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Marci
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Oh, how we all love Cinderella! Our class of 13 first
graders shared two versions of this wonderful tale: the classic Cinderella by Charles Perrault, illustrated
by Marcia Brown, and John Steptoe's Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale. We used these stories in our Back-to-School unit
on "Friendship", The children listened for ways the characters
showed or were given friendship. One important thing we noticed was
that friends often help each other. The fairy godmother helped Cinderella
get to the ball in that tale, and in the other, Nyasha helped a little
boy and was kind to the other characters as well. Our students showed
how they help each other in class: First
Grade Friends While reading Mufaro's
Beautiful Daughters we found Africa on our big world map.
Zimbabwe is in southern Africa. After listening to both stories, the children contributed
comments to be used in our first Venn Diagram of the year. Mrs. McGowan
wrote them on sentence strips. Later the students read the comments
again and placed them on our chalkboard diagram.
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The children chose a character to feature in their
drawings and writing. We enjoyed this project and look forward to
reading more Cinderella stories this year!
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Ayse: Nyasha with Nyoka, the Snake
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Anna: Nyasha Helps the Little Boy.
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Hannah: Nyasha and the Snake
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Nyasha:
African Cinderella by
Hannah, Anna, Ayse, Annie, Amy, Thomas ·
nice ·
young, pretty ·
gave food to the boy ·
nice to the old lady ·
wanted to be queen ·
wanted to be the King's wife ·
wanted to be nice to her sister ________________________________________ Manyara by
Annie ·
Nyasha's sister ·
She was nasty to people but not to her dad, Mufaro. ·
She didn't give food to the hungry boy who had nothing. ·
She wanted to marry the King, but she didn't know he was the hungry
boy. ________________________________________ Nyoka by
Scott, Brian, T. E., Dominique, Ryan, Anthony, Caitlin ·
a green snake ·
watched Nyasha ·
wanted to see what she was like ·
watched Nyasha to see if she was good ·
made friends with Nyasha and saw she was nice. ·
turned from the snake, to the boy, to the old lady, and back to
the King ·
wanted to marry her when he was
the king ·
really was the king ________________________________________ |
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The
class activities published here are aligned with our state and technology
standards: New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards Language
and Literacy 3.2 listen actively in a variety of situations to information from a variety of sources. 3.3 write in clear, concise, organized language that varies in content and form for different audiences and purposes. 3.4 read various materials and texts with comprehension and critical analysis. 3.5 view,
understand, and use nontextual visual information. National Educational Technology Standards
for Students. (NETS) Students
use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced
models, preparing publications, and producing other creative works. 2. Social, ethical, and human issues
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Students develop positive attitudes toward technology uses
that support lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits,
and productivity. 4. Technology communications tools · Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, interact with peers, experts, and other audiences.
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