When first-grader Jamie has a Halloween party that includes a haunted house, Hannah is nervous to enter until Jamie volunteers to go too and explain everything to her.
On Becky's first day at a new school, she finds that she has a chance to run for class president, but her classmates' campaign promises are a little intimidating.
When Hannah goes to the beach with her mother, she is shocked to find her first-grade teacher, Mrs. Connor, lying there in a bathing suit as if she were an ordinary person.
When Mrs. Connor's class celebrates Earth Day, Emma decides to start small by recycling, using only what she needs, and picking up trash when she goes for a walk.
When Katie draws Andrew's name in the first-grade Christmas gift exchange, she decides not to give him a present because he has said mean things about her reindeer sweater.
Katy finds what she thinks is the perfect pumpkin on a class field trip to a pumpkin patch, but her classmates tease her about how small it is. Then Katy's father shows her how perfect her pumpkin can be.