This month our students are practicing the learner profile of caring! Below is a question for our students to tell us how they demonstrate being caring each day. We are hoping to see lots of great answers! Happy blogging! 


How do you demonstrate being caring in the classroom everyday? 




Why is being caring to your friends and classmates at school important? 

Parents & Students! 

Thank you for stopping by and visiting our updated & new blog. Our last blog kept giving us difficulties, so we have changed. We are uploading pictures from various learning experiences that have taken place throughout the year! Please check back weekly for updates and exciting news! Let's kickoff a new blog with a question! Please respond and we will see which class has the most responses! Ready...set...blog!!!!!! 



Question: How well do you all know about the learner profiles and attitudes that your students practice everyday at Windsor? Does your student come home and discuss what learner profile or attitude they practiced or demonstrated that day? 

Here are a few pictures of our students from our learning experience to Cici's Pizza and Books-A-Million. Our students had a wonderful time learning more about supply & demand and goods & services! Enjoy!

Dr. Doug came for his last visit for the school year! We had an exciting time learning about the different forms of matter! The students had the opportunity to be junior chemists! Check out the photos below! Enjoy!

Our students did an outstanding job this past week preparing for their wax museum presentations! Students did an excellent job portraying their character using the learner profiles of risk-taker, knowledgeable, and communicators! Students demonstrated creativity with their presentations, props, and costumes! We are so proud of our second graders! Check out the pictures below! Enjoy!

Definition: Respecting themselves, others and the world around them.


Check out these books! We know our students LOVE to read! :) Enjoy!



The Hundred Penny Box. (E MAT)
Mathis, Sharon. Scholastic Inc., 1989.
Michael has a close and special relationship with his great-great aunt Dew who is a hundred years old. Worried that his mother doesn’t understand the importance of Aunt Dew’s hundred-penny box Michael carefully protects this magical box filled with one hundred years of memories freely shared between his great-great aunt and Michael as he repeatedly counts the contents.

Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie de Paola (E DEP)
These are the childhood memories of Tomie de Paola as he lovingly recreates a time when he was four years old and had a 94 year old grandmother who lived upstairs and a younger grandmother living downstairs and they all shared the same house. Appreciation, Respect

Pink and Say. (E POL)
Polacco, Patricia.Scholastic Inc., 1995.
Two young men bond despite the difference in their skin color during the Civil War when Pinkus Aylee rescues Sheldon Curtis, who had deserted his troops. Pinkus brings Sheldon to his burnt plantation home where his mother nurtures them back to health. Marauders kill Pinkus’ mother and soon they are tracked, captured and separated in one of the worst Confederate camps.

The Story of Ferdinand. (E LEA)
Leaf, Munro. Puffin, 1977.
From the start Ferdinand the bull was unlike the other frolicking, fighting bulls, but content to sit peacefully under a shady tree and smell the flowers. When five men arrived one day to find the fiercest bull to fight in the bull fights in Madrid, Ferdinand happened to be stung by a bee. True to form Ferdinand simply sat and smelled the ladies flowers in their hats in the bull fight ring unwilling to fight.

The Sign of the Beaver. (F SPE)
Speare, Elizabeth. Yearling, 1983.
“Left alone to guard the family’s wilderness home in 18th century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.”

Today we discussed the actions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his impact on the relationships of people.  The children discussed how Dr. King used Learner Profiles such as Caring, Risk-Taking, and Open-Minded to "get the job done."

Here is a list of our Learner Profiles

• inquirers--their natural curiosity has been nurtured and they actively enjoy learning

• thinkers—they exercise initiative in applying thinking skills critically and creatively to solving complex problems

• communicators—they receive and express ideas and information confidently in more than one language

• risk-takers--they approach unfamiliar situations without anxiety and have the confidence to explore new ideas

• knowledgeable—they have explored themes that have global significance and have acquired a critical mass of knowledge

• principled—they have a sound grasp of the principles of moral reasoning and have acquired integrity, honesty and a sense of justice

• caring—they show sensitivity towards the needs and feelings of others, and have a sense of personal commitment to helping others

• open-minded—they respect the values of other individuals and cultures and seek to consider a range of points of view

• well-balanced—they understand the importance of physical and mental balance and personal well-being

• reflective—they give thoughtful consideration to their own learning by constructively analyzing their personal strengths and weaknesses.

Which Learner Profile do you think Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used to get his beliefs across and united the nation?

Dr. King is seen to many as a hero.  Who is your hero and which Learner Profiles do they show?

Have a great day!!

Definition: Being creative and imaginative in their thinking and in their approach to problems and dilemmas.

Here are a list of books that kids can dig into to find creativity! Happy Winter Break!

Art & Max by David Weisner, 2010. (E WEI)
Max wants to be an artist like Arthur, but his first attempt at using a paintbrush sends the two friends on a whirlwind trip through various media, with unexpected consequences.

The Art Lesson by Tomie DePaola, 1989 (E DEP)
Having learned to be creative in drawing pictures at home, young Tommy is dismayed when he goes to school and finds the art lesson there much more regimented.

 

Beach is to Fun: a book of relationships by Pat Brisson. Holt, 2004. (E BRI) A day at the beach is the occasion for this rhyming look at the relationships between things.

Circles of Hope by Karen Lynn William. Eerdsman Books for Young Readers, 2005. (E WIL)
Young Facile wants to plant a tree in honor of his new baby sister, but he faces many obstacles.  The first seed he plants is eaten by a goat, the second seed is washed away in a storm, and another is burnt by scrub fire.  Will Facile ever be able to plant a tree that will grow strong for baby Lucia? http://www.karenlynnwilliams.com/files/circles_guide.pdf

Crazy Hair Day by Barney Saltzberg. Candlewick Press, p2003. (E SAL)
Stanley is excited about Crazy Hair Day at his school, until he discovers that he has gotten the date wrong. On "Crazy Hair Day" at school, Stanley comes to class with his hair spiked orange and blue. Except that it's not Crazy Hair Day--Stanley's mixed up the date with School Picture Day. Humiliated, he hides in the bathroom. Finally coaxed out, Stanley discovers his classmates have fashioned their own outlandish hairdos in a show of silly solidarity.

Elephants Can Paint Too! By Katya Arnold, 2005. (599.7 ARN)
Contains the story of an artist who teaches Asian elephants to paint and raise funds and awareness for their endangered plight. Presented in simple text with illustrations.

 

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson, 1983. (E JOH)
Harold goes for an adventurous walk in the moonlight with his purple crayon.

Marvelous Mattie: how Margaret E. Knight became an inventor / Emily Arnold McCully. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, p2006 (609.2 MCC)
Describes inventor Margaret E. Knight's childhood, explaining how her interest in mechanical innovations began, and tells the story of her invention of a paper bag maker and her legal battle for the patent after someone stole her idea.

Weslandia. (E FLE)
Fleischman, Paul. Candlewick Press, 1999.
Wesley’s garden produces a crop oh huge, strange plants which provide him with clothing, shelter, food and drink, thus helping him create his own civilization and changing his life.