December Guidance News

Hello!  It’s hard to believe the holiday season is already here!  For the past few weeks, our Guidance Lessons have focused on feelings and self-regulation.  In Kindergarten, we’ve been busy reading books about feelings, acting out feelings, and identifying feeling faces. Being able to identify feelings is a really important skill that helps students develop self-regulation strategies.  In 1st grade, we’ve been focusing on making connections among our feelings, the size of our reactions, and different strategies to use when feeling upset.  In 2nd grade, we’ve been reading books by Julia Cook that teach us all about different feelings we may have in school and appropriate strategies to use in the classroom setting.  In 3rd grade, the students just completed Feeling Maps – abstract drawings of specific feelings that represent how big that feeling is to them and what colors and shapes they associate with that feeling. In 4th grade, we’ve been learning all about VIBES – the emotional signals we give off to those around us through our body language and social interaction.  In the coming weeks, each grade will continue to explore feelings and a variety of different strategies that help our bodies and brains feel calm and ready to learn.  Please click on your child's grade under the Guidance tab at the top of this page to see some of the activities we've done so far! 

Happy Holidays!
Mrs. Lazur