Our school has used the Units of Study for Primary Writing fairly extensively.
It is designed for K-2, so there can be difficulties if all three grades are
trying to use it. I find it is most appropriate for grade 1, a bit of a
stretch for many of our kindergarten students, and not rigorous
Several of our teachers have had whole class discussions about facial
expressions and emotions. These discussions were followed by the second
grade students practicing making facial expressions with their partners.
The teachers then took pictures of the students' expressions, printed them,
an
