February - Friendship

Students were challenged by Clark this month to make new friends! Our students are getting to know younger students at our school and making new friends in other sixth grade classes through our House System. Each student was put into one of four houses at the beginning of the school year and we meet periodically as Houses so that students can get to know each other whether or not they are in the same homeroom. We see more interactions during recess between all classes.

We also honored Pink Shirt Day using this awesome lesson:
http://www.rundesroom.com/2015/02/think-pink-anti-bullying-resource.html

Ms. Runde is an incredible teacher and I get ideas from her often! This link takes you to her post about Pink Shirt Day and a link to the activity we used through Teachers Pay Teachers.

Students were randomly assigned a role: the bully, the bullied, the bystander, and the brave. They wrote "I Am" poems from that point of view. Then, students designed a Pink Shirt Day Anti-Bullying t-shirt. It was a very powerful lesson. Students were reflective of themselves and things they have seen and done.

On of my students created this video as a result of our Pink Shirt Day lesson. 

In another class, students wrote encouraging messages that were posted throughout the school. This inspired other students in different grades to do the same.

Looking forward to March and new challenges on Leadership!