This week in Project Success we focused on auditory focus and memory - or focusing and listening carefully. Students discussed how we listen, and pin-pointed 5 thing that need to happen for careful listening occur:
1. Ears ready to listen.
2. Eyes on the speaker. From now on, when teachers want students to
3. Mouth quiet. really focus and listen carefully, they will ask
4. Hands still and quiet. students to "give them 5".
5. Body still and quiet.
Next we made two teams and played a fun listening game. Students had an object to pass around their group any time they heard the word learn (or any form of the word learn - learned, learns, learning). With carefully listening, the students should have passed the object only 12 times!
In other news, students in Mrs. Dickinson's class continued their work with The Cat in the Hat. First, we looked back at the rules students came up with for the Cat if he were to come to their houses. We then reviewed why we have rules (safety, respect, responsibility and to prevent chaos). Using these criteria, we evaluated each of the rules to see which ones met the criteria the best. Based on this evaluation, we determine a final set of 4 rules for the Cat!
1. You may not bring Thing 1 and Thing 2.
2. You must knock before you come in.
3. No climbing on the furniture.
4 No tricks in the house.
Next, we explored the character traits of the Cat and the fish in the story. Students brainstormed character traits for each character. They said the Cat was - messy, fun, positive, responsible (sometimes), crazy, and goofy. They said the fish was - responsible, caring, grumpy / rude, and stressed / worried. Students had to think about which of these characters they were more like and then write about it! They will be finishing these writing prompts soon!
1. Ears ready to listen.
2. Eyes on the speaker. From now on, when teachers want students to
3. Mouth quiet. really focus and listen carefully, they will ask
4. Hands still and quiet. students to "give them 5".
5. Body still and quiet.
Next we made two teams and played a fun listening game. Students had an object to pass around their group any time they heard the word learn (or any form of the word learn - learned, learns, learning). With carefully listening, the students should have passed the object only 12 times!
In other news, students in Mrs. Dickinson's class continued their work with The Cat in the Hat. First, we looked back at the rules students came up with for the Cat if he were to come to their houses. We then reviewed why we have rules (safety, respect, responsibility and to prevent chaos). Using these criteria, we evaluated each of the rules to see which ones met the criteria the best. Based on this evaluation, we determine a final set of 4 rules for the Cat!
1. You may not bring Thing 1 and Thing 2.
2. You must knock before you come in.
3. No climbing on the furniture.
4 No tricks in the house.
Next, we explored the character traits of the Cat and the fish in the story. Students brainstormed character traits for each character. They said the Cat was - messy, fun, positive, responsible (sometimes), crazy, and goofy. They said the fish was - responsible, caring, grumpy / rude, and stressed / worried. Students had to think about which of these characters they were more like and then write about it! They will be finishing these writing prompts soon!