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First Grade I Feel Sentences

2/25/2019

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Dear First Grade Parents and Guardians,

This week, we are working on problem solving in K and 1 classes.  The last time we met, students reviewed the importance of strategies like taking deep breaths and counting to help calm their body when they are angry or upset.  For this lesson, students are starting to learn the words they can say to solve a problem.  We are using a modified form of the I feel statement taught in second and third grade.  It looks like this:

 · I feel _________ when you ________.

Students watched videos of former Armstrong students acting out different problem situations and worked to brainstorm I feel sentences that might help solve the problems.  They then wrote their own I feel sentences.  By learning to verbalize their feelings and what is causing them to feel that way, our hope is to develop a problem solving foundation with our students that will continue to grow throughout the rest of their time at Armstrong and beyond.  

You can use this language to help build your children’s problem solving skills at home as well.  When your child has a problem, encourage them to try an I feel statement to help solve it. 

Thank you for your help with this important lesson.

Sincerely,


David Starr
School Counselor, Armstrong Elementary School
PH:  (508) 836-7760   Email:  starrd@westboroughk12.org
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    David Starr is the School Counselor at Armstrong Elementary School in Westborough, MA.

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