HAPPY WEEKEND!

9/13/2019

Today, students had their first vocabulary quiz. All students improved compared to the pre-test they competed at the beginning of the week. All students will move towards mastery this year. You will all improve in all subject areas! Mr. Fisher and I won't have it any other way.

Self-regulation is an important skill to have. We all have different strategies we use to help us regulate our actions and emotions. Children and adults use different strategies to help them self-regulate. You will be learning many skills and strategies that can help you be successful learners this year. Like anything, this takes time and practice. I have already seen significant improvements in all of you compared to your self-regulation skills from Gr. 6. As always, please share the class website with your parents!

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1.) MATH:

Black duotangs went home today with 2 booklets.
Booklet #1 must be completed for Monday.
Booklet #2 must have the first 4 pages completed for Monday.

2.) POST A RESPONSE:

Watch this video with your parents.
After watching the video with your parents, write a paragraph (intro, body, and conclusion) about what you learned.
Your introduction should be engaging. You body should include 2-3 supporting examples. Your conclusion should tie everything together. Use one of these templates to help you if you like. (optional) Paragraph template #1 Paragraph template #2
In your body, include at least one strategy that you sometimes use to help you control your emotions. Explain what you do and how it helps you self-regulate.
Give one student a suggestion on how to improve. If you want, feel free to give as many students a suggestion on how to improve.
Focus your suggestion/feedback on paragraph structure. See if your friends used the proper paragraph structure!
Edit/revise your original paragraph based on the feedback you receive or on a self-assessment.

VIDEO LINKS:
Why do we lose control of our emotions? (WATCH THIS WITH YOUR PARNTS!)

Amy

9/13/2019 03:40:44 pm

FIRST!!!

Max

9/13/2019 04:17:56 pm

@ Amy FYI You are supposed to write a response to the video.

Amy

9/13/2019 09:51:57 pm

@Max, thanks! I thought we just needed to watch the video and we get our assignment on the weekend.

Our emotions are controlled by the mid brain. However, when you feel a strong emotion such as anger or sadness, your brainstem automatically takes control over your body, and reacts to your instincts. It's an automatic reaction that happens when you lose control over your emotions, also known as "flipping your lids". However, there are ways to control your emotions, like removing yourself from the situation.

Max

9/13/2019 04:21:38 pm

The reason we have emotions is because of our downstairs brain and you brain stem. The brain stem controls our reflexes like breathing or when you touch something hot, you move your hand away. You don't think. The downstairs part controls our emotions like happy or disappointment. These two parts of your brain is why you have emotions.

Also, SECOND!

Megan

9/13/2019 04:37:28 pm

We lose control of our emotions because it's an automatic reaction that our brain controls. You have an "upstairs" brain as well as a "downstairs" brain. Your downstairs section controls your reflexes, and your upstairs section controls your thoughts and emotions. Your downstairs section has an automatic reaction, which means you don't think about your actions, but you automatically do it. For example, when you touch something very hot, you automatically move your hand away from it. It's the same for your emotions. When you don't get what you want, even if it's a small issue, you might get very mad or frustrated. That's because of your downstairs section of your brain!

megan

9/13/2019 05:11:20 pm

And THIRD!

Mr. Hong

9/14/2019 09:05:24 am

@ Megan - Thank you for your post! See if you can include an engaging hook/intro. Also, if you could include one example of a strategy you use to help you self-regulate your emotions, that would be wonderful!

megan (edited)

9/14/2019 08:11:59 pm

@Mr. Hong

Thanks! :)

Have you ever felt so mad over something so little? Like how you had an amazing idea to add to a class discussion but you don't get picked to speak? Well that's because it's an automatic reaction that our brain controls. You have an "upstairs" brain as well as a "downstairs" brain. Your downstairs section controls your reflexes, and your upstairs section controls your thoughts and emotions. Your downstairs section has an automatic reaction, which means you don't think about your actions, but you automatically do it. For example, when you touch something very hot, you automatically move your hand away from it. It's the same for your emotions. When you don't get what you want, even if it's a small issue, you might get very mad or frustrated. That's because of your downstairs section of your brain! Since controlling your emotions is so difficult, I personally suggest to take deep breaths. Whenever you feel overwhelmingly mad or sad, taking breaths is the first thing I'd recommend to do :). Try your best to control the situation, and tell yourself it's not a big deal. Talking with yourself is another helpful way to control your emotions! Overall, controlling your emotions is extremely hard, but not impossible!

