Sockeye
Social/Emotional Learning
at Home
Introduction to the Daily Videos
Day 1: Write or draw one thing you love about yourself. Put it somewhere you will see every day
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Happy Issaquah School District Spirit Week!
Today is Superhero Monday, so we are celebrating our
super-strength with a mindfulness exercise.
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Day 2: Go for a walk and identify 5 things you are grateful for that exist within a 10 minute walk of where you live.
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Happy Issaquah School District Spirit Week!
Today is Talent Tuesday, so we are celebrating your talents, and Mrs. Blashaw is teaching you a new talent... Belly Breathing!
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Day 3: Challenge 3 people to send you a picture of what they think will make you say "Awwwww"
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Happy Issaquah School District Spirit Week!
Today is "Whatcha Reading Wednesday," and we hope you are cozying up with a good book today! In this video, you will receive an SEL book recommendation for all ages.
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Ms. Arika's (librarian) e-mail: dickensa@issaquah.wednet.edu
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Day 4: Send a family member a picture of your face smiling and tell them 1 reason they make you happy.
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Happy Issaquah School District Spirit Week!
Today is "Thankful Thursday," and we hope you are enjoying reflecting on all that makes you feel grateful! Enjoy playing Gratitude Gears with friends and family.
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Day 5: Write a short, loving note or drawing to one person you live with. Hide it in a place that might be hard for them to find. Give them clues throughout the day to help them find it.
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Happy Issaquah School District Spirit Week!
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Today we celebrate school spirit, but our school's colors are blue... so we're calling this BLUE FRIDAY!
Watch the short SELebrate Today video then click HERE for Yoga with Blitz!
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Day 6: Draw a fancy invitation for an adult in your family. Invite them to do something that you know they will love!
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Your 1st...
Mindful Monday
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Every Monday from now on will be centered around starting our week Mindfully.
This week, we explore how noticing our 5 senses can help our brains.
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Day 7: Think of one family member or friends, find an old photo or draw a picture of the 2 of you. Send it to them and tell them why it's a positive memory for you.
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Your 1st...
Team-Up Tuesday
Every Tuesday from now on will be focused on staying connected... even while following Social Distancing.
This week, learn how to brighten someone's day with a letter!
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How to address an envelope:
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Day 8: Find a present that you got for a birthday, holiday or just for fun. Tell the person who got it for you how much you still love it and why it is so special to you.
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Your 1st...
Sockeye Wednesday
Every Wednesday from now on will be a continuation of Sockeye Wednesday.
This week, learn about how to use our Sockeye Expectations
-Respectful -Responsible
-Safe -Caring
to create your own expectations at home!
Click HERE to download a clasroom examle poster.
Click HERE to download an editable home poster.
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Day 9: Treat someone like it's their birthday! Celebrate their 1/4, 1/2, 1/16th, early or late birthday. Send them a big happy birthday note or text, sing them a song, make them something :)
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Your 1st...
Kindness Thursday
Every Thursday from now on will be a continuation of Kindness Thursday.
This week, check out and complete any of the kindness videos Ms. Ballard has been posting!
My favorite so far has been to challenge 3 people to send me a picture or note that makes me say "AWWW," and I had so much fun sending one back!
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Day 10: Write a poem or draw a picture for someone you care about. Write or draw about the reasons that make them so special and awesome or what you love about your friendship.
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Blue Friday
Every Friday from now on will be a continuation of BLUE FRIDAY!
Each week, hear from different Seattle sports teams in how you can stay healthy, active, mindful, and more!
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Watch Meditation with Maggie CLICK HERE
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Write a list or make a playlist of 5 songs that remind you of a happy memory, or someone you care about. Listen to the songs with someone (at your house or online) and think about the good times!
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Mindful Monday
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Today, we learn "The Rule of 3" to keep ourselves present in the moment and ready for the day!
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Day 12: Make a bucket list of 5 things that you want to do with this person and then ask them to write another 5. You will then have a top ten bucket list to accomplish together. Keep your list somewhere that you can both see it.
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Team-Up Tuesday
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We have our first guest on SELebrate Today! We have the privilege of learning a new strategy from local celebrity and comedian, Jim Stewart Allen, known for his stand up, playing Oregon Trail Live, and recently his sweet dance moves with vegetables at sporting events.
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It took a lot of bravery for me to post the silly end of this video, but it absolutely filled my bucket, and I hope it inspires you to join in and post/send me your dance party videos!
