BAS Pack of Dogs & Keyboarding Skills

As a continuation of our Nonfiction November studies, we spent time training our students on our new Social Emotional Therapy Dog, Shadow!  Beginning this week and continuing into our short week next week, our students are learning all about our BAS Pack of Dogs.  They are learning about what their job is, and how to learn with Shadow in our building.  They are very excited!  Here are some highlights of what they have learned, so that you are educated as well...

We are Social Emotional Therapy Dogs, and we have very important jobs at our schools!

• We help without saying any words.

• We help kids feel safe at school.

• We help students read by listening to their stories.

• We help students concentrate on their work when they feel anxious.
• We help students feel special by being their friend.

We wear a special vest to school, so that you know we are on duty!

• Ask the Teacher or Caretaker if you can pet him.
• Only 3 students at a time may approach one of our dogs.
• Do not put your hand in front of his mouth.  We do not want them to lick.
• Pet him on the back of his head.
• Please keep your personal pet away from a service dog.  They have a job to do.
• Do not offer him any food or treats.

You may see one of our BAS Pack of Dogs in the hallway.  When this happens, we ask that you do a “Drive-By”. What does that mean?  Just waive quietly and pass by. As you can imagine, they have a job to do and we don’t have time to stop for students to pet them everytime they are walking in the hallways.  

Thank you for respecting our “Drive-By”!

YOU are the most special friend that our Therapy Dogs have, and they can't wait to work with you!

     

In addition to the student training, our 2nd-4th graders go on Typing Club to work on their keyboarding skills.  This typing program is free and can be accessed from any computer with internet access.  The link can be found on our Library STEAM Center website, so they can practice at home as well!

https://hornungmediacenter.weebly.com/typingkeyboarding.html

After their student training, our JK-1st graders spent more time exploring Pebble Go to research their favorite subjects.  This link can also be found on our Library STEAM Center website, and can be accessed at home from any device with an internet connection.

https://hornungmediacenter.weebly.com/pebble-go.html

All of our students have done a great job exploring our nonfiction section of the library, and checking out at least 1 nonfiction book this month!