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

• Same, Same, but Different by Carol McCloud and David Messing
• Unique Monique by Maria Rousaki and Polina Papanikolaou
• The Land of Many Colors by Rita Pocock and Klamath County
• Chamelia by Ethan Long
• The Big Orange Spot by D. Manus Pinkwater and Daniel Manus Pinkwater
• Whoever You Are by Mem Fox
• The Peace Book by Todd Parr
• Big Al by Andrew Clements
• There’s a Skunk in My Bunk by Joseph McCann
• The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss
• The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi

READ:

The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Pinkwater

The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

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