Publishing fun for HAFTR’s first graders

First Grade students at HAFTR Lower School celebrated the end of their unit of study on Opinion Writing. Throughout the study, students learned how to express their opinions by supporting their feelings with details. Students had strong feelings about characters, food and school.

At their celebration, students worked in groups to create advertisements and commercials about favorite places and products. Students studied print ads including pictures, product placement and slogans. They learned that television commercials often convince you to buy a product and that sometimes you are disappointed with the real thing.

Students learned how to read food labels, compared prices of similar products and discussed value. Students loved sampling a variety of products as well as creating their own commercials. By engaging in this study, young consumers were able to make educated choices while expressing their opinions in a variety of ways.