Today was Mrs. Webber's last day with us. We wish her well with the rest of her training. She will make an awesome teacher! Ms. McSweyn, one of our counselors, taught a lesson on using "I messages." An example she gave was that if someone cuts in front of you in line, rather than hitting the person or yelling at them, you should say, "I feel angry when you cut in line. I want you to go to the back of the line." Everyone had the opportunity to practice the new language. Using I messages is a great way to diffuse a tense situation. In their journals, students wrote I statements, such as, "I feel sad when I don't get a latte in the morning." (oops, that was fron MY journal) In math, we talked about symmetry. Students traced a butterfly, cut it out, folded it in half, and drew a design on one half. Next, they repeated the same design on the other side. Tomorrow, we will paint the butterflies.