1. Adjusting to Winter

2. Winter is coming!
Be prepared for the arrival of snow and red days by learning what to expect at Spectrum Academy during winter!
Class poll: Who loves, hates, or doesn’t care about winter? Why?
Seasonal changes are something we can’t control- but we can learn to react in appropriate ways!

3. Getting Cold and Getting wet
Winter in Utah means the potential for getting wet– from rain, snow, and sleet!
If you choose to play in rain/snow at school, you might get wet.
Wet students are not sent home
Wet students can’t call home for new clothes
Cold:
Bring a coat or hoodie to school (or leave one in your locker).
Even if you don’t go outside at lunch, your class might have to go outside for a lesson.
You won’t be banned from the outside if you don’t have a coat, but it will be a little miserable.

4. Snow rules
Spectrum’s SNOW Rules
Stay where the sun shines. Avoid shadowy areas because ice collects!
Never through snow- at people, the building, or at equipment
Our snow creations are important. Don’t destroy a snowman or creation that another student built!
Winter is wet- do your best to stay dry! Beware of wet hallway floors!

5. Red days Sometimes, we can’t go outside in the winter.
When we can’t go outside, we eat lunch in our advisory class.
Red Days
In the winter, Utah experiences an inversion– pollution and cold air get trapped under warm air.
We rate the amount of fine particulate pollution using a color system.
Green = Good
Yellow = Warning– the air may cause problems for people with asthma
Red = Avoid- the air can cause problems for lots of people
On Red Days, we can’t go outside at school.
Cold Days
We can’t go outside at school if it’s under 28 degrees– even if you have a snowsuit!

6. assemblies In winter, we have more assemblies.
We can prepare for assemblies by learning the day’s schedule and reviewing good social skills.
We can have good social skills at assemblies. This looks like:
Being silent when the assembly starts
Having a listening body throughout the assembly (sitting on floor, usually)
Participating when the speaker asks you to participate
This might look like raising hands to share, standing up, saying a word, etc.
Save bathroom breaks for before and after (unless it’s an emergency)
If you are very sensitive to noise or crowds, you should talk to a teacher before an assembly. There will be a quiet room for you.

7. Your Turn: Example and non-example
In your notebook, draw an example and a non-example of students showing social skills:
Outside during winter (SNOW rules)
Inside during an assembly
Your Example: This should show someone with GOOD social skills
Your Non-Example: This should show someone breaking social skills rules
Be sure to label which is the good (example) picture and which is the bad (non- example) picture!