\u201cWhat\u2019s unique about my body is I like my heart.\u201d This week, Junior Kindergarten social scientists connected with classmates, and their 4th Grade Buddies, about visible and invisible identities. Students read a range of books about bodies, and practiced talking about how everyone has a body and everyone\u2019s body is good. Students considered their body\u2019s flexibility, strength, and skills, and also thought about their insides and a compliment they could give to their body: \u201cMy body is good at going to the park.\u201d \u201cMy body is fragile.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m really fast and strong.\u201d \u201cI can get all the way to the end of the monkey bars.\u201d They shared with classmates and teachers about hair, skin, family members and names, and also talked about how pronouns are a way we refer to people when we don\u2019t use their name. Some of us are girls and we say \u201cshe,\u201d others are boys and we say \u201che,\u201d and some in our community aren\u2019t a boy or a girl and we say \u201cthey.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Identity Week at school, students also practiced interviewing. JK students practiced asking a classmate the question, \u201cGood afternoon [name], what\u2019s unique about your body?\u201d then listening for the answer. Then each JKer was interviewed about themselves by their older Buddy in 4th grade. Buddies time allows 4th graders to model leadership, and practice expressing care and interest for younger students in our community. 4th Graders designed and led the interview, note-taking about their younger Buddy\u2019s responses and making connections. JKers relished being interviewed individually, and got to practice things like telling details, and spelling words with sounds they know. (\u201cI need support! I don\u2019t remember how to spell my mom\u2019s name.\u201d) With opportunities to write, read, ask, speak and listen, all of us live out our Commitment to Community & Belonging in ways big and small at school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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