Kindness - Raising the roof...

...on student assets!  
Where ALL students are UNIQUE and WONDERFULLY MADE!

Today is Raising Student Assets Thursday!

I am so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, Feb. 28th! As we continue to improve our positive thoughts, actions and feelings, today we will take a look at raising student assets and a super important positive action word(s):

KINDNESS

Tell your teacher what you think the word "KINDNESS" means. 
"a quality of being friendly, generous, considerate"

KINDNESS.  What does "KINDNESS" look like? Have you seen any kindness yet today?   Watch this video:

Now, it's YOUR turn.  Here is your "kindness" positive action for today:
First, take a sheet of paper from your Positive Action folder.
Next, trace your hand.
Write the words "KINDNESS MATTERS" in your hand picture.
Decorate, color, make YOUR Kind hand unique...just like YOU!
Finally, your Positive Action today is to give a "kind hand" to someone who needs it!  Think of 
someone YOU can make smile today by sharing KINDNESS.
Give them YOUR kindness matters hand!

And remember, it is also important to know that here at Widmyer Elementary School, we are all part of a "wildcat community" where positive actions start with...

YOU!

Wildcats that are KIND can change the world!

Including Others - Value Video "V"ednesday

...where ALL students are UNIQUE and Wonderfully Made!

Today is VALUE VIDEO "V"EDNESDAY!  

I am so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, Feb. 27th!! On Wednesdays, we will be examining Value Video Vednesdays when we will take a look at positive values to help us grow into a caring wildcat community of students at Widmyer Elementary School.

Today's video takes a look at a students who are positive when they INCLUDE OTHERS.  When we INCLUDE OTHERS, we are making positive choices to become students with good moral and ethical qualities, helping us to achieve personal excellence.  

Watch today's VALUE VIDEO VEDNESDAY, and talk about who is including others:

Let's talk about it.  Were you surprised?  Why?

Discuss which student showed a Positive Thought?

Who shows a Positive Action?

What is the Positive Feeling you have when you see this video?

Now, think of a person who you know that has made an effort to INCLUDE you. What did he/she do? 

Today, Mrs. Sheima wants you to do a Positive Action too!

WES Wildcats that INCLUDE OTHERS
can change the world!

Talkin' Tuesdays - Feb. 26, 2019

...where ALL students are UNIQUE and Wonderfully Made!

Time for POSITIVE ACTIONS!

Today is TEACHER TALKIN TUESDAY where we see that our school family of teachers, staff, and administrators care 
about the students at
Widmyer Elementary School!

And, where we will take a Positive moment each week to 
"Talk It Out"
and discuss important student issues.

I am so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, Feb. 26th!! For each "Teacher Talkin' Tuesday" in Positive Actions, we will meet a new member of our school family community that cares about YOU!  

As we listen to our school family share their dreams, how hard they worked/studied, when they were little, stories of their life, and how Positive Actions helped them, we learn a little more about each other.  Discovering about each other's life helps us to understand why and how we become who we are.

Here is today's video vlog from Mrs. Hott and Mrs. Sheima where we will get to meet Mrs. Tammy Youngblood caring nurse from our Widmyer Elementary School family: 

YOUR student assets are what will help you succeed here at school and as you grow up.  When we learn more about our teachers and staff, it helps to create a caring school climate, which is an essential external developmental asset. 

So, guess what that means?!  Your teachers also want to learn more about YOU too!  For Positive Actions each Tuesday, you will have the opportunity to share something new about yourself with your teacher and classmates.  It is "Talk It Out Time!"  Each week, we will share one brand spanking new thing about our self.

Here is what Mrs. Sheima wants you to do each week.  I will give you a completely different topic, and you will share with your teacher and friends something brand new or unknown about yourself!  Just watch the discoveries...we may find that someone in our class we don't know very well may have something in common with us!  Or, we may be completely and crazily different.  And, guess what?!...That is OK!  It is a Positive Action to learn about our community's likes and respect each other's differences.

So, for today's "Talk It Out," are you ready?  Here is our discovery question:

"Who is your favorite musical instrument?"

Wait, that's not so hard, right?  But once you have decided what your favorite musical instrument is, I want you to also include WHY it is your favorite.