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Click here to learn more about the Kindness Challenge adapted from Character Strong
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Day 13: Send a voice message to this person that lasts at least 2 minutes and tries to capture as many good things as possible in that short period of time.
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Sockeye Wendesday
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Each Wednesday we explore different structures, systems, routines, or norms we have in place at Sunset, how they support students, and how you can apply or try them at home!
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Today, we talk about two different types of schedules you can make, and how they reduce stress, built independence, and connect to reinforcement systems you might already have in place!
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Day 14: Call someone's family and thank them for being great parents or siblings or guardians and show appreciation for how they helped raise such a wonderful human being.
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Kindness Thursday
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Today, I encourage you to watch Ms. Ballards videos! Catch up on a kindness challenge you may have missed, or revisit one of your favorites.
My recent favorite was to treat someone like it is their birthday. It was so much fun and made that person feel so special/surprised!
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Day 15: Give someone a kind message by coming up with a list of silly ways to say how much they mean to you. Like "you're the peanut butter to my jelly" or "the cheese to my macaroni."
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Happy Blue Friday
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Today, we revisit gratitude from a mindfulness lens with Seahawks Boom and Dr. Gervais!
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to watch the video and try it out!
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Day 16: Find a book, quote or poem that you think this person would like, write a little note on it or a picture telling why you're passing it on to them.
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Mindful Monday
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Let's visit a new resource, Calm.com. In this video you'll learn why this is helpful for all ages, and how to access the free content.
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to try Calm.com
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to visit our SEL at Home tab for other Mindfulness Resources
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Day 17: Fill in the blanks! Send this person a note, a text or a call that sounds something like this: "You make me smile when you ______. One of my favorite things about you is ________. The world needs way more _________ and a whole lot more you!"
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Team Up Tuesday
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Today we team up with some of our very own Sockeyes to learn strategies that bring them joy or help them calm their bodies when they have big feelings. Thank you Dua, Asher, and Ava!
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Day 18: Draw a picture on a small piece of paper that represents a funny memory you have with this person. Text it or post it so they can see and you can both remember the happy memory together.
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Sockeye Wednesday
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Our school now has Virtual Learning expectations! This video is a little different, will be in our school's e-news, and is more for the adults in your home.
Watch this video as a family, and show/tell us where your virtual learning space is! Remember you'll want a school-appropriate background, if your class meets over video, and an adult present.
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Click here to learn more about the Kindness Challenge adapted from Character Strong
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Day 19: Try something new today based on this person's inspiration! Do it for 10 minutes. Take a picture or video or journal about your experience, and (if possible) share with this person about how their life has inspired you to make your life that much better <3
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Kindness Thursday
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Watch Ms. Ballard's amazing kindness videos for daily kindness inspiration!
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Day 20: Send this person a text, a call or a note that sounds something like this: I am grateful for you because _____.
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Blue Friday
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Watch the SELebrate today video, DK Metcalf's intro video, and try out some of his or your favorite recipes!
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*We do not recommend spending extra money or taking extra trips to the store for ingredients. Please stay home, stay safe, and get creative with what you have!
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Day 21: Give this person a call, a text, a note, or a picture and let them know these 3 things:
1. Why they make your life better
2. What you've learned from them
3. How you will make the world a better place together
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Mindful Monday​
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Go for a walk in your house or outside and find 5 things that bring you joy! A different twist on sitting mindfulness.
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Share pictures or a list of what you found!
BONUS: Watch my furry guest hears the word "walk" and tries to take over the video!
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Day 22: Write or draw 3 things you love or admire about this person and share it with them.
Bonus! Think about or write below each think how you will choose to practice it or live it out in your own life. Share about this person with a friend, so they can be inspired, too!
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Team Up Tuesday​
Today's challenge is very similar to Ms. Ballard's challenge yesterday... making a phone call to connect with others.
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Let us know who you called and why they are important to you!
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Day 23: Write or draw a card for someone that says, "I would love to help you with _____."
Maybe it's to watch their dog, pull weeds from the yard, fold some clothes, organize something, or clean the dishes.
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Sockeye Wednesday
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Today we explore creating a "Feel Good Plan" to pick from after using a calm down strategy! Thanks, Mrs. Blastos, for the great idea!
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Share your "Feel Good Plan" ideas with us!