kyungsun

9/13/2019 05:28:48 pm

why yall like this

Kyungsun

9/13/2019 05:43:45 pm

The reason people lose control over their emotions (or "flip our lids") is because our brain stem ( the part that controls subconscious things i.e. breathing) has a automatic fight or flight response when it fells a significant event such as loosing a shoe or getting kicked by a "friend" who only became friends to practice wwe moves on you for "fun" while not allowing you to perform a take down on them because it hurts them. anyway back on topic. During a significant emotional event the response from the logical side of your brain is delayed or suppressed as the brain sees it as an emergency even if its just a classmate bugging you. its only afterwards when we feel it and regret it. Also the first second third forth fifth thing could cause a minor lid flipping.

Mr. Hong

9/14/2019 09:06:30 am

@ Kyungsun - What is one strategy you could use to help you self-regulate yourself in the classroom? Please include this in your paragraph as one example of how you self-regulate in class.

Kayd

9/14/2019 09:06:30 pm

@Kyungsun Maybe next time don't use such a violent example.

Catherine

9/13/2019 05:46:43 pm

@kyungsun because we can

Mr. Hong

9/13/2019 08:21:05 pm

@ Kyungsun - Thanks for your post! I didn’t even post the assignment yet! Wow!

Don’t forget to go back and get caught up on the PARs you have already missed.

Max

9/14/2019 03:05:43 pm

Why not?!

Max

9/14/2019 03:10:11 pm

Sorry, wrong place. I wanted to put my reply elsewhere, not here.

Max

9/14/2019 03:08:51 pm

Why not?!

Max

9/14/2019 03:11:18 pm

Ughhhhhhhhhh. I did it again. Why does this happen?

Catherine

9/13/2019 05:45:14 pm

As humans we all lost control of our emotions at least once in our life time. That happens because it’s a automatic response from your brain if you don’t train it. We have what is called the “upstairs” brain and the “downstairs” brain. They are basically the upper part of your brain and the lower part. The upper part controls your thoughts and emotions while the lower part and the brain stem controls your reflexes. A reflex is something that is done without thinking. You can train to have a reflex or somethings just happen automatically. For example, our heart pumps and you just breathe automatically. Even if you touch something really hot, your brain will automatically just tell you to move your hand away from it. That it the same idea with your emotions too. You can lose control of your emotions when it doesn’t go your way and your logic is not communicating with your emotions, so you end up losing control of your emotions being sad or mad.

Mr. Hong

9/14/2019 09:03:49 am

@ Catherine - Thank you for your well written paragraph. can you include one example of a strategy you use to help you self-regulate your emotions?

Catherine

9/14/2019 10:32:45 am

brieana

9/13/2019 07:31:09 pm

This video is about the question "why do we lose control of our emotions?" The video explains what parts of the brain control what and some other stuff. I shall explain in this post.

The brain stem controls the things that we don't need to think about. The "downstairs" brain can also your emotions. You could also call it your emotional brain. The cerebral cortex (the "upstairs brain") controls our logical thinking like kindness and how others may feel. The cerebral cortex also helps us with problem solving. The "upstairs brain" is the thinking part of the brain.

Both parts of the brain work together, like how people work together when working on a project. The 2 parts of the brain are constantly talking to each other thinking what we feel or need. But sometimes they don't communicate.

When they don't communicate, things get ugly. Sometimes that can happen because your emotions have taken over and the "downstairs brain" thinks that its dangerous even when its not. When that happens you should walk away and find a trusted adult and tell them what your problem is. It can be dangerous if you don't tell anyone.
That is my paragraph on the video.

