This week, in grades 3-5, we focused on kindness and building a community of learners in the library. I thought this was important as we embark on a new year with interactive media spots and a new self checkout system. Our read-aloud was
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson. In the story, a new girl, Maya, arrives to school with a tattered coat and worn shoes. She smiles and tries to make friends with the narrator and others at the school, but they all shun her. After a kindness lesson by their teacher, the narrator realizes that she has been mean, feels badly, and vows to make friends with Maya. Maya, however, never returns…. she ends up moving to a different town.
