No matter what's happening in your life, you can change the trajectory of events by closing your eyes, reviewing your thoughts and behavior, and sending love wherever you've been withholding it. ~Marianne Williamson


Mental and emotional stability is the key to life. By being mentally and emotionally healthy, you can truly handle anything life hands to you. This is a great message to teach and embed in children especially to ease anxiety in a new place.


Vocab:
trajectory-the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in itsflight.
reviewing-a critical article or report, as in a periodical, on a book,play, recital, or the like; critique; evaluation
thoughts-the product of mental activity; that which one thinks: a bodyof thought.
withholding-to hold back; restrain or check.
stability-the state or quality of being stable.


Grammar Point: Use of the apostrophe to create a contraction:
what's= what is
it's= it is
etc.


Task:
Create a sentence using an apostrophe to make a contraction. 

Quote

“Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.” I like this quote because I feel it is 100% true. Life throws many things our way, it is how we handle it that shapes us and makes us who we are. If you can't change something....change the way you think about it!!




Vocab:
challenges-a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill,strength, etc.
paralyze-to bring to a condition of helpless stoppage, inactivity, orinability to act:
supposed-assumed as true, regardless of fact; hypothetical
handle-to manage, deal with, or be responsible for:
shapes-to evolve or develop, especially favorably


Grammar point: Use of the word they're, their and there. 
They're- THEY ARE
Their- OWNERSHIP
There- location
Exercise: Create a sentence using each type of they're, their and there. 

The Little Island

"Nights and days came and passed
And summer and winter
and the rain.
And it was good to be a little Island.
A part of the world
and a world of its own
All surrounded by the bright blue sea."
— Margaret Wise Brown (The Little Island)


I enjoy this quote by children's author Margaret Wise Brown. It sends an underlying message to enjoy what is around you but above all, enjoy being who YOU are. This is a great message for children especially ELL's so they can embrace new challenges but cherish who they are are where they come from.


Grammar Point: Usage of the word "and."
Task: Write a poem beginning with the word "and" in at least one sentence as well as using it as a means to list a set of items. 
Vocabulary:
surrounded-to enclose on all sides; encompass
bright-radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining:
author-a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.;the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from acompiler, translator, editor, or copyis
cherish-to hold or treat as dear; feel love for
embrace-to take or clasp in the arms; press to the bosom; hug.