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Central Idea: Knowing and caring for myself, others, and the place I’m in…

- - - - Finding creative ways for kids to check-in with themselves..as opposed to just "How are you doing?", as well as allowing kids to share negative feelings (avoid the toxic positivity)
        
        Creating a virtual lunchbunch or other social to decompress.
        
        Love this idea and it could work across bubbles and grades too
        
        Responsive Classroom has a good protocol that emphasizes a lot of the social and emotional points that we're all identifying as vital for our students.
        
        https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/educator-resources/covid-19-resources/covid-19-morning-meeting-and-responsive-advisory-meeting-downloads/
      - We may need to keep in mind developmental understanding here and be careful to not overwhelm with too much information
  - - - We need to set a routine of checking in with students/staff about how they are doing. I like the 1-10 scale. "How are you on a scale of 1-10? Feel free to share why if you wish."
        
        But this would also be a great opportunity to introduce more feeling vocabulary in the younger grades. We tried this last year in G1 in one of our unit and students really responded well to having words beyond 'good' 'bad' etc..
        
        Feeling Faces Link Title
        
        could use images as well- "what image do you identify with today"
        
        I've also done, "What color are you today", and they explain the color they are feeling today and why. Example: "I'm feeling red because I'm really angry at the computer!"
    - - I read that book in library and it was okay but the problem was that we were dealing with such different cultures that some people equated red with happy and celebration (Asian) not anger or jealousy and so the little kids were confused when someone said they were red and that was a + and another kid used red to mean that was a -.
- - - - Is there a student news show at ICS? This would be a good way to highlight what other bubbles are doing and build community when we can't actually be together across grade levels
  - - - And wearing face coverings, washing hands and monitoring any signs of illness.
      - I really appreciate this term instead of social distancing
  - - - link to 'our best with Africa' and mask wearing and hygiene
        
        Yes! What a great way to think of well-being beyond ICS
    - - There were actually some really great activities on Seesaw last spring about this and children's books have already been made, too.
  - - - Continue to emphasize that this will help us take care of ourselves and others. We are a community that needs to work together to succeed!
  - - - More links to books for learning about Covid https://nycdoe.libguides.com/COVID-19ebooks/free
- - - - Team building activities / Morning meetings
        
        And perhaps a dedicated time for afternoon check-ins for students to process the day and make a plan for the next day.
      - Developing fun ways to greet friends without touching
        
        Instead of fist bumps, we'll have to do a welcome waggle or goofy face.
        
        my students in China loved air hugs where we hugged ourselves!
        
        Make up some silly songs to greet each other.
  - - - virtually or outdoors?
        
        Both
      - This is a great way to build community
  - - - introducing pen pals across the school to connect and have a shared experience at ICS- without coming into contact.
        
        The Unit Plan includes some ideas about inter-bubble mailboxes. Ideas like these sound really fun.
    - - Thinking about other ways we can connect families and the larger ICS community since they aren't allowed on campus and large gatherings aren't happening