Peace In My Fingers

During Bullying Awareness and Prevention week, many of our read alouds focused on bullies, small acts of kindness and making friends (even though they my be enemies at first).  Some of the books we read this week included:

Students were able to make many connections to these stories and the message of standing up for yourself. They also realized that kind words and gestures can sometimes turn bad situations into good situations.  On Thursday, we brainstormed things that we could say to other people that are kind and promote peace.  Take a look at our short video (and apologies for the earworm...this tune will get stuck in your head!).