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2 Grade Diversity Lesson Plan: Teacher

The lesson plan outlines using the book "The Day You Begin" to teach 2nd grade students about diversity and self-esteem through identifying what makes them unique by creating self-portraits and discussing how characters in the book feel like they don't fit in at first but learn to embrace their differences. Students will read the book, discuss questions about feeling different and relating to characters, individually create self-portraits, and write short self-to-text connections.

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2 Grade Diversity Lesson Plan: Teacher

The lesson plan outlines using the book "The Day You Begin" to teach 2nd grade students about diversity and self-esteem through identifying what makes them unique by creating self-portraits and discussing how characters in the book feel like they don't fit in at first but learn to embrace their differences. Students will read the book, discuss questions about feeling different and relating to characters, individually create self-portraits, and write short self-to-text connections.

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2nd Grade Diversity Lesson Plan


Teacher: Ms. Carol-Rose Urrea

Date: 09/24/2019

Book: The Day You Begin

By: Jacqueline Woodson

Published: August 28, 2018

Grade Level: Pre-K – 2nd grade


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Multicultural Themes
➢ Diversity
➢ Self-Esteem

Education Standards
➢ CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.5 - Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of
data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
➢ CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.8 - Recall information from experiences or gather information
from provided sources to answer a question.

Objective
➢ Students will be able to identify what makes them unique by individually creating a self-
portrait with 95% accuracy.
➢ Students will be able to summarize and identify the theme of the story through partner
discussion while using critical thinking skills with 90% accuracy.

Materials Needed
➢ The book The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
➢ Writing utensil: Markers, crayons, and colored pencils
➢ White Drawing paper (Self-portraits)
➢ Lined paper (To write)

Procedure
1. Introduce: Show the book The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson. Then ask
students, “Have you ever walked into a room full of people who seemed different than
you? (suggest, maybe it was the first day of school); how did it make you feel? Quickly
with your neighbor, discuss those feelings and how they changed over time.
2. Read: Teacher will begin to read book aloud to entire class.
3. Discuss: Students will engage in the five questions and have time to discuss each
question with a partner. Then students will discuss their answers with the class.
▪ Question 1 – Why does the girl on the cover feel that her story is not as great as the
stories her classmates are sharing?
▪ Question 2 – How does Rigoberto’s teacher turn around how he is feeling about his
name?
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▪ Question 3 – How does the girl say we must overcome our fear of being different?
Explain what you think she means.
▪ Question 4 – Pick and child from the story; why does that child feel like he or she
doesn’t fit in?
▪ Question 5 – Is there a character from the book you relate to? Explain why.

Activities
➢ Students will individually create a self-portrait illustrating what makes them unique.
Students will use white drawing paper, color pencils, markers, and crayons.
➢ Students will write a 5-7 sentence self-to-text connection to the book, sharing what
happened in the book and the connection they made. They will then present their
connection with the class.

Evaluation
➢ Teacher will check student portraits and text connection for accuracy.

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