Catherine

9/13/2019 08:34:12 pm

@brieana nice paragraphs

Me. Hong

9/13/2019 08:47:39 pm

@ Catherine - Can you think of something she could do to improve her writing?

Mr. Hong

9/14/2019 09:04:24 am

@ Brieana - Thanks for you post! Can you include one example of a strategy you use to help you self-regulate your emotions?

9/14/2019 09:24:20 am

Mr. Hong

9/14/2019 09:51:29 am

@ Mi - Thanks for your thoughtful post!

What is one strategy you use to help yourself self-regulate? Please include one example in your paragraph.

9/14/2019 02:06:35 pm

@ Mr. Hong thanks for the feedback!

9/14/2019 02:17:32 pm

Sometimes people lose control of their emotions, but why does this
this happen?
Let's take a look at the brain! Your cerebral cortex is the upstairs brain. A part of the brain that's helps us think logically and act with kindness. While the downstairs brain, called the brain stem controls thinks you don't have to think about, like breathing and blinking.
These parts usually get along well, but sometimes they have a hard time communicating. This can be caused if your feeling to overwhelmed. The downstairs brain thinks that this is an emergency! Though its really not, most of the time. You may feel angry or sad. How can we calm down? Try talking to a trusted adult or maybe a walk is just what you need.

Sometimes people lose control of their emotions, but why does this
this happen?
Let's take a look at the brain! Your cerebral cortex is the upstairs brain. A part of the brain that's helps us think logically and act with kindness. While the downstairs brain, called the brain stem controls thinks you don't have to think about, like breathing and blinking.
These parts usually get along well, but sometimes they have a hard time communicating. This can be caused if your feeling to overwhelmed. The downstairs brain thinks that this is an emergency! Though its really not, most of the time. You may feel angry or sad. How can we calm down? Try talking to a trusted adult or maybe a walk is just what you need. One way I self regulate is taking deep breaths because it makes me calm.

9/14/2019 02:19:47 pm

Oh I accidentally copied my paragraph two times.

9/14/2019 02:20:39 pm

Charlie

9/14/2019 10:56:53 am

Have you ever lost control of your emotions and made rash decisions? To those who have, guess what, it happens to everyone. Our brain is a wondrous organ but it is not exactly perfect, sometimes a part of your brain which controls your emotions and basic functions of the body . This part of the brain is called the brain stem. This part of the brain will send and receive messages from the cerebral cortex, but sometimes your brain stem will not listen to your cerebral cortex, this can result in rash decisions that you wouldn't normally do. You can resolve this reaction by walking away, taking deep breaths and talk to an adult about the situation. A method I use to calm my emotions is sitting down and taking deep breaths while rethinking what made my emotions become unstable.This method helps me because it makes me think of what the person or people are thinking and it sometimes makes me feel better. In conclusion, your brain is a complex organ that can many flaws. If you feel your emotions becoming unstable, it's okay, it's how you react afterwards.

Harry

9/14/2019 06:41:12 pm

Our emotions are controlled by the mid brain. However, when you feel a strong emotion such as anger or sadness, your brainstem automatically takes control over your body, and reacts to your instincts. It's an automatic reaction that happens when you lose control over your emotions, also known as "flipping your lids". However, there are ways to control your emotions, like removing yourself from the situation.

megan

9/14/2019 08:16:12 pm

Maybe try to avoid using the word "however" too often, it sounds a bit repetitive.

Anonymous

9/14/2019 07:50:38 pm

I am inevitable

memes

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Anonymous

9/14/2019 08:39:26 pm

is this something you guys must do?

Mr. Hong

9/15/2019 12:25:25 pm

@ Anonymous - You are not actually anonymous. I still have your parents contact details. ;-)

Kayd

9/14/2019 09:00:01 pm

Everyone get mad, sad, happy and anxious etc.

