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Academic: Text to support nonfiction and historical fiction reading about serving in wars, learning about soldiers, roles that children play in families, developing character emotion in writing

Social-Emotional: Window to an identity not frequently seen at Park, photos of real families who have a parent serving in military, different family configurations and diverse backgrounds, teaching empathy, mirror for students who have family members traveling or working in another city.

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academic: for pre-readers, look at pictures, identify patterns (rainbows on each page); vocabulary ('tresses'; 'equality'); rhyming couplets allow pre-readers to predict/engage in text; stereotype study; US history (LGBT discrimination)

social-emotional: identity (born this way; gender fluidity); pride & celebration of self/ves; power of love; different body shapes

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Academic:
-Could be used in science - children have a lot of questions, like, "What is going on over there?".
-Connecting cultures from around the world.
-It's ok to not know the answer
-Connecting to 5th grade Immigration Unit - What are families thinking while crossing the ocean for the first time?

Social/Emotional:
-Approaching things with a question frame of mind: "I wonder..."
-Looking at the character from the back - standing next to the ocean you feel so tiny..
-Asking what is out there - such a universal question for children.
-Having children get out in nature, away from computers.
-Children want to see some sort of reflection of themselves, so they can connect..a few pages in the book where the character connects what could be over the ocean to his/herself.
-This book validates this child's wondering.

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Reading it would give students a window into another time period and a darker part of our country's history. It provides a truthful look at this history. It could promote conversations about fairness, freedom, equality.  It might be interesting to begin with a simple question like, "How did this book make you feel?" or "What did you notice in the pictures of this book?" Otherwise, it would be so easy to lead children with our own, more complex and experienced ideas.
Connections could be made to writing units of poetry. In 3rd grade, it would be easy to make connections to the mistreatment of Native Americans in our country's history. The book could be used to think about/teach sound energy in a science class.

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social - how do you think she's feeling? how is she helping the other boy count?

academic-  perfect for 5th grade to compare themes in immigration with other texts, like Crossing the Wire
perspective,
upper school? growth ed - who's in, who's out? Socio-economic

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Social/emotional: more mindfulness work - awareness of space; take a break - regulating a very overstimulating day; 5-10 min of quiet time each day: what it means to sit with yourself in a space. Personal space, how actions effect those around you - noticing where you are and what's around them

Academic - very relatable book. Great window. Immigration: Part of culture that your family still maintains. Math: perspective, estimation. Similarities and differences comparing to own life. Using pictures for reading lessons. Poetry - sensory detail

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Academic:   Great for 5th grade with many possible applications. Could read the book for a Morning Meeting each child does one page. Research, essay, poetry possibilities connecting to certain pages. Connects to history. The repeated line/chorus/refrain, "We came to America. Every color, race, and religion. From every country in the world."

Social/Emotional:   Short, beautiful, powerful text on immigration. Simple but complex. Connects to our social values of respecting others and wanting to know more about other cultures. Connect to a Mindfulness curriculum. Grade 4 "One" study - "We're one but we're not the same. We need to carry each other." Windows and Mirrors activity where students pick a page where they feel windows or mirrors.

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