Cycle 16

Martin Luther King, Jr., Kindness Garden and SMART Table Activities

Second Grade--The second graders will put the finishing touches on their book Martin Luther King, Jr. and Me.  The students will print their book and then will narrate their book so that it can be turned into a movie.

First Grade--This cycle in computer we will be celebrating National No Name Calling Week.  The students will be watching a BrainPop Jr. video on bullying.  We will discuss kindness as a way to end name‐calling and bullying in schools using the following questions:

·        Is name‐calling and bullying mean, or nice?

·         Do you like it when other students are mean to you?

·         Are you mean to other students?

·         What would it look like if everyone were kind to everyone else?

o   Would there still be name‐calling or bullying?

o   How can we make this happen?

The students will then use Pixie to paint flowers for their garden of kindness.  They will insert a text box and then write something kind they have recently done or witnessed, or why they feel it is important to be kind to one another.

Full Day Kindergarten--FDK students will be introduced to the SMART Table during computer class today.  The students will work in small groups to complete interactive activities on the SMART Table.  While students are not at the SMART Table, they will continue to work in Reading Eggs.