This happens because of our brain the most complicated organ in the body the brain has 2 part the "upstairs" and the "downstairs" the "upstairs" part of the brain tells you use acts of kindness and solve problems like 1+1. Which leads to the "upstairs" brain being the thinker. The "downstairs" brain also known as the brain stem does its job buy telling your body to react to situations like touching a hot item or being stuck in a bad situation (getting chased by a bear). Your brain can overwhelm its self by the"upstairs" part of your brain not communicating with the "downstairs" part of your brain which then leads to you flipping you lid or your emotions overwhelming your brains capacity. When you feel that your losing control of your emotions or going to flip your lid stop take some deep breaths and walk away from the situation and find some one to talk to.

SIDE NOTE
(I don't think my "downstairs" part of my brain works properly because one year i went camping and saw a bear 15ft away from me and didn't panic just said to my mom oh cool a bear and then she ran away screaming AH A BEAR!!!)

Kayd (edit)

9/14/2019 09:01:48 pm

Everyone gets mad, sad, happy and anxious etc.

This happens because of our brain the most complicated organ in the body the brain has 2 part the "upstairs" and the "downstairs" the "upstairs" part of the brain tells you use acts of kindness and solve problems like 1+1. Which leads to the "upstairs" brain being the thinker. The "downstairs" brain also known as the brain stem does its job buy telling your body to react to situations like touching a hot item or being stuck in a bad situation (getting chased by a bear). Your brain can overwhelm its self by the"upstairs" part of your brain not communicating with the "downstairs" part of your brain which then leads to you flipping you lid or your emotions overwhelming your brains capacity. When you feel that your losing control of your emotions or going to flip your lid stop take some deep breaths and walk away from the situation and find some one to talk to.

SIDE NOTE
(I don't think my "downstairs" part of my brain works properly because one year i went camping and saw a bear 15ft away from me and didn't panic just said to my mom oh cool a bear and then she ran away screaming AH A BEAR!!!)

9/15/2019 07:44:41 pm

You should tell us what the upstairs and the downstairs are called

Boswell

9/14/2019 10:07:23 pm

Today I'm going to be talking about why we flip our lids
We flips our lids because we have 2 parts in our brain the upstairs and the downstairs. The upstairs brain is your logical decisions and acts of kindness making you upstairs part the consious side. The downstairs brain part is the part that controls your subconscious side. (which controls breathing and etc. ) We flip our lids because our upstairs brain isn't communicating with the downstairs brain making us feel disappointed angry and sad. When you feel like your going to flip your lid use your strategies you use when you flip your lid. My strategy when I flip my lid to just go somewhere where I can be by myself and take deep breathes until I'm calm or just watch some YouTube videos on my phone to cal myself down. This method helps me because I just think about what happen which calms me down and I watch YouTube videos to keep my mind off it also deep breathes help me a lot when I flip my lid. There are lots of different ways and everyone has their own way of calming down like talking about the situation with an adult, deep breathes, etc.
I basically talked about why we flip our lids and I gave some strategies on how to not flip our lids like turning the heat off before it explodes.

Max

9/15/2019 07:35:24 pm

@Boswell- You forgot the comma after "today". Also try not to use "basically" in writing. Otherwise, nice paragraphs.

Adrian

9/15/2019 10:47:33 am

Everybody in the world has emotions and sometimes you just can't control it, that is called flipping our lids. The reason we flip our lids is because we have to parts in our brains, an upstairs and a downstairs. Our cerebral cortex is the upstairs part of our brain and it is basically your thinking brain. Our downstairs brain controls our emotions and does things that you don't need to think about like breathing. If you're out in the woods and you see a bear, you wouldn't stop and think about what to do, instead you would just scream and just start running or fight the bear. The reason we all flip our lids is because sometimes the upstairs brain can't communicate to the downstairs brain properly. That make our downstairs brain feel things that you probably wouldn't want to feel like, being angry or upset. If I flip my lid a strategy I would use is to walk away from the thing thats making me flip my lid and try to calm myself down. I would just play video games alone until I go back to my normal self. If you flip your lid it is completely normal because everyone does it.

