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SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING State Goal 2: Use social-awareness and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive relationships. B: Recognize individual and similarities and differences. 2B.1b. Describe positive qualities in others. Character Education Discussion In the book, Shanté Keys demonstrates many of the characteristics we would want young students to emulate. Lead a discussion with your class on how Shanté shows the following qualities. Ask them what they would have done if they were in Shanté’s place. Responsibility o (Shanté accepts the assignment from her grandmother to find the peas for dinner and makes it her mission to return with the peas.) Acceptance o (Shanté respects the traditions of her friends and neighbors, even though they are very different from those of her family.) Politeness o (Even when Shanté doesn’t find the peas she was sent to find at the neighbor’s, she thanks her before she leaves.) Perseverance o (When she doesn’t find the peas at Miss Lee’s, the neighbor her grandmother told her to try, she keeps searching until she finds them.) Friendship/Generosity o (Shanté invites the neighbors back to her grandmother’s to enjoy her family’s tradition of eating black‐eyed peas.) Cooperation o (Shanté helps her grandmother, mother, and aunt by preparing the rice to go with the black‐eyed peas for the family dinner.) - 19-
JUST FOR FUN Lucky Food! Match the food eaten to celebrate the New Year with the appropriate country. Oliebollen Doughnuts St. Basil’s Cake Fried Dumplings or jiaozi Haggis Black‐eyed Peas Grapes Name ______________________________________________________ - 20- Greece Spain United States Holland Scotland China
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Page 3 and 4: INTRODUCTION Happy New Year! For th
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Page 9 and 10: SHANTÉ KEYS AND THE NEW YEAR’S P
Page 11 and 12: NARRATOR 4: Next Shanté will try a
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Page 15 and 16: SOCIAL SCIENCE/HISTORY STATE GOAL 1
Page 17 and 18: SOCIAL SCIENCE/GEOGRAPHY STATE GOAL
Page 19: Pyramid Blast-off Game As we know,
Page 23 and 24: Just for Fun Answer Keys Food Match
Page 25 and 26: Russell, Joan. “New Year’s Day
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