Red Ribbon Week is almost here! We will have our school wide celebration the last week in October (26th-29th). Here is a snapshot of what we have planned:
PWES families please pay close attention to our guidelines. We want this week to be enjoyable for all. We do not want anyone taking advantage of the dress down activities.
Dear PWES families,
We enjoy celebrating national campaigns and enjoy seeing your children participating in our events. When we hold a weekly celebration event, it is free to participate. This is different from Dress Down for Charity ($1.00). Please make sure to follow the events as they are stated. We have something Monday-Thursday. Friday will be the dress down for $1.00. If your child participates in our Red Ribbon Week, he/she must be dressed in that day’s stated activity. If your child is not participating, he/she must wear a PWES uniform. If not, you will be contacted to bring your child a change of clothes.
Guidelines for Character Dress Down:
Students can dress in costume of either (1) their favorite book character (a few examples are Pete the Cat, Mickey Mouse, Dr. Seuss characters, the Raccoon from Kissing Hand) or (2) a super hero (batman, batgirl, wonder woman, ninja turtle, supergirl, superman) . This is not a dress down day. This is a costume day. If your child is not going to dress as a book character or super hero, he/she MUST be in uniform or you will be contacted to bring a change of clothes. NO WEAPONS, SCARY CHARACTERS, OR MASKS are allowed. Please adhere to our policy.
CLASSROOM GUIDANCE VISITS FOR RED RIBBON WEEK
During classroom guidance over the next two weeks, I will discuss medicine safety and making healthy choices with your child.
Kindergarten students will start off by watching a short video from Poison Control: Stop: Ask First. This will jump start our activity with a very special visitor....MR. BIG MOUTH! Mr. Big Mouth loves to visit classes to make sure students what is healthy to put in his mouth and what is not healthy. I introduce the students to Mr. Big Mouth and let them know that we need to help him make good choices. During the lesson, I show the students magazine cut outs of harmful and safe items. If the item is safe like an apple, we feed Mr. Big Mouth. If it is harmful like cigarettesl, we say, "Not in your mouth, Mr. Big Mouth." This lesson always leads to a good discussion about when it is safe to take medicine. We also talk about the experiences we may have and how it is important to do the right thing. We will wrap up our lesson by doing a cut and past activity in which students select the pumpkins that are doing good things to paste on our Ghostly Good Choices sheet.
Dear PWES families,
We enjoy celebrating national campaigns and enjoy seeing your children participating in our events. When we hold a weekly celebration event, it is free to participate. This is different from Dress Down for Charity ($1.00). Please make sure to follow the events as they are stated. We have something Monday-Thursday. Friday will be the dress down for $1.00. If your child participates in our Red Ribbon Week, he/she must be dressed in that day’s stated activity. If your child is not participating, he/she must wear a PWES uniform. If not, you will be contacted to bring your child a change of clothes.
Guidelines for Character Dress Down:
Students can dress in costume of either (1) their favorite book character (a few examples are Pete the Cat, Mickey Mouse, Dr. Seuss characters, the Raccoon from Kissing Hand) or (2) a super hero (batman, batgirl, wonder woman, ninja turtle, supergirl, superman) . This is not a dress down day. This is a costume day. If your child is not going to dress as a book character or super hero, he/she MUST be in uniform or you will be contacted to bring a change of clothes. NO WEAPONS, SCARY CHARACTERS, OR MASKS are allowed. Please adhere to our policy.
CLASSROOM GUIDANCE VISITS FOR RED RIBBON WEEK
During classroom guidance over the next two weeks, I will discuss medicine safety and making healthy choices with your child.
Kindergarten students will start off by watching a short video from Poison Control: Stop: Ask First. This will jump start our activity with a very special visitor....MR. BIG MOUTH! Mr. Big Mouth loves to visit classes to make sure students what is healthy to put in his mouth and what is not healthy. I introduce the students to Mr. Big Mouth and let them know that we need to help him make good choices. During the lesson, I show the students magazine cut outs of harmful and safe items. If the item is safe like an apple, we feed Mr. Big Mouth. If it is harmful like cigarettesl, we say, "Not in your mouth, Mr. Big Mouth." This lesson always leads to a good discussion about when it is safe to take medicine. We also talk about the experiences we may have and how it is important to do the right thing. We will wrap up our lesson by doing a cut and past activity in which students select the pumpkins that are doing good things to paste on our Ghostly Good Choices sheet.
First Grade students will watch a brief video on Brainpop about medicine safety. After discussing the video, students will play a game in which they must decide if the card is a Healthy/Good Choice or an Unhealthy/Bad Choice. Students will be able to drop the card in the correct bag. The cards will have choices such as:
* taking more medicine that the directions say
* playing with matches
* drink your milk to build strong bones and teeth
* make fun of a classmate
* drinking from a bottle with poison in it (bleach)
* taking candy or food from a stranger
* wear a safe costume for halloween
* drinking something from a bottle you do not recognize
* brush and floss your teeth twice a day
* wear suntan lotion
* asking a parent if this is medicine and safe to
take
* drink plenty of water
* taking more medicine that the directions say
* playing with matches
* drink your milk to build strong bones and teeth
* make fun of a classmate
* drinking from a bottle with poison in it (bleach)
* taking candy or food from a stranger
* wear a safe costume for halloween
* drinking something from a bottle you do not recognize
* brush and floss your teeth twice a day
* wear suntan lotion
* asking a parent if this is medicine and safe to
take
* drink plenty of water
Second Grade students will discuss what is healthy for your body and what is not healthy for your body. Students will also engage in an open group discussion about medicine safety and drugs (age appropriate). Students will have a writing activity "Drugs Stink", in which they must write a sentence (or two) about why drugs stink. Kiddos love to create crafts, so they also get to make a skunk to attach to their writing page!