Lesson and Lunch

This year will be our seventh year of our Lesson and Lunch program. Two times a year the parents are invited to join us for an hour lesson with their child followed by a potluck lunch for all in the classroom. This idea came to me from the Tesseract School, a private school in Eagan, Minnesota. The children enjoy working with their parents and attendance has been 95-100% all seven years!

Project Read Report Form - October
Using the strategies taught in Project Read Report Form, children learn to read nonfiction material, take notes, outline, and write a research report. Sign language is a reminder of each step in the note taking process.

Open Circle - December
During open circle which meets two times per week for 15 minute sessions, the children learn about their own emotions and strategies to deal with teasing, bullying, and other issues which occur in the daily life of a fourth graders. During the lesson and lunch, children practice giving compliments to each other, and to their parents.