January 17

JDAIM Storytime – We Belong

To help us celebrate Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance, & Inclusion month, we are reading the book We Belong by Laura Purdie Salas and illustrated by Carlos Velez Aguilera.

Inclusion Activity: Poem Template

The author of  We Belong, Laura Purdie Salas, has created a wonderful poem template activity that you can use in the classroom that will enable each student to compose their own poem.  For younger students,  you could work together as a class.

Poem Template Activity Link

 

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February 2

JDAIM Storytime – Inclusion

We read;

Fast Friends by Heather M. O’Connor and illustrated by Claudia Davila

and

Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty and illustrated by David Roberts

Our Activity: Inclusion Posters

As a class, brainstorm ways that you can make everyone feel included.  A few examples are;

  • ask someone who is alone at recess to play
  • ask someone to be in your group for a project who is feeling left out
  • listen to others if they feel sad or upset
  • smile and say hello to someone who isn’t a friend
  • let’s celebrate our differences by talking about what makes us special
  • compliment someone on something they do well

Divide students into groups of 2 or 3.  Each group will be provided with a large sheet of paper on which to make their inclusion poster.  These posters will focus on one of the ways we can help others feel included.  Posters can include art and text.

 

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