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A Home For Leo, Marcella More
A Home For Leo, Marcella More
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
● Students will make decisions, such as raising hands or taking turns. ● Students will use collaborative techniques and active listening skills when engaging in discussions in a variety of situations. ● Students will use a combination of drawing, dictating, and or writing, provide factual information about a topic.
Beginnings: How Families Come To Be, Heather Bourgeois
Beginnings: How Families Come To Be, Heather Bourgeois
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
The student will compare children and families from the book "Beginnings: How Families Come to Be" with what families looked like and did in the past. The student will explore the concept of family diversity by comparing and contrasting the characters’ experiences. The student will recall information about the book to answer questions about family diversity.
Drawn Together, Paityn Pohren
Drawn Together, Paityn Pohren
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
No abstract provided.
Families, Families, Families!, Amanda Sanchez
Families, Families, Families!, Amanda Sanchez
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
Students will write a personal narrative about their families using a logical sequence of events, transitions, and an ending. ● Students will improve their writing as needed by planning, revising and editing. ● Students will present their writing about their families using complete sentences, appropriate volume, and clear pronunciation.
A Shelter In Our Car & Uncle Willie And The Soup Kitchen, Christina Fluegel
A Shelter In Our Car & Uncle Willie And The Soup Kitchen, Christina Fluegel
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
The student will compare and contrast the themes in A Shelter In Our Car and Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen. ● The student will define homelessness and know how it can affect people in their community. ● The student will demonstrate how citizens can volunteer to support members of their community.
Carmen Learns English, Ashley Beckstrom Dokter
Carmen Learns English, Ashley Beckstrom Dokter
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
The Student will be able to identify and describe the main story elements in Carmen Learns English. ● The Student will be able to identify and explain the moral of Carmen Learns English. ● The Student will be able to present information orally using complete sentences and appropriate volume.
Gay & Lesbian History For Kids: The Century-Long Struggle For Lgbt Rights, James Bunch
Gay & Lesbian History For Kids: The Century-Long Struggle For Lgbt Rights, James Bunch
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
● The Students will utilize timelines to understand the history of the LGBT community. ● The Students will use primary and secondary sources to understand the challenges faced by the LGBT community throughout history. ● The Students will identify ways of being a good citizen including, acceptance, inclusion, and developing an appreciation of equity. ● The Students will use digital writing tools to collaboratively plan, draft, and revise a writing. ● The Students will use context clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference materials, and/or background knowledge to determine the meaning of multiple-meaning and unknown words and phrases.
Lovely, Mackenzie Cates
Lovely, Mackenzie Cates
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
The student will be able to identify descriptive words in a text. The student will be able to explain descriptive words in a text. The student will be able to ask and answer questions about words they don’t know. The student will be able to communicate with their peers about descriptive words orally using complete sentences.
Chocolate Me, Abigail Singh
Chocolate Me, Abigail Singh
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
The students will show respect and kindness to classmates. ● The students will identify and explain the moral of self-acceptance and individuality in the story in the story Chocolate Me.
There's Only One You, Carrie Binkley
There's Only One You, Carrie Binkley
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
The students will explain why it is important that everyone is unique. ● The students will identify the parts of print (book title, author, illustrator) and their roles. ● Students will use uppercase and lowercase letters to write their name. ● Students will create a self-portrait through the use of a multitude of mediums. ● Students will share their self-portraits and explain why they are unique.
Cookie, Lindsay Massa
Cookie, Lindsay Massa
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
No abstract provided.
Ladder To The Moon, Bryce Connelly
Ladder To The Moon, Bryce Connelly
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
No abstract provided.
Blended, Devin Johnson
Blended, Devin Johnson
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
No abstract provided.
Esperanza Rising, Alexis Bass
Esperanza Rising, Alexis Bass
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
No abstract provided.
A Different Pond, Daniele Spano
A Different Pond, Daniele Spano
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
No abstract provided.
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story Of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, Jordyn Rizzo
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story Of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, Jordyn Rizzo
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
No abstract provided.
Boats For Papa, Reilly Reinhold
Boats For Papa, Reilly Reinhold
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
No abstract provided.
Newsgirl, Chapters 1-8, Jennifer Starch
Newsgirl, Chapters 1-8, Jennifer Starch
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
No abstract provided.
