Hello everyone!

I hope you are all having an amazing first week back from break.

Social Studies is back in the swing of things, and we even started something new! On Mondays, for as long as it serves us as a class, we will be doing mindfulness activities. The students and I worked on defining what mindfulness is, what our expectations for this time are, and what activities help make us feel calm and happy. Mindfulness will change some as we move through the year, but will likely be short meditations at the beginning of class. Mindfulness practices are so important for helping our kiddos ground themselves and keep in touch with how they feel, and can be incredibly important for adjusting stress levels. These are life long skills!

Tomorrow, we will be starting an assessment looking at research and summarization skills. This assessment will be a format which the students have worked with several times, asking to show their research process as well as summarize their work.

The students have been working on these skills through the entire first half of the year, and I am confident in their abilities! We will be working on this assessment on Thursday and Friday(January 9th and 10th. )

As always, if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to reach out.

Gev. Noorlander