This week we began a Social Studies Unit called "I Belong." We kick started the unit by reading a book called "Chrysanthemum" by Kevin Henkes, which is essentially about a mouse who is excited about her first day of school. Her parents wish her well as she embarks on her first day. However, once she gets on the bus, the other children make fun of her because she has a name that no one has ever heard before. Chrysanthemum begins to hate her name and dreads going school everyday. She goes home at night to her loving parents who reassure her that she has a beautiful name! One day, a new, cool teacher, Mrs. Twinkle, comes in to teach their class. All the students admire her. She overhears the students making fun of Chrysanthemum and stops the class to tell her that it is a beautiful name and that she, too, is named after a flower. Mrs. Twinkle's comment helps the students realize that Chrysanthemum's name is different but beautiful. After reading the book, we began to explore the ways that we too, are unique. Our names, likes and dislikes, the way we dress, speak and look are all things that make us unique. We discussed that even though sometimes people do not look the same or like the same things as we need to respect one another and accept that we have unique differences. We then began exploring our skin color. We used Crayola Multicultural markers to draw self-portraits on the first page of our 'I Belong" book. We wrote, "My name is __________." on the cover. The following day, we read 'The Family Book" by Todd Parr. Afterwards, we discussed the ways our families make us unique. We talked about who lived with us in our homes, how many parents, siblings, pets and grandparents we had. We discussed all the great things that we do with our families. Each kiddo also got the opportunity to find out what their family name or thier last name was and write it down. We established that first we belong to ourselves, then we belong to our families. We then completed the next page in our book and wrote, "My name is _________. I belong to my family."
After our writing activity, we create a family craft. We drew a picture of our family, then made and decorated a picture frame out of Popsicle sticks! Check out thee awesome artists we have in our room :)
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