First graders wrapped up their Social Detective unit by putting their skills to the test! We learned that social detectives use their eyes and ears to search for clues, and then use their brains to think about what they know (Where are we? What's expected here?). They can then compare the clues to what they know, and decide if behavior is expected or unexpected, and make predictions about what might happen next!
Social detectives practiced their skills on two different cases. First, we watched the video below of Mike and Sully from Monsters, Inc. We stopped at a few scenes in the video to hunt for clues, determine how we thought Mike and Sully were feeling, and make smart guesses about what would happen next. I invite you to watch the video at home, and challenge your first grader to help you solve the case!
Social detectives practiced their skills on two different cases. First, we watched the video below of Mike and Sully from Monsters, Inc. We stopped at a few scenes in the video to hunt for clues, determine how we thought Mike and Sully were feeling, and make smart guesses about what would happen next. I invite you to watch the video at home, and challenge your first grader to help you solve the case!
In our second case, we read the story "You're Mean, Lily Jean!" by Frieda Wishinsky and used our social detective skills to think about expected and unexpected friendship behaviors. After discussing clues about Lily Jean's behavior, we made smart guesses about how her choices might make her friends feel, and what would happen with her friendships if she continued acting that way. We described Lily Jean's unexpected behaviors as "bossy", and thought about what it means to act bossy, and what it means to be a leader.