Chapter 4

I teach 1st grade...so as you can imagine I get "That's not fair" a lot!  I like to use books to begin conversations about subjects such as fairness.  The book It's Not Fair by Anita Harper is about how an older sibling has to adjust to a new baby, and this is something that many of my students can understand. We talk about how the needs of everyone are not the same, but that everyone gets what they need.  Eventually after time the students will understand that fair may not mean the same, and we are all on the same team learning together.  I try to emphasize that our classroom is like a big family, and we all need to help one another out.