Talkin' Tuesdays with Nurse Tammy on Oct. 15, 2019

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

Time for POSITIVE ACTIONS!

Today is TALKIN TUESDAY where we see that our school family of teachers, staff, and administrators care 
about the students in
Morgan County Schools!

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, October 15, 2019!! For each "Talkin' Tuesday" in Positive Actions, we will meet a new member of our school family community that cares about YOU!  Welcome back to school!  We hope you all had a PAWsome Columbus Day/Apple Butter Weekend!  

CONGRATULATIONS to those Widmyer Wildcats for bringing home a parade trophy!  WootWoot!!!

Here are some highlights:

 

Magic Omega!  Thank YOU school staff for your participation!

Principal Cable (nice hat!) joins Mr. Boyles and Ms. Kline too!

 

Thank you and hugs to the Guard for their love and support!

Get your unique thumbs up and ready for a great week of learning!

Now, look at this:

Our PAWsitive Action "word of the week"is:  TREASURE

And in Spanish:  TESORO

Try to say... "TESORO"! 

For Positive Actions, we are learning about wonderful words that build our Social and Emotional Wellness to help us all get along (at home, school, and in the community), raise our student assets, build confidence, and improve our academics! 

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 PAWsitive Actions where we will get to meet an important person from our staff.  Our schools need these TREASURES to help us when we have a boo-boo, feel sick, or need to take medicine.  For today, meet a friend from our Widmyer Elementary school family:  Nurse Tammy!

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. Hott 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 holiday?"

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

I'll go first.  Hi!  My name is Mrs. Hott.  My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving.  I LOVE Thanksgiving because, on this day, I cook for many people from my family.  See here:

Looks yummy!

Kendall made this and it was AWESOME!

This is my Uncle George, with Aunt Marion and Caity's dog, Maisey.
This was his last Thanksgiving...he passed the next day.

And that is Dan NOT feeding Maisey at the table!

Pretty awesome, right?  Now, it's YOUR turn!  When you are ready to share, raise your hand then tell us YOUR favorite holiday 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.

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, principal, school counselor, or Mrs. Hott 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!

Morgan County Students who talk it out 

can change the world!