Dachy's Deaf, Hadassa Jean-Louis
Dachy's Deaf, Hadassa Jean-Louis
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
The student will be able to retell a text using story elements (characters, setting, beginning, middle and end) to enhance comprehension. ● The student will be able to identify ways people can make positive contributions in their community through kindness.
A Plan For Pops, Hannah Irene Hollowell
A Plan For Pops, Hannah Irene Hollowell
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
The students will be able to navigate a character’s perspective from a literary text. ● The students will be able to summarize the text using correct conventions for their grade level. ● The students will be able to write a personal or fictional narrative using the rules of grammar. ● The students will be able to name a couple of characteristics that make someone diverse.
The Day War Came, Alexandra Mcmillin
The Day War Came, Alexandra Mcmillin
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
No abstract provided.
Be Who You Are, Brittany Watley
Be Who You Are, Brittany Watley
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
The students will understand that everyone is unique and that they should embrace who they are and everything that makes them special; as well as the differences of everyone around them. The students will write about what makes them different and create a new book cover and title page illustrating what they wrote about. The students will demonstrate knowledge of basic concepts of print by identifying parts of a book. The students will identify the topic and multiple details in the text “Be Who You Are” by Todd Parr. The students will create and share personal book creations with others …
Home Again, Jessica Georges
Home Again, Jessica Georges
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
The students will identify celebrations and national holidays as a way of remembering and honoring the heroism and achievements of the people, events, and our nation’s ethnic heritage The students will describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text. The students will identify words and phrases in stories at various points in a text. The students will add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings. The student will, with guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, …
Holes In The Sky, Stephanie Chipner
Holes In The Sky, Stephanie Chipner
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
The students will be able to explain how one or more characters develop throughout the plot in a literary text • The student will be able to explain a theme and how it develops, using details, in a literary text. • The student will be able to summarize a text to enhance comprehension. Include plot and theme for a literary text. Use the central idea and relevant details for an informational text. • Students will be able to identify opportunities to serve or help others in the school or community.
Coolies, Trishell Matthews
Coolies, Trishell Matthews
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
The student will describe the main character(s), setting, and important events in a story. ● The student will retell the text in oral or written form to enhance comprehension; the student will use main story elements at the beginning, middle, and end for a literary text. ● The student will use one or more multimedia element(s) to enhance oral or written tasks. ● The student will use grade-level academic vocabulary appropriately in speaking and writing. ● The student will understand how to use and create a timeline. ● The student will recognize the importance of celebrations and national holidays as …
A Most Unusual Day, Dakota Kraft
A Most Unusual Day, Dakota Kraft
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
The students will ask and answer such questions as who, where, when, why and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in the text. ● The students will describe how characters in A Most Unusual Day respond to major events and challenges. ● The students will use information gained from illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. ● The student will participate in collaborative conversations about family, family that is biological and family that is not.
Dreamers, Joyce Montanez
Dreamers, Joyce Montanez
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
The student will understand that everyone is different and unique no matter where they come from. ● The student will be able to understand the impact of building vocabulary and understanding by reading. ● The student will be able to understand what the word “immigrant” means. ● The student will be able to understand the difference between “emigrate” and “immigrate”. ● The student will be able to answer key details from the book “Dreamers” by Yuyi Morales. ● The student will be able to identify the elements of the story. ● The student will be able to analyze what the …
Coming Home, Jessica Harrod
Coming Home, Jessica Harrod
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
The students will understand that everyone is different, and it is important to embrace and support everyone’s differences through discussions about patriotism and different kinds of families. 2. The students will use the illustrations and details in the story to describe the setting, characters, and events. 3. The students will be able to write letters, following the standard English grammar appropriate to grade level, to members of military families. 4. The students will implement the digital letter writing resource that will help teach parts of a friendly letter.
Jack (Not Jackie), Tabitha Cochenour
Jack (Not Jackie), Tabitha Cochenour
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
The students will understand that everyone is different and it is important to embrace and support everyone’s differences. ● Students will be able to begin describing the characters, settings, and major events in Jack (Not Jackie) using key details from the text. ● The students will work towards understanding and acceptance of individuals. ● Students will be able to participate in respectful collaborative conversations with diverse partners while respectfully responding to comments, asking questions and clearing up confusion on certain texts, and listening intently as others speak.
All Families Are Special, Qwanesha Ards
All Families Are Special, Qwanesha Ards
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
No abstract provided.