In first grade health, we are working on our Social and Emotional Health unit. We have learned:
- How family members and friends build relationships by listening and helping one another
- How to predict the potential feelings of others and how to find out how others feel
- How to use interpersonal communication to enhance health, including courteous communication, recognizing and expressing feelings, listening, compliments, and appreciations
We read the book How Full is Your Bucket? by Tom Rath. The book shows students that we all have a "bucket" with our positive, good feelings. We fill our own bucket AND others' buckets when we do kind, thoughtful, caring things for other people. We empty our own bucket and take from others' buckets when we do unkind things.
Students brainstormed a wonderful list of ways we can help at home and with friends. Students were given a piece of paper and asked to draw themselves helping at home or helping a friend. Here are some of their drawings. Look for your student's sheet to come home today or Monday!
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| Helping someone who is hurt |
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| Helping do the dishes |
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| Helping set the table |
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| Helping with cooking |
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| Helping by playing with a younger sibling |
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| Helping with dishes |
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| Helping with dishes |
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| Setting the table |
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| Helping someone who has dropped a pile of papers |
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| Helping carry things |
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| Helping clean the house |
For the rest of this health unit, we'll learn how to use a decision making model to help guide our choices.
