Hello Green Tree families,
Please see the updates and reminders below:
Second Step
After this week finishes reinforcing the skills related to empathy, we will begin working on practicing our steps to problem solving through the month of May. I will be reminding students of the following STEPS in my weekly video uploaded to Facebook and in google classrooms to give students optional challenges to participate in at home:
S: Say the problem T: Think of solutions E: Explore consequences P: Pick the best solution
As you can see, the first letter of each step spells the word ”step.” Remembering “step” helps students solve problems with each other in safe and respectful ways.
Second Step lessons specifically teach students to use each step and reinforce the message that solutions need to be safe and respectful. We hope the steps will be helpful for you and your child when there are problems at home.
Counselor Connection
To support the steps for problem solving, please see Mrs. Becker’s message here to parents for ways to help encourage students to determine the size of the problem. For a visual example, click here.
Please see our Green Tree counselor page- Green Tree Counselor Connections or the link at the top for more family resources. Please feel free to reach out to Mrs. Becker with any questions, comments, or needs regarding this topic:
Erica Becker, ebecker@wbsd-schools.org
Available weekdays 2-4pm @ (262) 707-2016
Learning Adventures Outdoors
As discussed in the last weekly update, our district’s Riveredge Scientist in Residence, Rachel Feerick, will be providing some outdoor activities for students and families to engage in while you spend time outdoors. Please see the latest update from Rachel below!
Learning Adventures Outdoors- Issue #5
Reminder: Library Resources
Our school library can now check out books to students! And you can keep them until the end of the school year. CLICK HERE for the instructions.
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin set up a helpline to assist people who need internet service while the Safer at Home restrictions are in place. CLICK HERE for this information.
Reminder: School and Community Support
If you have not yet, please take this short survey to let us know how to better serve you! We have many resources available, and we want to make sure we continue to support your family as best as we can through this time.
Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week! I just want to take a moment to publicly thank our teachers at Green Tree for all of the hard and amazing work they do with our students. If you have any positive messages to send to your child's classroom teacher, please do! I’m certain they would love to hear it! Please see our ABC Parent Group link above for ideas on ways to appreciate your child's teachers.
As always, please reach out with any questions, concerns, comments, or ideas.
Jennifer Potter
Principal