In room 101 we are house Fearless.  We wear red on Wednesdays and eat with all of the grade levels!

Today was our first house meeting! That means we went to different classrooms and had the opportunity to work with all the grade levels on an activity.

This meeting’s theme was: PROACTIVE

Be Proactive: I have a “Can Do” attitude. I choose my actions, attitudes and moods. I don’t blame others. I do the right thing without being asked, even if nobody is looking.

As a group of K-5th grades we talked about how we can have a bad day but, it is up to us how we handle the bad day.Being proactive means that you are in charge of you. No one else is in charge of how you feel or how you react to a situation or problem.  We can all get upset, but we need to stop and think about how to handle the situation before we hurt others.  We said that our feelings are like the weather.  We can have sunny days, cloudy days or even stormy days.  As a group we watched this video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeV-vQ9L9XI

After, we read Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day.  You can watch it here with your student: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6rp0SZX7lg  As a group, we discussed how Alexander was not proactive and what we would have done to be proactive in his shoes.

We then made a stop light bookmark!  The red reminds us to stop and cool down when we are upset/angry/sad. The yellow reminds us to slow down and think about what we can do to change things.  The green is go – it’s safe to act with your best choice.

Please talk with your student about being proactive!  Look for a picture post later!