School Pride
Character
Word:
School Pride #19
Book: Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!
Hooray
for Diffendoofer Day! is a story about creative teaching and thinking.
It is a tale that celebrates originality, difference, and uniqueness. It is a
book that lends itself to the lively exploration of a place and an activity
that are at the center of young people’s lives: school and learning.
Lesson
Description:
Describe to students that SCHOOL PRIDE is what makes your
school special to you and what you love about your school. Explain to students
that this can be special teachers, special rooms, the lunchroom, etc. Read story to the 3-4 year old group
separately from the K5 group. During and after reading, there will be questions
that the children answer as whole group.
What
is a school?
The
narrator of this story is sure that Diffendoofer School is very different from
other schools. Ask students to define “school” and
“learning.” What and how are teachers supposed to teach? What is the job of a director/principal?
Do students think that their school is different from other schools in any way?
If yes, explain. If no, what is an “ordinary” school?
K5
group will also answer the questions as a group, but the K5 group will draw
pictures of school that makes them feel happy inside. We will display all of
the students’ answers and K5 students’ pictures inside the school.
K5 drawing their favorite places of UWACS that makes them feel happy
Courtesy
To discuss courtesy, I read a book about being selfish. During the story the students discussed what the character should have acted to be sweeter. After our story, we discussed that being nice, sweet, or sharing is how we can be courteous. After our discussion the K5 class wrote and illustrated a class book titled Courtesy.
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