it’s a small world after all a kindergarten multicultural friendship unit by kristy gnandt &...
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It’s a Small World After All
A Kindergarten Multicultural Friendship Unit by Kristy Gnandt & Laura Lucas
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Theme: How to Be a Friend
Subject Areas: Language Arts & Social Studies
Time Frame: 2 weeks (9 days) 30-45 minutes each day
Language Arts Goals Multicultural Goals
• Follow Simple Directions
• Communicate own thoughts, ideas and experiences
• Visualize information in texts
• Demonstrate understanding by drawing pictures
• Communication• Relate to diverse
cultures• Learn how to be
friendly, socialize, and problem-solve own situations
• Appreciate differences
IT'S A SMALL WORD
AFTER ALL:
FRIENDSHIP
DAY 1:ME, MYSELF AND
I
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT ME
TREE
DAY 2:WAYS TO BE A
FRIEND
THE RAINBOW FISH FELT
BOARD
DAY 3:WAYS NOT TO BE
A FRIEND
FRIENDSHIP QUILT
DAY 4:BOSSES AND
BULLIES
ROLE PLAYING
DAY 5:ARGUING &
MAKING UP WITHFRIENDS
SMALL STATIONS: PROBLEM-SOLVING
DAY 6:ALIKE AND DIFFERENT
RAINBOW HAND
PRINTS
DAY 7:ALIKE AND DIFFERENT
CONTINUED
NAME MEANING &
RAINBOW POEM
DAY 8:BEING FRIENDLY
DAY 9:GIRL & BOY
SCOUT LEADERS
SONG, HISTORY &
FOOD FESTIVAL
FRIENSHIP BOOK
Fictional LiteratureChrysanthemum
by Kevin Henkes
Jamaica’s Tag Alongby Juanita Havill
Jamaica’s Findby Juanita Havill
Cleversticks by Bernard Ashley
The Name Jarby Yang Sook Choi
The Rainbow Fishby Marcus Pfister
Non-Fiction
I Like Me! by Nancy Carlson
PoetryYou and Me: Poems
of Friendshipby Salley Mavor
How to Be a Friend by Laurie Krasny Brown
Children Just Like Me by Anabel Kindersley
Celebrations by Anabel Kindersley
Technology
www.theteachersroom.com
www.atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Friendship/
Community Resources
Plans for Diverse Students
• Use different teaching strategies
• Use children’s personal experiences to connect with lessons
• Cooperative groups• Hands-on activities• Scaffolded-Reading
Experiences• Celebrate differences
The More We Get TogetherThe more we get together, Together together,The more we get together,The happier we’ll be!
For your friends Are my friends,And my friendsAre your friends.
The more we get togetherThe happier we’ll be!
ActivitiesWays to be a Friend
•Read the book The Rainbow Fish•Discuss sharing and being kind•Children come up to felt board one at a time with a felt scale•Place the scale on the board and tell one way to be a good friend
Activities
Friendship Quilt
• Read chapter from book• Compare ways to be a friend chart & ways not
to be a friend chart• Students write ways to be a friend on one
colored square paper • Students write ways not to be a friend on a
different colored square• Put squares together to make a quilt• Present & display in classroom
Activities
Arguing and Making Up
• Read Jamaica’s Tag-Along• Divide class into small groups• Each group has a different
problem/dilemma to solve• Find ways to handle situation• Report to class by acting out the
situation and solution
Activities
Alike and Different
• Read the book Cleversticks • Make handprints with paint• Paste picture in left handprint• Write name and meaning in right
handprint• Create Rainbow of Friends• Sing It’s a Small World After All
Final Evaluation
• Journal compositions
• Group discussions
• Problem-solving situations
• Artwork
• comparison charts
• Role playing
•Friendship Book
•Each student draws a picture that sums up their idea of what a good friend is or what a good friend might do (past, present, future).
•Teacher writes (in child’s own words) a description of their picture underneath
•Bound into a Friendship Book-Great Resource!
Friendship Book
Numerous Assessments
Pictures taken from google images www.google.com