Amy

9/30/2019 06:33:43 pm

Good job! You should add quotation marks on "flipping our lids".

Gabriel

9/15/2019 02:41:07 pm

Today i'm going to be talking about how you flip your lid. Your brain has an upstairs and a downstairs. First, you have the midbrain or "downstairs" where the emotions and memories are created and stored. Below that you have the brain stem that controls the things in our body that we don't have to think about. It also controls our automatic reactions. These 2 parts are the emotional parts of the brain. The top of the brain or "upstairs" brain is called the cerebral cortex. It helps us think with logic, kindness and understand how other people are feeling. It also helps with problem solving. This is known as the thinking part. The upstairs and downstairs communicate with each other to solve problems. If your emotions get too overwhelming, the parts of the brain can't communicate which makes it hard to problem solve. This can make us "flip our lids". When I feel like flipping my lid, one thing that helps is walking away from the situation. Everyone gets frustrated. Its a normal thing that humans do.

Max

9/15/2019 07:38:44 pm

@Gabriel-You forgot to capitalize the "I" at the beginning. Although, nice paragraph.

9/15/2019 07:41:14 pm

Everyone loses control over their emotions but why? I will be telling you why this happens.

There is a cerebral cortex and a brain stem in your brain. The brain stem controls our automatic reactions. Like if you step on a Lego piece your brain stem will feel the pain and react. The cerebral cortex is the problem solving of our brain.So when your cerebral cortex and your brain stem can't work things out you lose control over your emotions.One way to stop losing control over your emotions you can talk to a trusted adult. Talking to a trusted adult helps you self regulate your emotions because you don't have to keep it all in. Then the trusted adult can help you with your problems.

Understanding how your brain works you can self regulate your emotions next time you lose control over it.

shannon

9/15/2019 09:18:44 pm

I've never really thought much about my brain. I know that's an important part of my body and it controls many things, but I never really knew that it's so complex. In this video, I learned about my emotions; more specifically, how to identify them and control them. I learned all about the upstairs brain and downstairs brain. I learned that they have different roles, the upstairs brain is for problem-solving. The downstairs brain is where memories are created and stored.

To manage emotions, you need to think before you act. Sometimes things might get tough and you might want to let it out, but you have to think of other people and what they might feel. Personally, thinking before acting is a good self-regulation strategy for me. sometimes I do things out of anger, instantly take it back after but I know I can't take it back. It's like a fallen glass, you can glue it back together, but it won't be the same. That is why I should use the think before acting strategy.

In conclusion, from watching this video, I learned about the upstairs brain, downstairs brain, and how to control my emotions.

9/15/2019 10:54:45 pm

Hmmmmmm, since I already learned this before and on the criteria it said explain what I learned today, then that mean I don't need to explain it because I didn't learn it today. YAY no par for me!

Emily

9/16/2019 08:34:04 am

@Raymond, since this is part of your grade I suggest that you might try redoing your par and following the criteria.

Dennis

9/16/2019 08:01:46 am

"Humans behaviour flows from desire, emotion, knowledge." a famous and well know quote made by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato.

As we all should know, the brain is one of the most complex organs in the human body. first, let's talk about the brain, the brain is separated into multiple sectors, the frontal lobe is closest to your forehead and within that area, there is Broca's area this is vital to how we tend to speak and comprehend words coming in and going out. if we look directly behind the frontal lobe, there is Parietal lobe and in the lobe, it holds the primary area of of the cerebral cortex, or otherwise known as the motor cortex for short, it controls all the muscles in the human body including your lungs which are the key to breathing, in which all lifeforms must have otherwise they are not considered living, planning and execution is also a part of the parietal lobe, in that sector the is something called the sensory cortex, all information gathered by all five senses will be interpreted and processed, sensory receptors from around the body send neural signals to this cortex, did you know these 'receptors' are called neurons and these neurons are kind of like tsunami buoys, the send a signal every time it gets hit by a wave, and most of the time there will be a wave. And did you know that an average adult has about 86 billion neurons in their body, and that number will slowly decrease.

