Peace Week

The holidays have been on everyone's mind!  As we chatted about the different holidays that take place at the end of the year we realized they all have a common theme of peace.  After reading Peace Week in Miss Fox's Class by Eileen Spinelli, we decided to have our own peace week!

We focused on using kind words, lending a hand, giving compliments, and having a calm body. 
We read The Peace Book by Todd Parr.  A page in the book says Peace is watching it snow.  We then read a book about the scientist William Bentley, who studied snowflakes.  We decided to make our own snowflakes so it is always snowing (and peaceful) in our classroom!

We read the true story of Wangari Maathai called Wangari's Trees of Peace, and made our own peace tree with our wishes for a more peaceful world.  Here are just a few of the messages that adorn the tree:

On Friday, we celebrated the end of our realistic fiction unit by  meeting and sharing our stories as an entire first grade!  Everyone was very excited to share their work with a new audience.

Have a peaceful weekend, everyone!