SNOW IS HERE!

 The SNOW is here! Whether we like it or not... the snow is here.  And the snow causes some issues at recess. 

This month's theme is RECESS RELATIONSHIPS. This is an ongoing something that comes up a lot.  Recess is an unstructured time and when some students don't have the body and self-control students will struggle.  

Day 1: I read the book Recess Queen by Alexis O'neill in the beginning of the year to discuss recess expectations, but I also read it when the snow comes.  The story is about a mean girl at recess and how nobody gets to play with a lot of recess equipment because of her.  A new girl comes to school and becomes friends with the mean girl, and she isn't so mean anymore.  

This story does take place outside at recess. The story doesn't have snow in it, so we talk about how it would change the story. We discuss the snow rules and how to keep us all safe with it.  This also is a great segway to our winter science unit. 

Day 2: We talk a lot about how we act effects the people around us.  We looked back at the book we read: Recess Queen. I had an anchor chart that had sentences on it.  The students had to help me finish the sentences. 

*PICTURE***

Day 3: You guys know its coming!! ROLE PLAY! After learning all the rules our role playing went outside and we acted out how to play with the snow correctly!

*We built snowmen and forts (we tried...)

*We acted out what happens when you have a snowball fight to explain why we should do it.

*We also pretended to run on ice