Don't Laugh At Me

Continuing with our discussions about bullying, 1st grade social skills classes learned about what bullying looks like (hurting someone's body), sounds like (hurting someone's feelings) and feels like (hurting someone's friendship). By being able to clarify different areas of bullying helped students understand the importance of reporting it to an adult. After our discussion we read the book Don't Laugh at Me. 

This was a really powerful book for the students. Some of them were able to relate to the characters in the story and how they were being treated. We talked about how the kids in the book felt. It brought a really good discussion about how we should be treating everyone with respect and act nicely towards one another. 

Students also enjoyed watching the YouTube clip of this book found here: