Moto Monday for Feb. 10, 20

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

Mrs. Hott and Mrs. Sheima are SUPER excited to share Positive Actions with Morgan County students because today, and each Monday, is when we "motor-up" YOUR school week and get ready for more PAWsome days of learning and growing... 

"MOTO Monday!"    

or, "Motovation Monday" where we will see a vlog to get our week "motored-up" with positive thoughts, actions, and feelings!

NEWS FLASH ** NEWS FLASH ** NEwS FLASH
Happy Bicentennial Birthday Morgan County!
Check out some scenes from the Court House Birthday BAsh:

Ribbon Cutting for the year long Birthday Bicentennial Bash!

  Ever wonder about all the CREATIVE new inventions we see in our world today?  I do!  Watch this:

"Woohoo!" It's time to talk about our Intellectual Wellness!  Words that are healthy for our brains!  You each have unique brains, capable of thinking beautiful Positive thoughts, leading to actions or DECISIONS, and finally feelings!  In order to help our brains be healthy and well, we will be talking about a PAWsome word this week, CREATIVITY!

Our PAWsitive Action "word of the week"is: creativity
And in Spanish:  creatividad
Try to say "creatividad"! 
(TRY THIS LINK FOR THE SPANISH PRONOUNCIATION, and click the speaker icon to hear in Spanish): 
Pronounciation of "cretividad" in Spanish

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! 

CREATIVITY
It means a "the use of the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of artistic work, stories, new inventions..."

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We will learn more about POSITIVE character values, physical and intellectual wellness for our body and brain.  On the vlogcast this week, we meet Ms. Ruggiero from WSIS, talk about how we self-regulate, watch a family find FORGIVENESS, see a video about SAFETY, and finally, hear a sweet read-a-long for Valentine's Day.

Positive Actions appear in our schools this year and begins today on a journey together to discover that starting with positive thoughts, we can choose positive actions, and help us to gain positive feelings!  Take a look at our logo:

Get Ready for a POSITIVE school day...filled with super scholars with PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, & EMOTIONAL WELLNESS

On your feet, push in your chair, find a safe space, it's time to sing the 
Positive Action Theme Song!

Morgan County Scholars who are
CREATIVE
can change the world!

COMING SOON....MEMORY
Can YOU memorize a poem?  
Show Mrs. Hott and Mrs. Sheima! 

Sign up and we will film you for the Daily PAWsitive Action Community Vlogcast. Memory exercise helps improve our academic achievement and is fun to share with others! Coming next week:  Emma Christie recites her award winning poems from "POETRY OUT LOUD" ~ Don't miss it!

Community that CARES, on Feb. 7, 2020, with WSMS WolfPack News

...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 in 
Morgan County Schools!

We are so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, Feb. 7, 2020! Each Fun Friday in Positive Actions, we celebrate the PAWsome community where we live and meet new friends who cares about YOU!

NEWS FLASH ** NEWS FLASH ** NEWS FLASH

Morgan County is 200 years old!  

YOU are invited to a birthday party!  Here are some friends making MoCo Birthday cards:

Our community has some super amazing folks who are excellent PAWsitive Partners!  Today, we celebrate our school community at Warm Springs Middle School.  Are you CURIOUS about what it is like at WSMS?  Have you heard about some PAWsitive new programs and reward adventures?  Maybe you have an older sibling who attends WSMS?  OR, maybe you are currently in 5th grade and are CURIOUS about the community in middle school, clubs, academics, and even video and film?  Well, watch the WolfPack News first broadcast for 2020.....it's really great! Check it out:

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!

Stand up, and let's sing the MoCo Kids' Creed!

Morgan County Scholars with
CURIOSITY

can change the world!

READING! for CURIOSITY, Feb. 6, 2020....Raise the Roof...

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

Today is Raising Student Assets Thursday!

We are so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, Feb. 6, 2020! 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) that fuels our INTELLECTUAL wellness:

READING for CURIOSITY

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

Tell your teacher what you think the word "READING" means--
"the action or skill of reading printed matter silently or aloud"

If you are CURiOUS, what is a Positive Action you can do?  READ!  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 Warm Springs Intermediate School, we are all part of a "cougar community" where the most fun reader is...

YOU!

WSIS Cougars that are CURIOUS and READ 

can change the world!

Let's talk about it:

1) Who did you notice illustrating a POSITIVE example?

2) What POSITIVE actions happened in this video?

3) What POSITIVE actions did you see that was INSPIRING to you?

4) Who INSPIRES you to be a POSITIVE student?

Good job!  Remember this:

Morgan County Scholars who 
READ for CURIOSITY

can change the world!

Value Vlog Wedneday, DREAMS on Feb. 5, 2020 & "Where in Morgan County Are PAWsitive Actions?"

