Ms. Lawler's Class: In this week’s lesson, your child learned that apologizing is one way to begin to solve problems. They practiced using the phrases, “I’m sorry. Are you okay? How can I help?” as a way to help solve problems. Ask your child to teach you the three parts of the apology they learned. Encourage them to apologize when the opportunity arises at home.
Mrs. Phaneuf's Class: In this week’s lesson, your child practiced solving problems by offering to share and take turns. Encourage your child to offer to share and take turns with items at home.
Mrs. Sullivan's Class: In this week's lesson, your child learned eight regulation strategies, including coloring, drawing, doodling, and piano fingers. Ask your child which strategies they remember and have them show you how they work.
Ms. Del Rossi's Class: In this week’s lesson, your child used empathy to come up with a kind act they could do for a person in their school community. Ask your child what member of their school community they had empathy for and what kind act they chose to do for that person.
Ms. Revaz's Class: In this week’s lesson, your child used empathy to come up with a kind act they could do for a person they choose. Ask your child who they chose to have empathy for and what kind act they decided to do.
3rd Grade: In this week’s lesson, your child showed what they know about empathy and kindness by planning kind acts to do for someone they care about. Ask your child about the kindness coupons they made in class. Ask how they chose the kind acts for each person.
4th Grade: In this week’s lesson, your child practiced listening, asking questions, and observing to learn more about another person’s point of view. Discuss with your child how learning more about someone’s point of view can help you have empathy for them. Encourage your child to think of a time when they had empathy for someone or someone had empathy for them.
Vanessa Lofstedt
School Counselor
vlofstedt@conval.edu
https://sites.google.com/conval.edu/lofstedt/home