I'll go first.  Hi!  My name is Mrs. Sheima.  My favorite musical instrument is, well...only the very instrument I have loved ever since I was six years old like Lisa Simpsons, or maybe even earlier than that.... the ALTO SAXOPHONE! The alto sax is my favorite musical instrument because I have always loved the way it sounds! And, I am a super duper JAZZ fan too where saxes can be always be heard in jazz music.  
Listen to this, and see if maybe you recognize the song:  

And look! Maybe you know this little girl:
LISA SIMPSONS! 

Pretty awesome, right?  Now, it's YOUR turn!  When you are ready to share, raise your hand then tell us YOUR favorite musical instrument is and why!

That was awesome too!  You ALL just did a positive action by sharing something about yourself.  It is positive because it helps us to better understand each other. 

To close, we will finish Talkin Tuesdays with a chance for you to share something important with your teacher.  Is there something you feel like "if my teacher only knew...." it would help her/him understand you better?  What is new this week you can tell your teacher?  For example, if my teacher knew how hard I tried or I really did do my best on our spelling words, you may feel more positive!  Or, if my teacher only knew why I was late again, maybe she/he can help me, etc.

In your Positive Action folder, you will find a Talk It Out Tuesday page.  Here, write one thing down you wish your teacher knew about your week.  Sometimes it helps to get our thoughts together when we write it down.  And, if you need to talk later, just ask your teacher, parent, friend, Ms. Maguire, or Mrs. Sheima by saying "May I please share a "talk it out" with you?"

Remember, sometimes our negative thoughts can turn positive just by telling or sharing with another person!  It is a Positive Action to "peacefully resolve our conflicts" too with others at home, school, and our community.  "Talking it out" starts with one student at a time...and that is.....

YOU!

WES Wildcats who talk it out 

can change the world!

Makin' Music Mondays - Feb. 25, 2019

...where ALL students are UNIQUE and Wonderfully Made!

Welcome to Positive Actions Community Character Vlogcasts!  Today is Monday, February 25, 2019!!! 


Mrs. Sheima is SUPER excited to share Positive Actions with Morgan County students because today, and each Monday, is "Makin' Music Mondays!" where we celebrate in song our "PAW"some school!

Do YOU know that "the way we think about ourselves controls how happy, healthy, and successful we will be"?  In Positive Actions this year, we are discovering that we each have beautiful, unique characteristics that are all important and valuable to our Wildcat Community, here, at school, and at home.

This week for your morning "community character vlogcasts," you will see some curious students!   Also, we will watch and learn about how INCLUDING OTHERS and SHARING KINDNESS are Positive Actions.  And finally, Fun Friday takes us outside Widmyer Elementary School where we will meet someone who cares about YOU!

In the Positive Action Class, we will continue to focus on Positive Actions for our INTELLECTUAL WELLNESS, reviewing those great value words, CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY. This week, we will add a new word:  KNOWLEDGE, and we will meet awesome people from West Virginia who gained knowledge and helped our homes, schools, and communities.  

Now, for today's vlogcast, we will see our magical positive action song!... 

Yay!  Thanks for listening!  And, if time today, dance again and try to sing along....

Begin every day with Positive Actions:

Get Ready for a POSITIVE school week!

 Wildcats that are POSITIVE
can change the world!

Fun Friday Community wildcats... that CARE!!! Feb. 22, 2019

Today is FUN FRIDAY where we see that our community cares about the students at
Widmyer Elementary School

I am so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, February 22nd Each Fun Friday in Positive Actions, we will meet a new friend in our community that cares about YOU!  Meet Mrs. Tammy White!!

But first, we take a station break!...check out our 

CURIOUS COMMUNITY THAT CARES!

Mrs. White works at Kesecker Realty in Berkeley Springs, WV. She is a real estate agent, selling property and houses in Morgan County.  She is always helpful and smiles.  That is a Positive Action!

 Here is today's video vlog from Mrs. Hott and Mrs. Sheima: 

Some days are hard; but with Positive Thoughts, Actions, and Feelings, YOU can make choices to help you and others have a Positive future!

Here are a few questions for you:  
1)  Think about someone in your family.  Tell your teacher one Positive Action that person did recently.
2)  Now, think about someone here in our school community.  What is one Positive Action you saw that you liked?  Next, be sure to tell that person "thanks!" for being Positive!
3)  And, think about someone from your neighborhood or community.  What Positive Action did you see that person do?  
(Share answers with each other.)

Remember, it is a Positive Action to follow the Golden Rule because changing the world starts with one student at a time...and that is.....

