Students in my 6th grade FACS class learned what it means to have a good day or a bad day. We listened to a story about a boy named Jimmy who had an interesting day! Some bad things happened, but also some really great things happened too! Read about Jimmy here: Jimmy's Day We talked as a class about how Jimmy might feel when each positive or negative situation happened. How do we think Jimmy felt at the end of the day? We then learned about self-esteem, confidence and what it means to be a bucket filler! If we know our self worth, believe that we are capable of moving past the hard days and helping others know that they are important too, we are the best kind of BUCKET FILLERS! We can mentally access our positive buckets on days that aren't going our way. We recognize that just because something not so great happens in first hour, it is our responsibility to not let it ruin the rest of our day.
No, that isn't a misspelling! I am "sew happy" to share the project my 5th graders have been working on. We recently just finished our unit on sewing equipment and were able to get to work on our first project! I love to reuse items whenever possible so when I came across this project, I was really excited! We made these dog bones from donations of denim from our community! We then turned around and gave them to a local animal rescue. A member from the organization came and gave us an idea of how we could help. Before she left we presented her with the bones we had finished, with a promise to send more as they were completed! This is one of my students who said that I could use his picture for this blog post. He did a great job and is looking forward to donating this to a puppy who needs it!