12 Days of the Holiday Season Fun
MBD and SRD will be offering free drop-in LIVE or PRE-RECORDED holiday activities to match our 12 days.
Please view the Powerpoint below for what is offered each day and the materials needed.
Build a Friend Pick Up - Saturday, 12/19/2020
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2nd GradeELA: Proper Nouns and Author's Purpose MATH: Using base-10 blocks to model addition and subtractions of multi-digit numbers. SS/SCI: Holidays Around the World - Different Cultures | 3rd GradeELA: Author's purpose / Reading - Roller Coaster MATH: Introduction to Multiplication: equal groups, repeated addition, arrays SS/SCI: Social Studies: Different types of maps | 4th GradeELA: Simple and compound sentences - Writing using graphic organizers MATH: Comparing fractions SS/SCI: Gravity and Friction |
2nd Grade
ELA: Proper Nouns and Author's Purpose
MATH: Using base-10 blocks to model addition and subtractions of multi-digit numbers.
SS/SCI: Holidays Around the World - Different Cultures
3rd Grade
ELA: Author's purpose / Reading - Roller Coaster
MATH: Introduction to Multiplication: equal groups, repeated addition, arrays
SS/SCI: Social Studies: Different types of maps
4th Grade
ELA: Simple and compound sentences - Writing using graphic organizers
MATH: Comparing fractions
SS/SCI: Gravity and Friction
Calendar Splash
December 23: Half Day ALL STUDENTS LOG IN AT 8 am and
Holidays Around the World - Live Virtual Assembly at 10:30
December 24 - January 3rd: Schools Closed for Winter Break
REMINDERS:
Students need to attend all live Meets to be marked present
A Note from the Counselor - Mindfulness in Remote Learning
3 TIPS for Parenting Through Stress
1. MAKE SPACE FOR BIG EMOTIONS
Encourage children to name what they are feeling about the holiday season.
Sadness about not getting to go to Grandma’s house might include feelings of longing to see relatives or worry that it may be many months before the next visit. Anger about not getting to take the annual family vacation might be tangled up with jealousy about what other kids are doing.
2. FOCUS ON GRATITUDE
Start an evening gratitude ritual: At the dinner table or during bedtime, ask each family member to share one thing they are grateful for from the day. Examples: I am grateful the four of us get to be together for the holiday.
I am grateful that we will be able to exchange gifts.
I am grateful we are making new traditions this year.
Take on a social media gratitude challenge together. Search for hashtags like #100daysofgratitude or #gratitudechallenge, or make up your own rules.
3. PRACTICE REFRAMING
Together with your child, practice finding better-feeling thoughts. Instead of: We can’t do any of the things we usually do this holiday. Say: We are going to make new traditions this year.
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