The Tiger Times
Wells Elementary February 2023
Kindness Week February 13-17
Dress Up Days
Tuesday: Wells Students Have Big Hearts: Wear red, pink, or hearts
Wednesday: Dream of Kindness: Pajama Day (please wear PE appropriate shoes)
Thursday: We All Have the Power to Be Kind: Wear your superhero t-shirt or gear (no masks or toy weapons)
Friday: Wells Tiger Kindness Spirit Day: Wear Wells spirit gear or Wells colors (red/white/blue)
Also- stay tuned for special announcements and signs from our Wells Student Council!
Art
We have been super busy in the Wells Tiger Art Studio this month! Look at these gorgeous multi-layered printmaking collages from kindergarten! They were inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night!
First graders are wrapping up their dragons and will have a school-wide dragon parade Friday Feb 10th around 1:50. Come out and join the fun!
Second graders have finished their monster designs for our collaboration with Plano Sr High artists.There will be a Monster Meet Up on April 4th. More details to come!
3rd, 4th, and 5th have started their Open House Glow Show artwork! Our theme is Welcome to the Jungle! We hope to see you at Open House on March 2nd to tour our show!
Library
Explore some of the most popular book series in our library!
PE
We will be having 2 school wide Wellness/PE activities this spring. We had our first in January with our 100th Day of School Challenge and our second will be in February with our Healthy Snack Challenge.
This voluntary challenge in February is to be done at SCHOOL by each student. Only ONE class out of the entire school will win. The class to turn in the most healthy snack tally sheets will win a BONUS RECESS. Please click HERE for a flyer with more information.
Music
ESL
Typing.com
Target Skills: Typing, keyboard skills
Recommended Grade Levels: 2-12
Improve your typing speed to simplify computer use.
Go to https://www.typing.com/ and click “Sign Up Now.”
Select any username and password you can easily remember, and click “Sign Up.”
Click on “Beginner” and watch the video before beginning your lesson.
Counselor's Corner
K-1st: Kelso's Choices- working out problems with friends
2nd- 5th: Conflict Resolution
K-5th: Empathy (part of our bullying prevention lessons)
Read Alouds on Empathy and Friendship:
The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNHc2XCultQ
Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6NUJ2JZz50
Speak Up, Molly Lou Melon by Patti Lovell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLJlkwZUT0o&t=41s
Hey, Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehH6l6v5sYM
Kelso's Choices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGxgOs97D_U