I choose these specific areas to talk because they all have something to do with flipping our lids because all these affect emotions and feelings.

let's say you eating your lunch and before you know it the bell rang and your friends are already walking out the door, you call one and tell them to wait for you to pack up lunch, one replies saying they will wait for a cargo container waiting for you and then start manhunt, but when you get downstairs after you pack the lunch, what do you know the just started the game without you, and not even one of your friends waited or came to talk to him. It was at this moment he flipped his lip and stomped straight up to his friend's faces and then became angrier because of how selfish they were and you wanted to ask them why they started without you, your frontal lobe begins to make and line that will most likely hit hard. once you say those words they may become aggressive in response, but let's say they didn't and they displayed scared faces, and when you said the speech your parietal lobe planned and executed perfectly and struck they core. bt if then they become mad and angry and push you back, your sensory cortex confirms it and your first instinct is to do it back, but there are ways we can avoid confrontation like that. Such as taking a deep breath, this will often relieve the sensory cortex and lets go of all sensation, if not that maybe try out remembering all the good things they did to you and the fun times you all had together, and appreciate them as you friends and calming yourself, the worst thing you could possibly do is to act hostile towards these people.

The reason we all flip our lids is because everyone wants to hear good things about others and themselves, but sometimes that's, not the case and people may lose control of themselves because of a situation they were put into. And we all react to things in many different ways, it can be emotionally hurtful or physically painful, it does not matter you just need to find self-regulation strategies to help you calm down.

Emily

9/16/2019 08:31:20 am

“THIS IS SO STUPID! WHY DO I EVEN HAVE TO DO THIS!” *dramatically flips table* What just happened is that somebody lost control of their emotions. Everybody has probably had a moment like this. After reading this, if you ever find yourself in a situation like that, take some time to cool down. Think before you act.

I learned from the video that everybody loses control once in a while. But there’s a way to stop all that nonsense from occurring. If you can feel yourself getting angry then turn around and take a deep breath. Maybe walk away even. Or find somebody that you trust to talk to. I find that just stopping and taking a breath, and thinking about what’s happening at the moment really helps me out.

In conclusion the best way (for me) to regulate my emotions during a meltdown is to take a deep breath and think. What’s yours?

Mealea

9/16/2019 03:32:30 pm

Have you ever got frustrated or mad at something that wasn’t even a big deal? I know I have and I have learned that the best way to deal with our anger is to think about the problem and self regulate we can take a few breaths and take a walk or whatever helps you best. I have learned that everyone has at least once lost their cool. I thought there was no way to stop yourself from getting angry but I was wrong. You just need to take a few breaths when you feel the anger slowly bubbling up you. You can also speak to someone you trust whether it’s a friend or a parent. I feel it’s best to calm down, drink water and just meditate, Remember think positive! And find the best things in the worst! I think that’s a quote! ;)

Spencer

9/16/2019 07:55:36 pm

Your mind is your bodies strongest organ, so sometimes it it is hard to control. The top part of your brain controls how you feel while the bottom part controle fight or flight reactions which is not controlled by you.
One time this happened to me when I wasn't picked for either team in a football game. I felt very angry and disappointed, I knew I was going to "flip my lid". So what I did in this situation is removed myself, and I went to play soccer. More often, other times, when playing certain video games, I get mad because sometimes I don't play as well as I want to. So what I do to help prevent 'flipping my lid" is the same. I take a break and read a book.
The mind is a complex organ and the ways to flip your lid are endless. But there are a few ways to help control your emotions. We all should have a couple different tricks to help control our emotions in our back pocket!

9/30/2019 03:47:55 pm

@ Spencer maybe you could explain what the top and bottom parts of the brain are called?

Ethel

9/30/2019 07:24:53 pm

I learned that everyone loses their cool, its completely normal and just clam down. Just sit down and cool down, that's how i cool down when i frustrated, another thing i use to cool down when I am frustrated, I listen to music and read a calming book. Those are all my strategies for staying calm.

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