December Word of the Month: Acceptance

Acceptance is appreciating the differences/similarities present in all of us.

Assembly Read Aloud: It’s Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr

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READ:

oramge splotThe Big Orange Splot by Daniel Pinkwater


SneetchesThe Sneetches by Dr. Seuss


chrysanthemum_main   Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

unique monique   Unique Monique by Maria Rousaki

ACTIVITIES:

My Favorite Things:  Using the attached sheet, ask the students to draw and/or label their favorite game, food, book and animal.  Have them sign their name on the back of the sheet. When finished, collect the sheets and sit the class in a circle with all the pictures.  Can they guess whose is whose?

Getting to Know You Bingo: Find someone who… (i.e likes the beach, has a sister, etc.)

When I Grow Up: Students sit or stand in a circle.  Choose a student to go first.  The first student says, “When I grow up, I want to be a chef.”  The next student does a brief pantomime of something the person with the job student 1 said would do.  Then they say “When I grow up I want to be a…”. Continue around the circle

 

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