Adjectives for a Unique Me

Have the students create adjectives from their own names. The students should come up with an adjective for each letter in their names. They can have fun coming up with the adjectives that they think best describe them. For an added art activity, have students create...

Act Out the Story

Have students act out the story for another class or in an assembly. Encourage students to play the part of the character that they most identify with. Have students stress the character’s unique abilities during reenactment. Coach students to use fluency and...

Flower Garden Mural

Have students work on a class mural of a flower garden using a lot of different colors of paint for the flowers. After the mural is complete, have a class discussion about how ALL of the colors are bright and beautiful. Discuss how it is the differences between the...

Too Many Questions

Discuss the questions that the kids in the story felt were annoying. Next, talk about the questions that the kids would have rather been asked. Why? Finally, create a list of positive questions to ask others to find out more about them.

We All Have Things in Common

Have students work with a partner. Ask each partner group to create a list of the things that the two of them have in common. They could also create a joint artwork to illustrate how they are alike.