YOU!

(close with Golden Rule and sing along when ready!)

WES Wildcats that are POSITIVE

can change the world!

Makin' Music Mondays - Feb. 18, 2019

...where ALL students are UNIQUE and Wonderfully Made!

Welcome to Positive Actions Community Character Vlogcasts!  Today is Monday, February 18, 2019!!! 


Mrs. Sheima is SUPER excited to share Positive Actions with Morgan County students because today, and each Monday, is "Makin' Music Mondays!" where we celebrate in song our "PAW"some school!

Do YOU know that "the way we think about ourselves controls how happy, healthy, and successful we will be"?  In Positive Actions this year, we are discovering that we each have beautiful, unique characteristics that are all important and valuable to our Wildcat Community, here, at school, and at home.

This week for your morning "community character vlogcasts," you will see our awesome nurse - Mrs. Tammy Youngblood!  YAY!  Also, we will watch and learn about how INCLUDING OTHERS and SHARING KINDNESS are Positive Actions.  You will watch what happens when a boy helps a friend at a Derby Race and you will see KINDNESS shared around the world!  And finally, Fun Friday takes us this week to Kesecker Realty with super friendly, Mrs. Tammy White!

In the Positive Action Class, we will continue to focus on Positive Actions for our INTELLECTUAL WELLNESS, reviewing those great value words, CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY. This week, we will add a new word:  KNOWLEDGE, and we will meet awesome people from West Virginia who gained knowledge and helped our homes, schools, and communities.  

Now, for today's vlogcast, we will see our magical positive action song!... 

Yay!  Thanks for listening!  And, if time today, dance again and try to sing along....

Begin every day with Positive Actions:

Get Ready for a POSITIVE school week!

 Wildcats that are POSITIVE
can change the world!

Talkin' Tuesdays - Feb. 12, 2019

...where ALL students are UNIQUE and Wonderfully Made!

Time for POSITIVE ACTIONS!

Today is TEACHER TALKIN TUESDAY where we see that our school family of teachers, staff, and administrators care 
about the students at
Widmyer Elementary School!

And, where we will take a Positive moment each week to 
"Talk It Out"
and discuss important student issues.

I am so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, Feb. 12th!! For each "Teacher Talkin' Tuesday" in Positive Actions, we will meet a new member of our school family community that cares about YOU!  

As we listen to our school family share their dreams, how hard they worked/studied, when they were little, stories of their life, and how Positive Actions helped them, we learn a little more about each other.  Discovering about each other's life helps us to understand why and how we become who we are.

Here is today's video vlog from Mrs. Hott and Mrs. Sheima where we will get to meet Mrs. Tammy Youngblood caring nurse from our Widmyer Elementary School family:   

YOUR student assets are what will help you succeed here at school and as you grow up.  When we learn more about our teachers and staff, it helps to create a caring school climate, which is an essential external developmental asset. 

So, guess what that means?!  Your teachers also want to learn more about YOU too!  For Positive Actions each Tuesday, you will have the opportunity to share something new about yourself with your teacher and classmates.  It is "Talk It Out Time!"  Each week, we will share one brand spanking new thing about our self.

Here is what Mrs. Sheim wants you to do each week.  I will give you a completely different topic, and you will share with your teacher and friends something brand new or unknown about yourself!  Just watch the discoveries...we may find that someone in our class we don't know very well may have something in common with us!  Or, we may be completely and crazily different.  And, guess what?!...That is OK!  It is a Positive Action to learn about our community's likes and respect each other's differences.

So, for today's "Talk It Out," are you ready?  Here is our discovery question:

"What is your favorite video game?

Wait, that's not so hard, right?  But once you have decided what your favorite video game is, I want you to also include WHY it is your favorite.

I'll go first.  Hi!  My name is Mrs. Sheima.  My favorite video game is Super Mario.  Have you heard of it?  Oh.... I am sure you have!
The year was 2002!  Super Mario is my favorite video game because I have great memories renting my cousins and hooking it up to our television.  In case you have never seen Super Mario, this is what it looked like:

Pretty awesome, right?  Now, it's YOUR turn!  When you are ready to share, raise your hand then tell us YOUR favorite video game and why!  Is it Steven Universe?  Big Bang Theory?  Let's discover...

That was awesome too!  You ALL just did a positive action by sharing something about yourself.  It is positive because it helps us to better understand each other. 