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

Today is VALUE VIDEO VEDNESDAY!  

We are so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, Feb. 5, 2020!!  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 school community of students in Morgan County Schools.  

NEWS FLASH ** NEWS FLASH ** NEWS FLASH

#WorldReadAloudDay

This week in the Positive Action Classrooms at WSIS and Widmyer, students are Reading Aloud with students all around the world for #WorldReadAloudDay!  Reading is a great Positive Action for CURIOSITY!  Check out our MCAfter3 Positive Action Cast & Crew filming yesterday as well as a reader on the Cougar Camera!  And, be sure to watch for our "Spring Break Read-a-longs" to include a special guest, Senator Capito!

Your MCAfter3 Positive Action Cast & Crew 

Today's video takes a look at a students and adults who are positive when they learn new things, DREAM, and READ when they are CURIOUS.  

Watch today's VALUE VIDEO VEDNESDAY! Then, stay tuned for the "final 30" seconds and see if YOU know: 

"Where in Morgan County Are PAWsitive Actions?"

That was PAWsome!  Guess what, today is #WorldReadAloudDay 

and for Positive Actions, we want YOU to join in celebrating READING! Students all around the world are joining together and reading a book out loud.  YOU can too!

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Did you know "Where in Morgan County?" Mrs Sheima and Mrs. Hott are today????  If you do, just...

* get a scrap of paper, (or ask for help if you need it)

* write down your name, your teacher, and your guess, then, (again, ask for help if you need it)

* take your answer to the Positive Action mailbox, or globe, at your school, or comment, or email

for a chance to win a Morgan County Partnership free t-shirt!

NEWS FLASH ** NEWS FLASH ** NEWS FLASH

LOOK!  Let's be PAWsitive Partners to others for 2020 by doing Positive Actions.  Here are some great ideas:

Morgan County Scholars READ

can change the world!

Teacher Talkin' Tuesday with Ms. Faith on Feb. 4, 2020

...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.

We are so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, Feb. 4, 2020! 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, 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 a super PAWsome teacher from 3rd grade, Ms. Faith!  Watch this:

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, and, it's a special one because tomorrow is #WorldReadAloudDay:

"What is your favorite book?

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

I'll go first.  Hi!  My name is Mrs. Hott.  My favorite book is.... OH WOW!!!!....Hmmmmm....let me think......I have so many favorite books.  But wait!  I got it!  It looks like this - Check this out:

Daniel Morgan, A Revolutionary Life is my favorite book because it is the book I am reading this week!  Why?  Because I am CURIOUS about the 200th Birthday Celebration for Morgan County and READing helps me find out more!  Pretty cool, right?  My favorite book of all time would be The Chronicles of Narnia.  There are seven in this series, The Last Battle is my favorite.  Here is Dannypoo's favorite book. It is about the French Foreign Legion:

Pretty awesome, right?  Now, it's YOUR turn!  When you are ready to share, raise your hand then tell us YOUR favorite book and why!  And, for #WorldReadAloudDay, try reading it ALOUD!

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?  

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 Scholars who

TALK IT OUT

can change the world!

MoTo Monday for Feb. 3, 2020

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

Mrs. Hott and Mrs. Sheima are SUPER excited to share Positive Actions with Morgan County students because today, and each Monday, is when we "motor-up" YOUR school week and get ready for more PAWsome days of learning and growing... 

"MOTO Monday!"    

or, "Motovation Monday" where we will see a vlog to get our week "motored-up" with positive thoughts, actions, and feelings!

Earlier we talked about PAWsitive Partners, or Role Models, we know, and their CURIOSITY.  Are YOU curious too?  Do you want to learn more about something that interests YOU?  Watch this:

"Woohoo!" It's time to talk about our Intellectual Wellness!  Words that are healthy for our brains!  You each have unique brains, capable of thinking beautiful Positive thoughts, leading to actions or DECISIONS, and finally feelings!  In order to help our brains be healthy and well, we will be talking about a PAWsome word this week, CURIOSITY! and how we can all READ when we are curious!

Our PAWsitive Action "word of the week"is: curiosity
And in Spanish:  curiosidad
Try to say "curiosidad"! 
(TRY THIS LINK FOR THE SPANISH PRONOUNCIATION, and click the speaker icon to hear in Spanish): 
Pronounciation of "curiosidad" in Spanish

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! 

CURIOSITY
It means a "strong desire to know or learn something,... the urge you feel to know more about something... 
inquisitive, wondering, ready to poke around and figure something out" 

We will learn more about POSITIVE character values, physical and intellectual wellness for our body and brain.  On the vlogcast this week, we meet Ms. Faith from WSIS, talk about what our favorite BOOKS are, celebrate #WorldReadAloudDay, discover DREAMS with reading, see that READING books helps our CURIOSITY, and finally, meet some friends from Warm Springs Middle School.

