Feelings, Forgiveness, and Friendship

Essential Question

Why is it important to be a good friend?
How do you feel when you are kind to people?
How do you feel when someone says hurtful things to you?
What does it mean to forgive someone?

Texts

Literature

The Prince and the Rhinoceros: An Indian Tale of Speaking Kindly

The prince and his pet rhinocerous have a special friendship. He showers her with kind words until one day he lets the thought of gold get in between his and the rhino's special bond.

Toni Knapp

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Subject

Civics

Topic

Bullying & Bias

July 3, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Exploring Texts Through Read Alouds

Creating Questions to Engage Critically with Texts

This strategy provides tools to create questions that help students engage critically with Perspectives central texts and examine them for issues of power and social inequity. The activities suggested here also encourage readers to bring their knowledge and experiences to the reading of a text.

Grade Level

K-2

CCSS

RL.K-2.1, RL.K-2.2, RL.K-2.3, RL.K-2.6, RI.K-2.1, RI.K-2.2, RI.K-2.3, RI.K-2.6

July 16, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Buddy Share

Students choose a mode of expression—e.g., writing, art or storytelling—to share theme-related ideas and feelings with a “buddy” from outside the classroom.

Grade Level

K-2

July 13, 2014

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carlsfaith

Feelings, Forgiveness, and Friendship

The Prince and the Rhinoceros: An Indian Tale of Speaking Kindly

Creating Questions to Engage Critically with Texts

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