I think if you asked your kiddos what their favorite part of their day was today it would be a toss up between three things. One-the pizza party from Mr. English for all the lunchroom workers in October, Two-Montana History is back, or Three-the fact that on Wednesday they get to bring a regular sized ziploc sandwich bag full of their Halloween candy and eat it in class. They were like, say what!~! Yeppers, they can bring in their leftover candy this WEDNESDAY and their $1 donation for our Flakesgiving fundraiser. How super cool is that!!!
You might notice that some kids are coming home with more than the normal homework load today. We started up our small groups again in reading so I am not able to roam and keep kids focussed and on tasks when I am meeting with different groups. So, if they don't stay on top of their to do list they end up with a heavy load going home. All work is due tomorrow at the beginning of class. I know they will get into the swing of things again soon.
In CC meeting today we started Rusty's What Works Week. For the entire week he is going to focus on the topic of working hard every day. After watching his show today, we made a poster of one phrase that really stood out to us. The kiddos today picked, "There are NO shortcuts when working hard!" We also read the book No Excuses, by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. It is a book about a boy that sets a goal to become a Marine Biologist to work and protect his favorite animal, the sea turtle. Upon his journey, his teachers and family point out that he will have to be really smart in science, work very hard for a long time, and it will cost a lot of money to go to college for that. His grandpa even says that his family is farmers and if he doesn't become a farmer it will really disappoint his dad. Ouch! The little boy decides to give up on his dream and quit. He tells the biologist that he can't come and help her anymore at the aquarium. She shows him how to take this list of excuses and turn them into positive statements like it doesn't matter how long it takes and I will find a way to pay for college. The boy once again sets the goal in place. He works hard at the aquarium and saves his money for college. He finally achieves his goal at the end and ends up a Marine Biologist working in HAWAII!!!! Yes!!! So, we talked about how people can influence to not work hard and set goals as kids, and we talked about how those people might be the people that are the closest to us like our Parents. Powerful stuff. So, no excuses...set those goals young! Ask your child what they want to be when they grow up. Talk about the steps they will need to take now in order to achieve that goal. If you do this write GOAL in the planner for $20 tomorrow.
Have a fantastic night!!!
