5th Grade This week, we started one of my favorite picture books -- "The Invisible Boy." This book is about Brian, a boy who feels invisible at school. He is ignored by the teacher and his classmates, never chosen to be on kickball teams, and is excluded at lunch. When a new student, Justin, comes to school, Brian's life changes. While reading this book, we talk a lot about empathy and what we would do differently if we were characters in this story.
As your student...
1. So far, what is the book "The Invisible Boy" about?
2. Have them tell you about the "lunchroom scene" in the book.
6th, 7th, 8th Grade
This week, students started a unit about Executive Functioning. This refers to the skills in our brain that help us accomplish our goals. There are 10 different components that we will cover in this unit: planning, working memory, metacognition, attention, task initiation, time management, organization, self control and flexibility. On Thursday, students took a pre-test as well as a self assessment for each of these skills.
As your student...
1. What was your highest score on the self assessment?
2. What was your lowest score on the self assessment?
3. Have your student summarize what we are talking about when we say "executive functioning."
