October 13, 2017
We Can, & We Will Be Somebody Who Makes Everybody Feel Like Somebody at Eanes Elementary!
Mrs. Ryan's Weekly Message
Dear Mustangs,
We hope you have enjoyed your week as much as we have here at Eanes Elementary! Here are a few highlights of the week for you to peruse as you embark on your weekend! Don't forget to engage in some special P-D-F (playtime, downtime, and family time) experiences!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Lesley Ryan
Check out Mrs. Smith, our incredible Educational Technologist's, blog post on the New Teacher Academy that took place this past week with New to Eanes Teachers!
http://eedsmith.weebly.com/mustang-blog/new-to-eanes-teacher-academy
Dear Parents,
Our Specials classes are participating in Socktober, a world wide fundraiser to provide socks to the homeless. In PE, students are watching Kid President's speech about Socktober (see link below) and are encouraged to bring new socks to their Specials classes (Art, Music & PE) to donate to organizations that provide to the homeless, such as Community First. The Specials classes will collect the socks until October 27th , which happens to be EE's annual Crazy Sock day. Crazy Sock day is when students wear their craziest, funniest, weirdest and goofiest socks to school, just because it's fun!
Link to Kid President- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH5ozEo1Ao4
Thank you for supporting our Socktober Event at Eanes Elementary!
The EE Specials Team,
Jeannette Michael, Stephen Presley, Laura Wright, Jonathan Aseron, Tracey Aycock, Pat Karaguleff
Miss Biechlin's kindergarten students show off their 3-D community structures that each child created! Each child selected his or her favorite community place and created a 3-D model to share with their classmates.
Mrs. Corbett supports mindfulness and calming strategies with third graders!
First grade enjoyed a fantastic field trip this week to Sweet Berry Farms. They had the opportunity to paint pumpkins, take a hay ride, explore a corn maze, and many other activities during their time there!
Mrs. Hubbard engages preschool students in mindful practices!
Fourth graders enjoyed learning about how to be a great friend during their week of Courage to Stand lessons held in the EE Mustang Room!
EANES ELEMENTARY PARENTS
Help your child win a A BEE MOVIE PARTY with Mrs. Ryan & Mrs. O'Daniel, snacks & friends! On Nov 21, the Tuesday before Thanksgiving Break, the winning grade will get a Bee Movie party in the library compliments of the EE Queen Bees!
BEE SOMEBODY!
WE FUND TEACHERS.
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Mrs. Hudgins 5th graders enjoyed an integers center party this week! Check out their integers party favors!
Photo Highlights of the Week
Mrs. Geras' Guys and Gals create their own We Can and We Will statements!
Third graders enjoy some fun in the sun during recess. Who doesn't love beautiful weather...AND pokemon cards!?!?
Be sure to check out the teacher booth at the Carnival on October 29th! Teachers will lead BINGO in the cafeteria...free of charge...during carnival! It's sure to be a hit!
Eanes Education Foundation (EEF) Information
School Calendar
Healthy Mustangs
Check out the following link for great ideas for snacks for your young, EE Mustang!
https://snacksafely.com/snacklist-20170906.pdf
An important part of teaching the curriculum in any classroom is having a positive and safe learning environment. Social and emotional learning (SEL) provides the foundation for this environment. EISD has chosen to highlight relationship skills as our SEL focus for the first nine weeks. Using Second Step as our curriculum, teachers are helping students develop the skills necessary to develop healthy relationships with others.
As our partners in education, we encourage you to support our efforts in this area. The Parent Toolkit is a resource for parents that was developed by NBC News Education Nation and is supported by Pearson. The Toolkit provides parents a wealth of information, in English and Spanish, on social and emotional development in addition to academics, health & wellness, financial literacy, and college & career.
According to the Parent Toolkit one way to help your elementary school student learn social skills and nurture relationship-building abilities is to teach the “sandwich” technique. “In basic terms, this method involves ‘sandwiching’ the feedback or problem between a compliment and a positive conclusion.” If your child feels a friend is being unkind, teach your child how to handle the problem by starting with a positive, sharing the concern, and ending with another positive. For example, “I am glad we are friends, and I want to be friends. At lunch yesterday, you yelled at me and made me sad. I want to be friends so next time, could you tell me if I’m doing something you don’t like.”
- 3rd Grade Relationship Skills Tips: How to practice social skills and nurture relationship-building abilities with your child in 3rd grade.
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