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First Grade Social Justice Unit: Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover by Stephanie Rotsky During January and February, we explored a variety of books that addressed one aspect of how we make judgements about others without ever really getting to know who they are. When students were asked to rephrase the sentence Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover, here is what they said: Ask your child to summarize the story. Then complete the sentence: Don't judge an animal by its _______________. Ask your child to summarize the story: Then complete the sentence: Don't judge a person by his/her _____________________. Ask your child to summarize the story: Then complete the sentence: Don't judge a person by his/her _______________________. Ask your child to summarize the story: Then complete the sentence: Don't judge a person by his/her _________________. Ask your child to summarize the story... Then complete the sentenc...

First Grade Social Justice  Final Unit of the Year One Idea Can Have a Huge Impact on Making the World Better In our final 7 weeks of school, the first graders will be reading the stories below that are all non-fiction and all connect to a person or group of people who had an idea and then let that idea take flight which ultimately improved the lives of others. We launched the unit with the book: What Do You Do With An Idea by Kobi Yamada. We hope this collection of stories inspires the first graders to consider how their ideas have potential to help make their community and the world a better place! Ask your child: What did the child do with his idea at first? Why was he reluctant to pay attention to it and share it with others? What did he decide to do with his idea in the end? Ask your child: How did the gift of a goat improve the life of Beatrice's family in several different ways in Western Uganda?  What organization did we learn abou...

Students work in teams trying to keep control of their ball and shoot it at a still target. Which ever team knocks down all of the pins first, wins!

First Graders learned about the Tamchui organization, Leket Israel.  Rescuing food from all over the country,  Leket redistributes their gleanings to people in need.  Each student created an agricultural map of Israel to highlight produce collected by Leket.  Dressed in Purim costumes, our class visited Newbridge on Thursday-- bringing much joy to the residences! On Friday morning, our class went back to Newbridge for a special music program, complete with drums and rhythm sticks!   We celebrating "Read Across America" to commemorate the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Grandparents snuggled up to first graders to share a variety of charming picture books.