To close, we will finish Talkin Tuesdays with a chance for you to share something important with your teacher.  Is there something you feel like "if my teacher only knew...." it would help her/him understand you better?  What is new this week you can tell your teacher?  For example, if my teacher knew how hard I tried or I really did do my best on our spelling words, you may feel more positive!  Or, if my teacher only knew why I was late again, maybe she/he can help me, etc.

In your Positive Action folder, you will find a Talk It Out Tuesday page.  Here, write one thing down you wish your teacher knew about your week.  Sometimes it helps to get our thoughts together when we write it down.  And, if you need to talk later, just ask your teacher, parent, friend, Ms. Maguire, or Mrs. Sheima by saying "May I please share a "talk it out" with you?"

Remember, sometimes our negative thoughts can turn positive just by telling or sharing with another person!  It is a Positive Action to "peacefully resolve our conflicts" too with others at home, school, and our community.  "Talking it out" starts with one student at a time...and that is.....

YOU!

WES Wildcats who talk it out 

can change the world!

Fun Friday Community wildcats... that CARE!!! Feb. 15, 2019

Today is FUN FRIDAY 
where we see that our community cares about the students at
Widmyer Elementary School

I am so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, February 15th! Each Fun Friday in Positive Actions, we will meet a new friend in our community that cares about YOU!  
Meet Mr. Jay Redick!!

Mr. Redick works at State Farm Insurance in Berkeley Springs, WV.  He grew up in Morgan County and is very active in our community.  That is a Positive Action!
  
Here is today's video vlog from Mrs. Hott and Mrs. Sheima: 

Some days are hard; but with Positive Thoughts, Actions, and Feelings, YOU can make choices to help you and others have a Positive future!

Here are a few questions for you:  
1)  Think about someone in your family.  Tell your teacher one Positive Action that person did recently.
2)  Now, think about someone here in our school community.  What is one Positive Action you saw that you liked?  Next, be sure to tell that person "thanks!" for being Positive!
3)  And, think about someone from your neighborhood or community.  What Positive Action did you see that person do?  
(Share answers with each other.)

Remember, it is a Positive Action to follow the Golden Rule because changing the world starts with one student at a time...and that is.....

YOU!

(close with Golden Rule and sing along when ready!)

WES Widlcats that are POSITIVE

can change the world!

SAFETY on Feb. 14, 2019, Raise the Roof....

...on student assets!  
Where ALL students are UNIQUE and WONDERFULLY MADE!

Today is Raising Student Assets Thursday!

And....today is Valentine's Day!  So, please remember to be "PAW"sitive and super sweet to others today, and every day!  
Here is a book to read together before we see today's positive action to Raise Student Assets...check it out!

I am so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, Feb. 14th! As we continue to improve our positive thoughts, actions and feelings, today we will take a look at raising student assets and a super important positive action word(s):

SAFETY

Tell your teacher what you think the word "SAFETY" means. 
"the condition of being protected, or unlikely to cause danger or harm"

SAFETY.  What does "SAFETY" look like?  When students feel safe at home, school, and in his or her neighborhood, it raises our student assets - allowing us to concentrate on becoming great students!  
Watch this video:

Think about a time when you felt safe.  Share with a friend or your teacher, what happened when you felt safe.

Next, talk about ways we stay SAFE at school.
(following expectations, etc.)

Now, (and this may be a really hard question), have you ever not felt safe?  Share with a friend or your teacher if you ever felt unsafe at home,...
at school, or....
in your community/neighborhood.
(allow time for discussion)

What do you think is important to remember if/when you ever feel not safe?  YOU are never alone!

And, you ALWAYS can find help.  

What are some ways we can ask for help when we do not feel safe?
(talk to a friend, tell an adult, a teacher, ask Mr. Beckman, call 911....)

Positive Action wants all students to know that our community is here to help, ALWAYS, because we care! 

And remember, it is also important to know that here at Widmyer Elementary School, we are all part of a "wildcat community" where positive actions start with...

YOU!

Wildcats that feel SAFE 

can change the world!

FORGIVENESS on Feb. 13, 2019 - Video Vlog Vednesdays

...where ALL students are UNIQUE and Wonderfully Made!

Today is VALUE VIDEO "V"EDNESDAY!  

I am so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, February 13th!  On Wednesdays, we will be examining Value Video Vednesdays when we will take a look at positive values to help us grow into a caring wildcat community of students at Widmyer Elementary School.  

