February is approaching quickly and your first graders have thoroughly enjoyed our Families and Neighborhoods social studies unit.  Now we will begin a short literature unit: Reaching out to care for others.  This will help us focus on Somerset's attributes of the month, Friendship.  In order to dig deeper into the theme of friendship, our class will be reading literature about people who reach out to others in the spirit of friendship and kindness.  Over the next few weeks we will be considering the answers to these questions:

• What does it mean to reach out and care for other people? 

• How do we reach out and care for other people?

  

Your child may develop new interests in learning about his or her community and the needs that exist among families and individuals.  Here are some activities that will encourage their learning process.

•  Talk with someone  your family knows who works for a non profit and ask about their ideas to help others
• Make a list of ways you can care for others, and then follow through!
• Make how to books:  How to get to school and back.  How to go to a friend's house.  How to bighten someone's day.