Spreading goodness on 9/11

 The Smart Swagalicious Sailors of Awesomeness were inspired to share their love (and awesomeness) with others this Patriot Day by performing good deeds.  We decided, as a class, that Patriot Day was the perfect day to say thank you to the police and firefighters of Arlington Heights. We thought thanking the men & women of our hometown,was a great way to pay tribute to all the police and firefighters of New York that served so valiantly on 9/11.  

 The kids poured a lot of TLC into crafting these special cards to the police and firefighters of Arlington Heights.

9/11 good deeds youtube clip -This is the inspiration for how we celebrated Patriot Day.  Mrs. Sessler & Mrs. Beane provided everyone at Dryden with red yarn to tie around our fingers after our good deed was done. 

We're proudly wearing our red reminder yarn to show off that we remembered to do a good deed today.

After school, my kids and I delivered the thank you cards along with bags of Lifesavers to the AHPD & the Arlington Heights firefighters on Sigwalt.  They were all so appreciative that our class took the time to write them thank you notes.  They were so touched by the kindness these heartfelt notes shared with them and  expressed that this simple gesture meant a lot. 

Mrs. Sessler read to us today! by Diana, Nickolai, & Nate

Mrs. Sessler came into our class today and read us the book Taking a Bath With the Dog and Other Things That Make Me Happy by Scott Menchin.  It was an interesting book because it helps you think about what makes other people happy and it can give you ideas about how to cheer yourself up.  It made us feel happy to hear what brings other people joy.  Some of the ideas were silly.  For example, taking a bath with the dog was one character's idea!  Also, some of the ideas were unusual, like when a character said that stripes made him happy.  No matter how you make yourself happy, you should always be able to use your imagination and find what you like.

Afterwards, during our writing time, we wrote about what makes us happy.  Ask us about it when we get home tonight!

Curriculum Night

It was wonderful seeing all of you at Curriculum Night on Wednesday!  For those of you who were not able to make it, here is a link to the presentation.  It will be here for your reference all year.  I'm looking forward to a great year with you and your children!

Curriculum Night Presentation