Today's video takes a look at adults who are positive when they show FORGIVENESS.  When we recognize and encourage FORGIVENESS in our world, we are making positive choices to become students with good moral and ethical qualities, helping us to achieve personal excellence.  And, we also have positive feelings when we are receiving FORGIVENESS too.  When we forgive others, we are better able to solve problems and work towards positive goals.

First, let's see if we know what it means to forgive.  Who knows?
Forgiveness is to "stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for an offense, flaw, or mistake they may, or may not, have done to you."

Watch today's VALUE VIDEO VEDNESDAY, and talk about who illustrates FORGIVENESS :

Let's talk about it.  Were you surprised?  Why?

Discuss who showed a Positive Thought?

Who shows a Positive Action?

What is the Positive Feeling you have when you see this video?

Tell your teacher and classmates a time when you FORGAVE someone.  What did that person do that needed your forgiveness.

Next, we ALL have needed to be forgiven too!  What is something YOU may have done that needed to be forgiven. Now, think of a person who you know that has made an effort to FORGIVE you. 

Have YOU ever done a negative action that required forgiveness from someone else? Buddy up and talk about times you experienced forgiveness; both from others and for others.

Today, Mrs. Sheima wants you to do a Positive Action too!  Try it! 

WES Wildcats who FORGIVE
can change the world!

Makin' Music Mondays - Feb. 11, 2019

...where ALL students are UNIQUE and Wonderfully Made!

Welcome to Positive Actions Community Character Vlogcasts!  Today is Monday, February 11, 2019!!! 


Mrs. Sheima is SUPER excited to share Positive Actions with Morgan County students because today, and each Monday, is "Makin' Music Mondays!" where we celebrate in song our "PAW"some school!

CLASSROOM CHALLENGE!!! -- Ok Wildcat Family, here we go!!!  Send me a selfie of your entire class with books!  Gather your photo friendly kiddos together, either each holding a book OR with your teacher reading to your class.  Snap a picture on your cell....serious or silly! Text to Sheima at 304-240-6489 or send me a email!  For each classroom photo that participates, the Morgan County Partnership has a surprise!  I will bring to the Positive Action Class this week.  Mrs. Hott and I will be making the video on Tuesday. Reading for fun boosts our CREATIVITY and Raises Student Assets!  Remember what Jack said.....

"What matters most is what's INSIDE," so,...

"the cover is NOT the book, 

let's OPEN it up and take a look!"

Do YOU know that "the way we think about ourselves controls how happy, healthy, and successful we will be"?  In Positive Actions this year, we are discovering that we each have beautiful, unique characteristics that are all important and valuable to our Wildcat Community, here, at school, and at home.

This week for your morning "community character vlogcasts," you will see our awesome nurse -  Mrs. Tammy Youngblood.  Also, we will watch and learn how to FORGIVE and SOLVE PROBLEMS using Positive Actions.  You will also follow along with some super crazy CHICKENS singing about SAFETY! (Yes, I said chickens)!  And finally, Fun Friday takes us this week to State Farm Insurance with super friendly, Mr. Jay Redick!

In the Positive Action Class, we will continue to focus on Positive Actions for our INTELLECTUAL WELLNESS,so you have to be curious for what great value word is gonna be inside of the magic hat or bag.

ANNOUNCEMENT: 

Stay tuned this week for a PAWsome  Video Vlogcast where you will see our caring community that READS!  Remember, if YOU want to add a selfie of yourself reading a book, just email/text Mrs. Sheima at unapuertatrasotra@hotmail.com OR 304-240-6489.  We will include YOUR positive reading post with our school family and community raising assets with READING!

Now, for today's vlogcast, we will see our magical positive action song!... 

Yay!  Thanks for listening!  And, if time today, dance again and try to sing along....

Begin every day with Positive Actions:

Get Ready for a POSITIVE school week!

 Wildcats that are POSITIVE
can change the world!

Fun Friday Community wildcats... that CARE!!! Feb. 8, 2019

...where ALL students are UNIQUE and Wonderfully Made!

Time for POSITIVE ACTIONS!

Today is FUN FRIDAY where we see that our community cares about the students at
Warm Springs Intermediate School

I am so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, February 8th! Each Fun Friday in Positive Actions, we will meet a new friend in our community that cares about YOU!  Meet Mr. Justin Mellott!!

