Appreciations & Admirations.....

In our 'Community of Learners' meeting today, we shared and discussed how we felt and what we discovered from our discussions we had with our parents this week.   

Here is a list of characteristics and life skills our parents hope we develop for when we are adults:

Some of us were surprised that our parents didn't mention being intelligent or grades in school. This is an interesting perception that children might have of their parents' expectations and they found it interesting to learn of other traits their parents hoped for them instead.  

We discussed what these mean traits mean and then brainstormed what we could do next with our findings.

In our next Community of Learners meeting, we felt we should:

° create visuals to display in our classroom to remind us what we should try to develop

° think of things we can do to help develop those traits and skills

Part of our Community of Learners meetings' agenda includes nominating a class member and sharing with them something they admire or appreciate about them. 

This regular part of our meeting is designed to help boost the self-esteem in us and in addition helping us to learn and receive compliments which even us as adults can sometimes struggle with.

We are beginning to record these and displaying them in our classroom to help remind us of the good attributes people admire us for. The other purpose of displaying these is to help us ensure we are giving appreciations to all members of our class over time so that some of us do not feel left out.