Dear Parents,

 

The first grade curriculum is filled with PICKLES!  Yes, it’s true!  Life is like a Pickle.  Some days are sweet, some days are sour, and some are in-between.  We’ll be learning a PICKLE song, so be listening for it.  We will be comparing feelings to pickles and we’ll be tasting some pickles too.  Kids usually like the bread and butter pickles best that I use for the in-between days.  There is even PICKLE Bingo!

  In addition to the Pickles Curriculum, we’ll learn 12 other songs from the Getting Along With Others series.  Teachers report significant changes in the classroom environment as the children experience and learn from the Getting Along songs.  Getting Along is a program for developing skills in cooperation, caring for others, critical thinking, and positive conflict resolution.  The lessons include a poster to help the children recognize and learn, an activity to do to practice, and a song to learn about the concept. 

  Be listening for the PICKLE and the GETTING ALONG songs.  One of the sweet pickle things about working with your first grader is they don’t realize that I can’t sing!   I’ll look forward to working with your child this year.

 

Sincerely,

Mrs. Fleming

School Counselor

First Grade Life Skills Curriculum

  1.     Introduction to Pickles and pickle tasting.  Begin learning Pickle song

2.      School Manners video

3.      Review video and discuss school safety and being careful

4.      Sweet and Sour feeling and student needs assessment

5.      Telling vs. Tattling, making mistakes

6.      Seven Sour Pickles story

7.      Getting Along- When you make fun of Me (teasing)

8.      Getting Along – Bossy

9.      Getting Along – Bully, Don’t you push me around

10.  Getting Along – Stop! Wait! And Think! (being too competitive)

11.   Getting Along – Do you Fight?

12.   Pickle Bingo and/or Aunt Gabby Christmas Game.  Accepting gifts handout

13.   Getting Along – Great Big World (accepting others)

14.    Getting Along – Playing Too Rough

15.    Getting Along – Take Care of My Things (respecting property of others)

16.    Getting Along – Taking Care of Our Things (respecting public property)

17.    Getting Along review of songs

18.    Pickle Bingo

19-22. Lessons from No! Power! Say No! to Drugs curriculum

23.   Sweet and Sour Secrets story

24.  Angry Pickles

25.   Being In a Pickle (game)

26.  Pickle Friends

27-30. Family jobs and Career unit