Positive Actions appear in our schools this year and begins today on a journey together to discover that starting with positive thoughts, we can choose positive actions, and help us to gain positive feelings!  Take a look at our logo:

Get Ready for a POSITIVE school day...filled with super scholars with PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, & EMOTIONAL WELLNESS

On your feet, push in your chair, find a safe space, it's time to sing the 
Positive Action Theme Song!

Morgan County Scholars who are
CURIOUS and READ
can change the world!

NEWS FLASH ** NEWS FLASH ** NEWS FLASH

MORGAN COUNTY IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY!

200 YEARS OLD!  YOU are invited (there will be cake!)
Sunday, Feb. 9, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Community that CARES with Sandy Buzzard for Jan. 31, 2020

...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 in 
Morgan County Schools!

We are so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, Jan. 31, 2020! Each Fun Friday in Positive Actions, we celebrate the PAWsome community where we live and meet a new friend who cares about YOU!

Our community has some super amazing folks who are excellent PAWsitive Partners!  Today, we meet a woman who is responsible for a Morgan County tradition, The Morgan Messenger!  She has been a part of our beloved family newspapers since the 1970's and she cherishes the responsibility of telling Morgan County's stories.  Recognized across West Virginia for her superior management of a weekly newspaper, meet the Managing Editor, Sandy Buzzerd!  Check it out:

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!

Stand up, and let's sing the MoCo Kids' Creed!

Morgan County Scholars who make positive
DECISIONS

can change the world!

DECISIONS, Jan. 30, 2020, Raise the Roof....

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

Today is Raising Student Assets Thursday!

NEwS FLASH ** NEWS FLASH ** NEWS FLASH
Darian Burch created this beautiful original canvas painting using her intellectual wellness:  CREATIVITY!  Thank you for sharing your gift with the Cougar Den!  Check it out:

We are so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, Jan. 30, 2020! 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) that fuels our INTELLECTUAL wellness:

DECISIONS

Watch this video, and remember that your DECISIONS reflect your character, so make those choices PAWsitive!  Why?  Because ...

We have 35,000 opportunities to make POSITIVE DECISIONS for a healthy life!

Now, watch this:

Here is the link to video: 
https://youtu.be/UOR6WbLosJ0

Let's talk about it:

1) Who did you notice illustrating a POSITIVE example?

2) What POSITIVE actions happened in this video?

3) What POSITIVE actions did you see that was INSPIRING to you?

4) Who INSPIRES you to be a POSITIVE student?

Good job!  Remember this:

Morgan County Scholars who make positive

DECISIONS

can change the world!

Value Video Vednesday, Choices, for Jan. 29, 2020

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

Today is VALUE VIDEO VEDNESDAY!  

We are so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, Jan. 29, 2020!!  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 school community of students in Morgan County Schools.  

Watch today's VALUE VIDEO VEDNESDAY, and talk about DECISIONS and the choices we make.  Then, stay tuned for the "final 30" seconds and see if YOU know: 

"Where in Morgan County Are PAWsitive Actions?"

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?

Today, Mrs. Hott wants you to do a Positive Action too!
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Did you know "Where in Morgan County?" Mrs Sheima and Mrs. Hott are today????  If you do, just...

* get a scrap of paper, (or ask for help if you need it)

* write down your name, your teacher, and your guess, then, (again, ask for help if you need it)

* take your answer to the Positive Action mailbox, or globe, at your school, or comment, or email

for a chance to win a Morgan County Partnership free t-shirt!

NEWS FLASH ** NEWS FLASH ** NEWS FLASH

LOOK!  Let's be PAWsitive Partners to others for 2020 by doing Positive Actions.  Here are some great ideas:

Morgan County Scholars CHOOSE positive

DECISIONS

can change the world!

Talkin' Tuesday with Ms. Lucas on Jan. 28, 2020

...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.

We are so excited to be back for Positive Actions today, Jan. 28, 2020! 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, 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 a super sweet teacher from Widmyer Elementar, Ms. Lucas!  Watch this:

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 family fun night?

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. Hott.  My favorite family fun night is playing board games, like Apples to Apples.  Have you ever heard of it?  Apples to Apples is a board game of comparisons.  It is a fun game to play with family and friends. (I like it because Violet is crazy good at this game and can make up the funniest comparisons that get us all laughing.)  It looks like this - Check this out:

Pretty awesome, right?  Now, it's YOUR turn!  When you are ready to share, raise your hand then tell us YOUR favorite family fun night and why!  Is it Monopoly?  Netflix?

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?  

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 Scholars who

TALK IT OUT

can change the world!