Sense of Belonging

Essential Question

What identities do I share with my family? What identities do I have that are different from my family?
What groups do I belong to?
How do I know I’m part of a group?
How am I the same as other people? How am I different from other people?

Texts

Visual

Two Friends

This photograph depicts two children playing. One child has multiple disabilities and the other child does not.

Realistic Reflections

Grade Level

K-2

Topic

Ability

July 2, 2014

Literature

Raspberries! An American Tale of Cooperation

With only one wing, the little bird cannot fly to the raspberry patch with her brothers. As luck would have it, she meets a little dog, a chipmunk, and a frog who work together to get them all across the street to the raspberry patch.

Mary Newell DePalma

Grade Level

K-2

Topic

Ability

July 2, 2014

Informational

Families

This excerpt explains that families are defined by love, caring and sharing, not the number or gender of its members.

Ann Morris

Grade Level

K-2 3-5 6-8

Topic

Religion Class Immigration

November 7, 2014

Literature

The Clever Boy and the Terrible, Dangerous Animal

This clever boy teaches the villagers that they should not be afraid of something just because they have never seen it before.

Jeff Sapp

Grade Level

K-2

Topic

Bullying & Bias

July 3, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Exploring Texts Through Read Alouds

Anchor Charts

An anchor chart is an artifact of classroom learning. Like an anchor, it holds students' and teachers' thoughts, ideas and processes in place. Anchor charts can be displayed as reminders of prior learning and built upon over multiple lessons.

Grade Level

K-2

CCSS

R.K-2.4, L.K-2.4, L.K-2.5

July 13, 2014

Exploring Texts Through Read Alouds

Developing Language to Talk About Texts

This strategy gives students tools to use when exploring, thinking about and discussing read-aloud texts.

Grade Level

K-2

CCSS

RL.K-2.3

July 13, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Identity Self-Portraits

Students create visual self-portraits that contain symbols representing the student’s identity, beliefs, values or areas of interest related to diversity, anti-bias or social justice.

Grade Level

K-2

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

Frizzle5.0

Sense of Belonging

Two Friends

Raspberries! An American Tale of Cooperation

Families

The Clever Boy and the Terrible, Dangerous Animal

Anchor Charts

Developing Language to Talk About Texts

Identity Self-Portraits

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