March- Persistence
Executive function refers to a set of essential skills that help us focus, plan, prioritize, work toward goals, self-regulate behaviors and emotions, adapt to new and unexpected situations, and ultimately engage in abstract thinking, planning and learning. Executive function is what gets us down to business even when we'd rather just hang out and do. This month Davis is focusing on the executive functioning skill of persistence. This means we will be teaching students about the ability to set a reachable goal and then display ongoing efforts and attention towards achieving this goal. Persistence involves sequencing, willfulness, and the ability to learn from experience. Goal-directed persistence is particularly important when task demands are long-term; It is also very important in maintaining effort with tasks that are boring or uninteresting. Some things you can do at home to work on persistence with your child are; provide storybook examples of characters that had to work hard for a goal (the little engine that could and Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day are great examples), reward or incentivize moments when your child shows a their ability to “stick to it” and continue to work through difficult moments, directly model sustained effort when something might be difficult for you, and solve puzzles together as a family (this shows direct examples of sticking to an activity that may be difficult and need lots of attempts to be right).
Davis Primary School
Sharon Draper Author Visit!
We were thrilled to welcome Sharon Draper for an author visit with our students. Thank you to our students for generating thoughtful questions and for the insights that Sharon shared with us.
"If you want to be a writer you have to write, a singer you have to practice singing, a swimmer - you have to get wet."
“Want to describe what it is like to be in the pouring rain? Go out when it’s raining.”- Sharon Draper
Announcing Fiddle Fest 2023 Friday, March 3rd
Calling all fiddlers and lovers of folk music! It’s time for the 16th annual Fiddle Fest following a two year break. All advanced orchestra students, elementary through high school and beyond, can participate! Parents, teachers, older siblings, grandparents and community members who play guitar, banjo, mandolin or a string instrument are welcome! We guarantee you’ll have a great time! If you are interested in playing and need music, please contact your child’s orchestra director, or email Rita.Borkowski@d303.org
Click Fiddle Fest 2023 Online Registration to sign up. All performers must register so we can adequately plan for this huge event. The final deadline to register is Thursday, Feb 23rd.
Fiddle Fest is Friday, March 3rd. Performance begins at 7:00 pm.
- Place: North High School Gym 255 Redgate Rd, St. Charles, 60175
- Dress Rehearsal: 5:00 – 6:00 pm All performers participating must attend!
- Pizza Dinner: available for participants / volunteers for $5.00 following rehearsal.
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