The Grade Ones heard a story about a giraffe who was embarrassed because he felt he couldn’t dance like all the other animals could. In fact, they were rather mean to him about it. A wise cricket taught him to listen to his own music, and to be himself, as we are all unique. He then created his own style of dance.
We did a directed drawing lesson and created our own ‘Gerald’ the giraffe. They are on the bulletin board in the hallway outside of our classroom. I think they look great!