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Day 24: Happy Staff Appreciation Week and Kindness Thursday! Draw a picture or write a letter to your teacher to let them know how grateful you are for them.
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Day 25: Write a short poem or draw a picture about why the world is beautiful and why everyone deserves kindness and post it somewhere that people can see it.
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BLUE FRIDAY!
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It's Blue Friday again, and the challenge from Shaun Alexander today is meant to get the family together and moving!
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CLICK HERE for Shaun's Video
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Day 26: Send a message or draw a picture for someone who has been working that sounds like this:
"I know there are days where you feel tired and that this work is really hard. I just want to remind you that you are ___. You are a hero to me because ____."
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Mindful Monday
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This Mindful Monday revisits gratitude, but rather than it being one activity, let's make it a habit! What strategy will you use to make gratitude a daily habit? A journal? Set aside a daily family time?
Mr. Blashaw and I share what we are grateful for every day when we are done with work. I can't wait to hear when/how YOU decide to make this a habit!
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Day 27: Write a note of draw a picture for someone and pretend it is National ____ Day (Uncle, 2nd cousin, great grandma). Share why you're proud to have this person as a part of your family.
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Team Up Tuesday
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What "hats" do you wear right now? What "hats" are the people in your home wearing?
Today we learn how to team up and focus on just one hat - family relationship.
I can't wait to hear how you spend your team-up time today!
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Day 28: Write a poem or draw a picture for someone you appreciate! For example, you could write an acrostic poem for them. Write their name and think of a word or sentence that starts with each letter of their name. Here is one that I made for Mrs. Blashaw.
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Sockeye Wednesday!
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Music is so helpful for our emotional regulation and brain growth. Visit your classroom's Quaver to see what Ms. Bean and Mr. Mather have prepared for you!
I can't wait to hear what you learn!
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Click here to learn more about the Kindness Challenge adapted from Character Strong
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Day 29: Spend 10 minutes disconnected and in silence. Close your eyes and pciture your favorite moments from this past month related to kindness. Hold each moment in gratitude. Breathe Deeply and say out loud, "I've done good for myself, for my friends, for my family, and for the world."
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Kindness Thursday!
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Art can be a calm-down strategy, beautify a space, and have important meanings.
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Share a piece of art with someone that you've created or that means something to you. Add it to your space, or gift it for theirs!
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Day 30: Film a video of yourself (or write a post) reminiscing about this past month and the things you've learned, the people you've made smile and the most powerful moments of kindness you have shared with yourself and others. Share this for others to see and be inspired! (Or just keep it to yourself and have it for a rainy, tough day to reinspire you).
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BLUE FRIDAY!
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Seahawks General Manager, John Schneider, shares some agility challenges to get us moving into the weekend!
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Click HERE to view the agility exercises
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Take a video of you trying one of the agility challenges, and post it on your SeeSaw
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SEL-ebrate Today and Kindness Challenges have merged!
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Mindful Monday
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Visit the "SEL at Home" tab on this website to explore the different Mindful resources available to you for free! Our favorites are posted with links for you to try.
Which website or app is your favorite?
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Team Up Tuesday
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Share your favorite recipe with a friend or someone in your family!
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Earlier this year, at our Culture and Heritage Fair, so many of you shared your favorite family recipes with us and we got to learn so much about each other. Remember the family crests that you decorated and we hung up in the hallways?! It was so fun to see what your favorite family dishes were.
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Let's share more recipes with each other!
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Sockeye Wednesday
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Share a picture of your learning space that:
- Has a consistent appropriate background
- Has an adult present
-Where you can be aware of your surroundings
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Looking at our expectations, the three components listed are in the Responsible and Safe Virtual Learning Expectations. It takes some planning, so let's do that together!
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We are excited to see your learning spaces!
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Kindness Thursday
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Create your own Kindness Challenge
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Get creative and come up with your own kindness challenge and share it with us!
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Maybe your kindness challenge will be shared with the school next week!
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Blue Friday!​
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We're doing the Blitz Going Pro Challenge! #Go​ingPro
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Take a video of yourself doing something you are talented at. Share with us something that you feel really confident about or are really good at!
You all have such amazing talents and we can't wait for you to share them with us!
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Team Up Tuesday!​
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A new game to play virtually!
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Mrs. Larson joined us in teaming up to play a new game.
One person draws a picture. Without showing the rest of the players, they describe their picture.
The rest of the players have something to draw with and draw on, follow the directions, and hold up their results!
