I'm a Bucket Filler

According to author, Carol McCloud's book Have You Filled a Bucket Today? we all have an invisible bucket that we carry around.  The amount of happiness in the bucket all depends on how we treat others and how others treat us.  This week first and second graders learned that we all have the option of being a "bucket filler" :-) or a "bucket dipper" :-(  We can easily fill someone's bucket by saying positive things and making them feel HAPPY! When you are a bucket filler, everyone is happy.  However, if you are mean to others or bully others then their buckets become empty very quick and so does your own bucket.
By the end of the story we all decided that we want to be a "bucket filler".  We will give out lots of compliments so we can fill our friends' buckets as well as our own. 

NO ONE WANTS TO BE A "BUCKET DIPPER!


WE WANT TO BE BUCKET FILLERS!

Books and Blogging

The after school program is in full effect and some lucky 4th and 5th graders are having their book club sessions in the library.  Each student was given their own copy of one of their favorite books, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever.  We are reading sections of the book together and discussing all of the crazy events happening in the main character's (Greg Heffeley) life.  We are also sharing our discussions on our Book Club Blog.  If you want to see what we think about all of Greg Heffley's antics just go to our blog called OUR POINT OF VIEW  You can click on as a guest at the bottom of the list and type in the word Guest as the password.  Once you are in the website just click on someone's blog page and see what they have written.