Here at Armstrong, one of the best things we can do to make a strong community is to include others. All students enjoy being part of the group, and often have positive memories of times they were included.
Given that feeling included is important to everyone, we used our lesson last week to focus on ways to ask to join a group and to generate strategies to make others feel included. Students were broken up into groups and given scenarios to act. In preparing their scenes, they were asked to consider two questions:
- How can we ask to join in a way that is kind and flexible?
- How can we make it so everybody feels included?
Students did an excellent job of creatively finding solutions to some challenging situations. If you have a moment, please ask your child to describe their role play and the strategies their team brainstormed to make all students in the group feel included.
Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
David Starr
School Counselor, Armstrong Elementary School
PH: 508-836-7760, Email: [email protected]