We enjoyed our time together tonight as it kept us indoors in the cool air conditioning :). We started off the evening by eating out at Taco John's - this was Chana's choice. Once we got back to the classroom, we reviewed our homework form July 21st and then watched one of the People Smart videos on being loyal to our friends and family. The video was pretty emotional as we saw someone get made fun of for the way that they talked. So, we had some great discussion on how it can hurt other people's feelings when they get made fun of and how we should always stand up for our friends even when it is hard. We also leared:
• Friends don't badmouth or gossip about each other behind their backs.
• You may get a laugh from someone when you make fun of people, but it isn't worth getting that laugh at someone else's expense.
• It is important to resist pressure you may feel from others to be disloyal to your friends.

We spent the rest of the evening reading our book. We are about 1/2 way done with our Indiana Jones book and are going to be spending more time trying to get further along. Erin and Chana both had a chance to comment about the class tonight:

Chana: We went to Taco Johns and we ate. We watched a video about being loyal. We did an activity; we drew a picture about someone we were loyal to. We are going to read our books. We are taking turns reading our books during break.

Erin: we went to taco johns for supper and we had fun and I read a book from home and they we take a about loyal and not make fun of people and stick up for them they we have to read are book they we are read a good book we like take turns to read are book this time it is a lot of books we read as a group they we go home and sleep and come back and have more fun and we have so fun soooooooooooooo we have a lot of fun see you next Tuesday ok see you they

We will be meeting again next week on Tuesday, August 18th. We will be eating out at CiCi's Pizza, so everyone should plan on bringing $5-$7 with you. Hope everyone stays cool the next couple of days!