We start a new lesson in 2nd grade this week! We are reading Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud, like the 1st graders and kindergarteners have already done. Then we'll play a game where groups of kids will rotate from table to table writing down their very best, most creative ideas for how they can fill buckets at home, in the classroom, on the playground, and in the hallway at school. This is a new game that I haven't tried with classes before, and it has been fun to introduce in the first two classes today!
If you are interested in their thought processes, here are some of the creative ideas from our 2nd graders that have made me smile so far:
Bucket-Filling:
Help parent cook
Help parent with dishes
Help clean
Sharpen pencils (in the classroom)
Think about each other
Let someone get in line in front of me
Ask my parents if they needs any help
Let everyone play
Take out the trash
Tell the truth
Write my family a love note
Bucket-Dipping:
Annoy your brother
Throw stuff and cry
Tell people they can't play with you
Say ugly words
Fight and talk back to your parents
Dump out books
I definitely think they are getting the idea! Many of those are ones that I have not heard before from kids or taught them in lessons before!
I will see Frith, Whitehead, Myrick, Patterson, and Singley's classes this week. All other 2nd grade classes will take place after winter break.
Our annual Bucket-Filling Week will take place January 14-18, so get ready to brainstorm some kind acts for your child to do at home, in public places, in the neighborhood, or at school!
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