Mann school was challenged to the ALS ice bucket challenge by Whittier School, and we quickly accepted! Watch the video below to see your principal, Mrs. Cole, lead the Mann staff in the challenge! To be honest, after a hot day in the forth grade pod, it felt great to get doused in ice water!
Wow, we had a great first week of 4th grade. I couldn't be more pleased with the amount of growth I have already seen from the kids in such a short amount of time! Today was the best day of them all! We had a fabulous class discussion answering two questions: "Is it ok to struggle on an assignment?" and "How do you feel when you struggle?" From this talk, we learned that many of us have negative feelings about struggle. Some of the words the kids gave were to describe their feelings were stressed, frustrated, dumb, lose of confidence, stuck, cry..... However our discussion ended on a positive note by us understanding that we learn from struggle! If something is tough that means we are learning something new. The kids then spent 40 minutes working independently on a math word problem. Not one kid in our class gave up! They kept trying different strategies and working at it. The amount of effort they put into our first math word problem was beyond my expectations! Everyone earned an extra Horseshoe Hooray for putting in so much effort.
It really was a great week! I couldn't be happier with my decision to join the Mann family! Enjoy your three day weekend :)
Cheers,
Mrs. Chrystall
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