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A Home For Leo, Marcella More Aug 2023

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 Jul 2023

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 Jul 2023

Drawn Together, Paityn Pohren

Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities

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Families, Families, Families!, Amanda Sanchez Jul 2023

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 Jul 2023

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 Jul 2023

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 Jul 2023

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 Jul 2023

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 Jul 2023

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 Jun 2023

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.