Mr. Mellott is a Physical Therapist at Rankins Fitness Center in Berkeley Springs, WV.  He spends his days helping people to feel better.  That is a Positive Action!
  
Here is today's video vlog from Mrs. Hott and Mrs. Sheima:

Some days are hard; but with Positive Thoughts, Actions, and Feelings, YOU can make choices to help you and others have a Positive future!

Here are a few questions for you:  
1)  Think about someone in your family.  Tell your teacher one Positive Action that person did recently.
2)  Now, think about someone here in our school community.  What is one Positive Action you saw that you liked?  Next, be sure to tell that person "thanks!" for being Positive!
3)  And, think about someone from your neighborhood or community.  What Positive Action did you see that person do?  
(Share answers with each other.)

Remember, it is a Positive Action to follow the Golden Rule because changing the world starts with one student at a time...and that is.....

YOU!

(close with Golden Rule and sing along when ready!)

WES Wildcats that are POSITIVE 

can change the world!

Reading for Feb. 7, 2019 - Raising the roof....

...on student assets!  
Where ALL students are UNIQUE and WONDERFULLY MADE!

Today is Raising Student Assets Thursday!

I am so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, Feb. 7th! As we continue to improve our positive thoughts, actions and feelings, today we will take a look at raising student assets and a super important positive action word:

READING

"A Cover is not the Book
So open it up and take a Look!"
BE CURIOUS!!!

Listen to Marry Poppins sing about READING!!!  After all, she IS "practically perfect in every way!"  Tell your teacher what you think the word "READING" means--
"the action or skill of reading printed matter silently or aloud"

Reading.  Who inspires us to read? And, why is reading so important?  Watch this video:

When students enjoy reading for fun, they are raising their student assets or, positive feelings about themselves.

Other than school, what did you read for fun this week?  Share with your teacher.

Who inspires you to read for fun?  Tell your teacher and classmates a story about why you like to read.  

And remember, it is also important to know that here at Widmyer Elementary School, we are all part of a "wildcat community" where the most fun reader is...

YOU!

WES Wildcat that READ 

can change the world!

Value Vlog Vednesday - DREAMS on Feb. 6, 2019

...where ALL students are UNIQUE and Wonderfully Made!

Today is VALUE VIDEO "V"EDNESDAY!  

I am so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, February 6th!  On Wednesdays, we will be examining Value Video Vednesdays when we will take a look at positive values to help us grow into a caring wildcat community of students at Widmyer Elementary School.

Today's video takes a look at a students and adults who are positive when they learn new things and DREAM.  When we recognize and encourage DREAMS in our world, we are making positive choices to become students with good moral and ethical qualities, helping us to achieve personal excellence.  

Watch today's VALUE VIDEO VEDNESDAY, and talk about who illustrates positive actions when they learn new things and DREAM:

Let's talk about it.  Were you surprised?  Why?

Discuss who showed a Positive Thought?

Who shows a Positive Action?

What is the Positive Feeling you have when you see this video?

Now, think of a person who you know that has made an effort to DREAM and learn new things. What did he/she do? 

Today, Mrs. Sheima wants you to do a Positive Action too!  Try it! 

WES Wildcats with Positive DREAMS
can change the world!

Talkin' Tuesdays! for Feb. 5, 2019

...where ALL students are UNIQUE and Wonderfully Made!

Time for POSITIVE ACTIONS!

Today is TEACHER TALKIN TUESDAY where we see that our school family of teachers, staff, and administrators care 
about the students at
Widmyer Elementary School!

And, where we will take a Positive moment each week to 
"Talk It Out"
and discuss important student issues.

I am so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, Feb. 5th!! For each "Teacher Talkin' Tuesday" in Positive Actions, we will meet a new member of our school family community that cares about YOU!  

As we listen to our school family share their dreams, how hard they worked/studied, when they were little, stories of their life, and how Positive Actions helped them, we learn a little more about each other.  Discovering about each other's life helps us to understand why and how we become who we are.

Here is today's video vlog from Mrs. Hott and Mrs. Sheima where we will get to meet Mrs. Jamie Waugh teacher from our Widmyer Elementary School family: 

YOUR student assets are what will help you succeed here at school and as you grow up.  When we learn more about our teachers, friends, and staff, it helps to create a caring school climate, which is an essential external developmental asset. 