Share the pictures that you drew!
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Sockeye Wednesday!​
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Revisiting Day 8
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Teachers revisit their expectations every day. They practice with their students, clarify questions, and positively reinforce the great choices being made.
As a family, you have the opportunity to do the same! We felt it was important to repost this video so you have the opportunity to create or revisit your expectations.
This week, learn about how to use our Sockeye Expectations
-Respectful -Responsible
-Safe -Caring
to create your own expectations at home!
Click HERE to download a clasroom examle poster.
Click HERE to download an editable home poster.
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Kindness Thursday!​
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Make a Surprise for Someone You Love.
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Last week we asked you to come up with your own Kindness Challenges. You had so many great ideas!! This week, we are doing a challenge that Meher, from Mrs. Rodabough's class, came up with. Thanks for the great idea Meher!
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Her challenge is to make a surprise for someone you love. She made a card for someone and even gave us a template to use if you want to make a card just like hers to surprise someone!
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Dear ____,
Thank you for _____. I hope you like this card. I made it for you because ___. I really wish you could be here.
Sincerely, ___
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Mindful Monday
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Heartbeat Exercise Mindfulness
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1. Feel your heartbeat. Notice how fast it is, how hard it's beating, where you feel it in your body.
2. Do some aerobic exercise for 15-20 seconds
3. Put your hand on your heart and belly, and feel your breath/heartbeat
4. Slow down your breath, and notice how it slows your heartbeat!
Follow me in this practice as your watch the video, and see how powerful focusing on your breath can be!
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Team Up Tuesday
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The Rainbow Game​
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Play the Rainbow Game with friends and family on a video call, or in person!
One person says a color of the rainbow and everyone gets 10 seconds to run and grab something in that color. Explain your objects and chose a new person to say the next color.
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Its so much fun because you get to move around, be creative, and share items that are funny or important to you.
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Sockeye Wednesday
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Sunset E-News​
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Students, your challenge is to read the Sunset E-news sent today from Mrs. Tuupo as a family. Here is the link: https://www.smore.com/ap7kf
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E-news is sent by e-mail to all families every other week during virtual learning at Sunset, and is a great resource to stay up to date on the latest from our school!
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Kindness Thursday
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This challenge is a simple one! Check in with yourself and someone you care about.
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There is a lot going on in our world this week! Check in with someone you care about. Show up for someone you love. Ask how they are doing. Just listen and show them some love.
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Reach out to me (ballardm@issaquah.wednet.edu) for support. I'm here to help talk about big feelings or questions that students or families might have about race, the protests and more. Visit our tab "Talking to Kids About Race" for more helpful resources
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Blue Friday
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Learn to play some music with Blue Thunder!
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Jacob Hollister, Tight End with the Seattle Seahawks, finds music helpful in processing his emotions.
He teamed up with the Seahawks Drumline, Blue Thunder, to do a little lesson with everyday objects around the house!
Video or take pictures of your musical talents after learning from Blue Thunder, and post them on your Seesaw.
CLICK HERE for the lesson
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Mindful Monday​
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Mindfulness helps our brains and bodies reduce stress and increase focus.
1. Find a cozy spot
2. Close your eyes
3. Think of a person, place, and thing that bring you joy
4. Open your eyes when you are ready
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Team Up Tuesday​
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Team Up with someone, or with several others, to make a heart and share the love!
See the heart some staff members made for you on a video chat. How will you make your heart? Collage? Chalk? Something else?
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Share your heart on your SeeSaw page!
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Sockeye Wednesday
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Share with us why YOU are a Sensational Sockeye. How have you been a respectful, responsible, safe, and caring student this year?
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Share with us a memory or moment on your SeeSaw!
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Blue Friday
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Follow in the footsteps of Pete Carroll and the Seahawks with their Gratitude Game Plan!
Share and fill in the blanks with your thoughts/memories/feelings with each of the people listed below. Watch the video for some ideas!
"I am grateful for you because _________________"
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A caregiver (the adult(s) in your home who take care of you)
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A friend
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Yourself
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Thank you!
With this as the last video this school year, and Ms. Ballard's and Mrs. Blashaw's last video at Sunset (we will both be at different schools next year), we want to share how proud of you we are. You are resilient, caring, determined, and such awesome humans. We will always be cheering for your success, and we can't wait to hear of all you achieve. We will miss you, and we are so grateful for each of you and your families!
