Popular Bookmarks
Your Bookmarks

Recognizing and Respecting Differences

By ericahauck5
Grade Level
3-5
private
LEARNING PLAN
Essential Question
  • How can I ask people about their lives and experiences in a respectful, kind and understanding way?
  • How can I describe and compare my group identities with those of other people?
Texts
Literature

Yaki's Mural

In this Story Corner from Teaching Tolerance Magazine, Yaki is nervous about making friends at her new school but finds a way to share her culture and art with her new class by creating a class mural.
by
Alexandra Melnick
Grade Level
3-5
Subject
History
Geography
Topic
Immigration
Social Justice Domain
Identity Diversity
October 8, 2018
Teaching Strategies
Word Work

Word Wall

A word wall is an organized display of vocabulary words drawn from central texts students are reading.
Grade Level
3-5
CCSS
L.3-5.4, L.3-5.5, L.3-5.6
July 19, 2014
Close and Critical Reading

Question-Answer Relationships (QAR)

QAR gives students practice questioning the text and identifying literal and inferential questions. Students learn to find different types of evidence and to rely on their own interpretation when doing close reading.
Grade Level
3-5
CCSS
RL.3-5.1, RI.3-5.1, RF.3-5.4
July 19, 2014
Community Inquiry

Save the Last Word for Me (3-5)

Save the Last Word for Me is a comprehension strategy that builds speaking and listening skills by structuring a text-based discussion for students. Students highlight two to three of the most important sentences of the central text, then discuss their text-based responses in small groups.
Grade Level
3-5
CCSS
RL.3-5.2, RI.3-5.2, SL.3-5.1
July 13, 2014
Student Tasks
Do Something

Identity Portraits

Students interview one another, then draw or paint portraits containing symbols that represent the subject’s identity, beliefs, values or areas of interest.
Grade Level
3-5
July 13, 2014
Write to the Source

Beautiful Language

Beautiful Language asks students to demonstrate their narrative skills when writing to gain the understanding of others.
Grade Level
3-5
CCSS
W.3-5.3, W.3-5.4
July 19, 2014
Plan Built By
ericahauck5

Sign in to save these resources.

Login or create an account to save resources to your bookmark collection.

LOGIN CREATE ACCOUNT