Class Meeting

The other week we gathered together to talk about the effects of bullying.  What would you like to say to a bully?  We talked about saying stop and your different too. We also talked about what you would say to bullies if you or somebody else was bullied.

Class Meeting

On Mondays we do a class meeting. We tell about our week.  After that we do our vocabulary for the week by talking about the words and clapping them out.


Written by AL and KH

Making a Web, Talking about Community

For our class meeting this week, we talked about people who are important to our Ox Bow community.  As we shared our ideas, we built a web to represent how we are all interconnected.  After that we got our new jobs for October.  Miss King said we are all an important part of our classroom community.  We also made a paper chain with our names on the loops.  We're all in this together! 

This I Believe

Every Monday morning we gather for a class meeting.  Each class at Ox Bow does the same.  During this time we participate in activities that build our classroom community.  We get to know each other better and learn how to be a quality citizen.  This will also be a time we can talk about problems we are having and how to work against bullying.  

Yesterday we talked about what we believe.

• We listened to Miss King's podcast from the local "This I Believe"  
• We read a book titled What I Believe by Jennifer Murphy-Morrical
• Mrs. Kaufman read a list of what she believes
• We listened to Tarak's list of what he believes.  Tarak is 6 years old and made a list of 100 things he believes for 100 day when he was in kindergarten.  We listened to thirty of his beliefs.
• We shared some of our beliefs with our partners.
• Then we wrote some of our beliefs on the blacktop with chalk.

By articulating our beliefs and learning about others' beliefs, we strengthened our sense of self, built up our classroom community, and learned about different opinions.  

Here's is Miss King reading her essay:

I believe in watching the corn grow 

And here is Tarak with Thirty Things I Believe:

Thirty Things I Believe 

Stay tuned for Team 184's list...

Written by Mrs. Kaufman