I started this post back in September and then.....life got a little crazy!
You probably do a unit like this earlier in the school year, but maybe
there is something you still might like to use or save for next year. :)
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Oh boy did we have fun during our
All About Me and Our Friends week!
I started this unit over a year ago...and then got distracted.
What really happened was I found out I was pregnant and became
super sick and never got around to finishing it. Whoops.
Fast forward to over a year later, and I finally had the motivation to finish
this unit...just in time to use it this school year!
I wanted to create a unit that was not just an "All About Me" unit, but
included activities for new classmates to learn about each other
and become fast friends.
This is a perfect unit for the first few weeks of school, but
can really be used ANYTIME!
Even if you have already taught an All About Me unit this year,
you might find several of these activities fit into other
concepts you will cover later.
Ok, enough chit chat...here's a peek at our All About Me week!
We started out the week making an All About Me flip book created by Reagan Tunstall.
You can find it in her TpT shop
here.
Let me be very clear, the flip book is not in MY UNIT!
But I loved it so much {the kids did, too!} and will definitely do this activity again next year.
Then we interviewed a friend to learn more about them and introduce them to the class.
Each student got a friendship bracelet with their new friend's name!
I told them it was to remind them to share about their new friend
when they got home that evening.
I got a little crazy with my arm candy that day, ha!
We wrote two class books that week. I don't do class books a lot but they
got so excited about it that we'll have to do more. And they are wonderful to
set out at conference time for waiting parents to look through.
"Our Class Friends"
Students wrote a page about themselves and something they like to do! They each
took turns reading their page to the class. Great practice for speaking clearly to an audience!
"When We Grow Up"
We read several books about jobs and what they could be when they grow up. I highly recommend
the ones in the picture below...my favorites!
We also talked about our feelings and what makes us feel certain ways.
They loved discussing what makes them sad, happy, angry, embarrassed!
Then they wrote about it in their "My Feelings Book".