So, guess what that means?!  Your teachers also want to learn more about YOU too!  For Positive Actions each Tuesday, you will have the opportunity to share something new about yourself with your teacher and classmates.  It is "Talk It Out Time!"  Each week, we will share one brand spanking new thing about our self.

Here is what Mrs. Sheima wants you to do each week.  I will give you a completely different topic, and you will share with your teacher and friends something brand new or unknown about yourself!  Just watch the discoveries...we may find that someone in our class we don't know very well may have something in common with us!  Or, we may be completely and crazily different.  And, guess what?!...That is OK!  It is a Positive Action to learn about our community's likes and respect each other's differences.

So, for today's "Talk It Out," are you ready?  Here is our discovery question:

"What is your favorite family time?"

Wait, that's not so hard, right?  But once you have decided what your favorite family fun night is, I want you to also include WHY it is your favorite.

I'll go first.  Hi!  My name is Mrs. Sheima.  My favorite family time is breakfast on weekend mornings!  When we don't have to wake up early and we can have fun playing all day. We like to make chocolate pancakes with chocolate chip.  We all sit at the table, eat, drink coffee, and make a HUGE mess in the kitchen.

Pretty awesome, right?  Now, it's YOUR turn!  When you are ready to share, raise your hand then tell us YOUR favorite family time and why!  Let's discover...

That was awesome too!  You ALL just did a positive action by sharing something about yourself.  It is positive because it helps us to better understand each other. 

To close, we will finish Talkin Tuesdays with a chance for you to share something important with your teacher.  Is there something you feel like "if my teacher only knew...." it would help her/him understand you better?  What is new this week you can tell your teacher?  For example, if my teacher knew how hard I tried or I really did do my best on our spelling words, you may feel more positive!  Or, if my teacher only knew why I was late again, maybe she/he can help me, etc.

In your Positive Action folder, you will find a Talk It Out Tuesday page.  Here, write one thing down you wish your teacher knew about your week.  Sometimes it helps to get our thoughts together when we write it down.  And, if you need to talk later, just ask your teacher, parent, friend, Ms. Maguire, or Mrs. Sheima by saying "May I please share a "talk it out" with you?"

Remember, sometimes our negative thoughts can turn positive just by telling or sharing with another person!  It is a Positive Action to "peacefully resolve our conflicts" too with others at home, school, and our community.  "Talking it out" starts with one student at a time...and that is.....

YOU!

WES Wildcats who talk it out 

can change the world!

Makin' Music Mondays - Feb. 4, 2019

...where ALL students are UNIQUE and Wonderfully Made!

Welcome to Positive Actions Community Character Vlogcasts!  Today is Monday, February 4, 2018!!! 


Mrs. Sheima is SUPER excited to share Positive Actions with Morgan County students because today, and each Monday, is "Makin' Music Mondays!" where we celebrate in song our "PAW"some school and learn positive qualities.

Do YOU know that "the way we think about ourselves controls how happy, healthy, and successful we will be"?  In Positive Actions this year, we are discovering that we each have beautiful, unique characteristics that are all important and valuable to our Wildcat Community, here, at school, and at home.

This week for your morning "Talkin' Tuesdays," you will see Mrs. Jamie Waugh!  She will talk about her favorite book! Also, we will watch several students who are positive while "paw"some teachers help them reach their DREAMS.  You will see a special hero too!  A student who needs some help learning to READ finds encouragement from her teacher!  And finally, Fun Friday takes us this week to Rankin's Fitness Center!

And later on, you will find some CURIOUS friends who discover new dreams with READING!  Check this out...do you recognize anyone????

Hmmmm...maybe this is Ms. HOTT????  Is she reading a book about history?

Could this be Mrs. Sheima? What am I reading?

This week, you will find more caring friends in our community who love to read!

You know Books can bring us millions of worlds. You can be a pirate who plows the seas in search of adventure or you can be a little mouse that battles villains. Reading transports you to magical worlds.

In the Positive ACtion Class, we will focus on Positive Actions for our INTELLECTUAL WELLNESS, reviewing a great value word,
CURIOSITY. 
Exercises for our brain to boost intellectual wellness helps us all with social and academic achievement!

Now, for today's vlogcast, we will see our magical positive action song!... 

Yay!  Thanks for listening!  And, if time today, dance again and try to sing along....

Begin every day with Positive Actions:

Get Ready for a POSITIVE school week!

 Wildcats that are POSITIVE
can change the world!