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DiversityEmily Jarvie

+Analyze the learner

In my 1st grade classroom there are: 19 kids, 7 girls and 12 boys. 9 African Americans, 2 Latino Americans, and 7

white Americans. one student in a wheelchair with no IEP, and

three students have ADHD. All the students like to learn visually.

+Objective

After my lesson on diversity my students will: Feel more comfortable with what they look like Feel comfortable with what their family looks like Finish the rest of the reading on their own for the first time and

fully understand the concept Stay active in the conversation and completing the activities

My students will do this with 98% accuracy by the end of the 5 day week.

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Monday- read half of the book It’s Okay to be Different by Todd Parr, and talk about how we are all different, I would like a discussion about how our families are different

Tuesday- talk about Todd Parr’s art in the book and how all the people look different

Wednesday- do an art activity making cut-outs of all the heads in the class and color them different colors, and hang them up in the class

Thursday- write a short essay explaining what family is to them and why it is important to have family, ask the students to bring in a picture of their family at home or school family

Friday- read the second half of the book “popcorn style” and share the photo they brought in

Day by Day Breakdown

+Use of Technology

Monday- the book It’s okay to be Different as a ‘Big Book’

Tuesday- a Prezi on Todd Parr’s art and different art similar to his

Wednesday- A poster visual of what our art will look like, construction paper and art supplies

Thursday- A visual on Microsoft Word of the question for the essay and student journals

Friday- 8 books of Its Okay to be Different

+Work Cited

Lesson Plan #3676. Diversity of Families. (2006, February 14). Retrieved September 19, 2014, from http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/3676.html

Price, K. (2014, January 1). It's Okay to Be Different: Teaching Diversity With Todd Parr - ReadWriteThink. Retrieved September 19, 2014.

Todd Parr. (n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2014.