#4thgradeproblems

  

This week we've been focusing a great deal on civil behavior.  As I'm learning as a first year, fourth grade teacher, there are some common 4th grade problems.  When I was in school, we called them "kooties".  In our 4th grade, they are called "the Cheese Touch".   

If you get the Cheese Touch, you're stuck with it until you pass it on to someone else. The only way to protect yourself from the Cheese Touch is to cross your fingers.”  

― Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Unfortunately, "the Cheese Touch" has transformed in a game at lunch/recess where students are feeling left out, excluded, and feeling bullied.   We did an activity where we reenacted recess with the help of our friend blue.  We talked about how even the cheese touch could hurt blue, and even though he heals, sometimes the scars take a long time to go away, just like words hurt.   We now have a "zero touch" policy in our classroom, making sure that we are putting our best foot forward, and treating everyone they way we want to be treated, showing Field C.A.R.E.S. at all times.   We want Schaab Scholars to be bucket fillers, not bucket dumpers!  Please ask your child what they did to fill a bucket today!  If you'd like to read the book at home, you can check it out here on Amazon.  Next week, we'll be focusing on not blurting out.  Stay tuned for more information about our activities with, My Mouth is a Volcano!   I know that we'll have fun stories and experiences to share and learn from this excellent book.  I let the Scholars know I'd tell you about the Cheese Touch.  Let me know if you have any questions! :)

 

This week we got to see an amazing chorus concert!  You can tell that both the 4th and 5th graders really put a lot of hard work into their amazing songs.  I'm glad I was sitting in the back as I was singing along, especially with High School Musical!   Congratulations on a job well done, 4th grade chorus students!

  This week this wall was the buzz at Field School.  Students are enjoying the photos of Hillary Clinton from when she was a student at Field School.  Although Schaab Scholars are VERY interested in politics and the elections, we are trying to make sure we are staying factual in our conversations and leaving our opinions for outside of school.    I'm confident that many Schaab Scholars has what it takes to be the president some day!   There is so much talent and ambition in Room 217 - I know that some of their photos could be hanging on the walls at Field someday!