles with confidence, flexibility, and perseverance.
You are welcome to return to the slide deck with your child throughout the year. Slides will be added to the end of the slide deck as we continue to build on more lessons!
Use the following slides to help your child role play both "talking it out" – expressing their feelings calmly to someone who made them feel sad, hurt, annoyed, frustrated, etc. – and giving a truly sincere apology. Normalize the expectation that they will probably need to use both tools at some point in 4th grade, and that is OK and a normal part of being human.
The Brain
The Brain
Students love our study of the brain at the start of the year – and it's something I refer back to throughout the year as they "connect new neurons" or "strengthen neural pathways" in their brains. Students are welcome to continue exploring more about the brain at home using these resources! I especially recommend the "3D Brain" website.
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