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First, I love the double-page spread that concludes this text. I'm sure there are multiple ways to connect the concluding text and images with the day-to-day life of a classroom.

Personally, I made connections with other texts by Genhart. I believe he wrote a book about homelessness titled something like INVISIBLE. Also, I love his book, THEY'RE SO FLAMBOYANT, about inclusivity, nonjudgement, LGBTQ identities, and collective nouns.

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Although I have not used this text with children yet, I imagine pivoting from "Ouch!" moments to moments of support or kindness or helpfulness. Perhaps this text could be used to introduce "Compare and Contrast" with the emphasis on contrasts to "Ouch!"

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The concept that really hit home with me begins with the question, "When OUCH moments happen, who needs help? Everyone."

Genhart continues, "The kid who is saying mean or ugly things needs help, the kid who is getting hurt needs help, and all of the kids who saw or heard what happened need help." Honestly. This is the essence of all conflicts and all hurtful words.

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I can see how this book can be used by students in all areas of the school day. The cafeteria, in gym class, out at recess...increasing awareness in all areas of their day so that they can have that 'practice' listening and watching for these ouch moments, along with doing something about them.

This also has me wondering about how we could use this book, and this language, to communicate with families about the new learning and raising awareness.

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You have a choice. What will you do?

Such a powerful ending, leaving it in the reader's hands.

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Without a doubt, this book is going to leave a lasting impression on so many. I can envision students making connections to this book when they are watching some of their favorite television shows too!

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I was struck by the way the microagressions, Ouch moments, blended into the rest of the illustration.

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This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell comes to mind for middle school students as well as the picture book I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes for all ages.

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This is an accessible mentor text for self-help writing. I could see using this as a springboard even for middle school writers.

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The intraiconic text and illustrations struck me because they provide examples of microaggressions. The illustrations show how microaggressions may target race, gender, body shape/size, and more.

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The books connections that popped in my mind first are 'Not Little' by Maya Myers and 'I Walk With Vanessa' by Kerascoet.  'The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade' by Justin Roberts would also be a great connection!
-Bitsy

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When I started reading I immediately thought that I will use the book to brainstorm our own "ouch moments".  We can make a list, class mini-posters or pages for our own class book.  And then we can also brainstorm our own action steps to compare or add to the suggestions in the book!
-Bitsy

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I love the term "ouch moment" and plan to use it!  I think it will be so useful for a simple term to describe moments that come up in our classroom community.  "Ouch moment" encompasses so many different hurtful situations.
-Bitsy