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Calendar Tips
- Print and display this calendar in your classroom and challenge your students to complete each Kindness Mini-Challenge! ...
Types of Service Projects
After learning about a community need, students look for action they can take beyond the fundraiser or canned food drive. It is helpful to know that service takes four basic forms:
Direct, Indirect, Advocacy and Research...
You can build community through classroom meetings. Meetings should last about 10-15 minutes. After greeting each student at the door, invite them to a communal
Duration: One 20-minute lesson, and revisit on each birthday throughout the year.
Objectives:
The learners will...
- create a close-knit community within the classroom.
- experience the importance and ...
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Jacqueline Woodson has created a beautiful story about the confusion of children over racial tension. One of the most touching things about this book is that it is the...
This true-to-life story tells the tale of a young boy whose beloved cat dies. The boy struggles with his grief. He isn’t interested in television or his favorite foods; he only wants to cry. The boy also struggles with finding ten good things to say about his cat, Barney, a task his mother...
Reading Level: Preschool
If pets could talk, what do you think they’d say? This nonfiction picture book poses that question to young readers, who are encouraged to imagine pets saying: “Fur...
Reading Level: Preschool
Swimmy’s world becomes much bigger when he loses his school of fish. When he explores the great sea in search of a new community, he learns about the beauty of the...
We hope you feel inspired by the story of Amazing Grace. It is not difficult to understand why Grace is so creative and confident when you meet her supportive family. When we have the support of our families, it can feel like we can do anything. Talk about the many ways that Grace’s family...
Judith Viorst is a master at capturing the humor of everyday life in a family of three lively brothers. Children love the persistent but mistake-prone Alexander who wants so badly to be rich, VERY rich. Enjoy the detailed descriptions of how Alexander spends his...