Great Expectations in Texas
November Newsletter
Developing GRIT with Life Principles
Life Principle: Attitude
Definition: A feeling or emotion to a fact.
Related Quote: "I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you.. We are in charge of our attitudes."- Charles Swindoll
Related Fable: The Gardener and His Dog (P:65)*
Literature Connection: The Hat by Jan Brett
Bravo, Livingstone Mouse by Pamela Edwards
Life Principle: Courage
Definition: Strength to act even when afraid or uncertain.
Related Quote: "With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity." - Mark Twain
Related Fable: The Lobster and the Crab (L:8)*
Literature Connection: All Stuck Up by Linda Haywood
Goggles by Ezra Keats
Will You Forgive Me? by S. Grindley and P. Dann
*Fable Reference
L = Fables by Arnold Lobel
P = Aesop’s Fables by Jerry Pinkney
Y = A Sip of Aesop by Jan Yolen
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Autumn Poems
"How silently they tumble down
And come to rest upon the ground
To lay a carpet, rich and rare,
Beneath the trees without a care,
Content to sleep, their work well done,
Colors gleaming in the sun.
At other times, they wildly fly
Until they nearly reach the sky.
Twisting, turning through the air
Till all the trees stand stark and bare.
Exhausted, drop to earth below
To wait, like children, for the snow."
- Elsie N. Brady, Leaves
"Dull November brings the blast,
Then the leaves are whirling fast."
- Sara Coleridge
Remember in November
11/01--End Daylight Savings
11/03--Election Day
11/11--Veteran's Day
11/19--Great American Smoke Out
11/26-- Thanksgiving Day
Debbie Kerrigan-GE Representative and Instructional Coach
Email: debbie@geok.org
Website: greatexpectations.org
Location: 1269 Fox Hunt Trail, Willow Park, TX, United States
Phone: (682) 226-1985
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