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Teaser: Based off of the famous writing of Dr. Seuss, this short video on the Sneetches helps show people of all ages what it means to accept yourself for who you are, and reminds us all that we should be seen as equals. This fun, colorful, and wacky video brings a meaning to students while bringing to life the original story of the Sneetches.
Lesson: Students will watch the Sneetches video after already reading the story aloud as a class. While watching the video, students will point out times where the Sneetches wanted to be like someone else, and not themselves. After watching, students as a class will brainstorm and come up with one example of a good mental reminder on how to like yourself for who you are. Once everyone has come to agreement on a good "catch phrase" the mental reminder will be hung up in the classroom as a daily reminder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VohyMXB4FLo

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Teaser: I'm on the right track baby
I was born this way hey! Who doesn't love an upbeat song all about praising who we are? This Kidzbop cover of Lady Gaga's song Born This Way will get your students up and moving as a great interactive activity.
Lesson: Students will come up with  5 fun facts about themselves, draw a picture to represent this fact, and then have the caption under the picture read, "I'm on the right track baby I was born this way!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHcIEHrq_ps

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Author: Schuette, Sarah L.
Publication Date: July 1st, 2006
Grades: Pre-K-5
Guided Reading Level: NA
Lexile Level: NA
Genre: Non-fiction
Teaser: Short text accompanied by photographs help explain self-respect to young children.
Lesson: Have students get in small groups and explain to each other how we can show self-respect. As a group, students can create a list of activities that demonstrate self respect, and as a class students will create a list of guidelines to show self respect in the classroom each day.

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Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

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Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

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Author: Eric Litwin
Illustrator: James Dean
Publication Date: May 1, 2012
Grades: Pre-K-K, 1-2
Lexile Level: AD350L
Guided Reading Level: J
Genre: Fiction
Teaser: Pete the Cat is wearing his favorite shirt—the one with the four totally groovy buttons. But when one falls off, does Pete cry? Goodness, no! He just keeps on singing his song—after all, what could be groovier than three groovy buttons?
Lesson: Students will get to construct their own construction paper Pete the Cat using pre-made materials by the teacher. After their Pete is created, students will get to make their own subtraction problem illustrated by the number of buttons on Pete's coat. The math problem will be glued to the bottom of Pete the Cat so that students can check their work against how many buttons he has on. For example, if Pete has 6 buttons on, the math problem should read, "Pete started with 7 groovy buttons but then lost one groovy button. Now Pete has 6 groovy buttons."

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Author: Cornelia M. Spelman
Illustrator: Kathy Parkinson
Publication Date: January 1st, 2003
Grades: Pre-K-K
Guided Reading Level: H
Lexile Level: NA
Genre: Fiction
Teaser:This book offers children positive and upbeat examples about being themselves. The author portrays a very young guinea pig and friends feeling good about themselves through common situations readers will relate to
Lesson: Students will work with a partner and create a short story with hand-made illustrations, that shows different times they feel good about themselves. After each pair finishes their book, they will trade with another group and read their story.

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Author: Nancy Carlson
Publication Date: 1988
Grades: Pre-K-K or 1-2
Lexile Measure: AD400L
Guided Reading Level: NA
Genre: Fiction
Teaser:"Little ones in need of positive reinforcement will find it here. An exuberant pig proclaims "I like me!" She likes the way she looks, and all her activities....When she makes a mistake she picks herself up and tries again." --Booklist
Lesson:  Students will illustrate a picture of them doing something all by themselves. The teacher will write the dictations about their pictures and then share them out as a class.

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Author: Jamie Lee Curtis
Illustrator: Laura Cornell
Publication Date:
Grades: Pre-K-K, 1-2, 3-5
Guided Reading Level: NA
Lexile Level: NA
Genre: Fiction
Teaser: Celebrate liking yourself! Through alternating points of view, a girl's and a boy's, Jamie Lee Curtis's triumphant text and Laura Cornell's lively artwork show kids that the key to feeling good is liking yourself because you are you.
Lesson: Ask each child to bring in a shoebox and then,
using art supplies, create a self-portrait to glue onto the outside
of the box. This represents who the children are on the outside.
Next have the children think about who they are on the
inside. What do they do, like, or feel that other people can’t
tell just by looking at them? Have the children make a collection
of items, drawings, or words to put inside their box to
represent who they are on the inside. After everyone is
finished, organize a time for partners to share their inside
selves with each other. Then have each child introduce who
his or her partner is on the inside to the rest of the class.

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Author: Karen Beaumont
Illustrator: David Catrow
Publication date: 2004
Grades: Pre-K-K
Guided Reading Level: K
Lexile Level: NA
Teaser: High on energy and imagination, this ode to self-esteem encourages kids to appreciate everything about themselves--inside and out. Messy hair? Beaver breath? So what! Here's a little girl who knows what really matters.
Lesson: Students will complete a guided worksheet that has a line for their name, three lines for them to describe three things they are good at, a place to write something they can do, and another place for them to write what they want to do in the future. Along with their written answers, students will draw a self portrait of how they see themselves/how they want to be seen.

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Who We Are! All About Being the Same and Being Different

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Who We Are! All About Being the Same and Being Different

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Author: Robbie H. Harris
Illustrator: Nadine Bernard Westcott
Publication Date: March 1, 2016
Grades: K or 1-2
Ages: 0-8
Lexile Level: NA
Guided Reading Levels: NA
Genre: Fiction
Teaser: Join Nellie, Gus, baby Jake, and their parents at Funland as they go on rides, watch performers, and play games along with many other children and grown-ups. As they enjoy their excursion, they — and young readers — notice that people are the same as one another in lots of ways, and different in lots of ways too. Accessible, humorous, family-filled illustrations; conversations between Gus and Nellie; and straightforward text come together to help children realize why it’s important to treat others the way they want to be treated and the way you want to be treated — whether a person is a lot like you or different from you, a good friend or someone you have just met or seen for the first time.
Lesson: Students will participate in an activity where they have to walk around the room and find someone who has something in common with them. There will be a "scavenger hunt" of people they need to find. For example, "Find someone who has the same amount of siblings as you, Find someone who has a different hair color than you do, etc." Once everyone has participated in the activity, there will be a full class discussion on what everyone learned about their classmates and how similarities/differences can be positive in the classroom.

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Author: Dr. Seuss
Illustrator: Dr. Seuss
Publication Date: 1953
Grades: Pre-K-K, 1-2
Guided Reading Level: NA
Ages: 0-8
Genre: Stories in Rhyme
Teaser: The Sneetches is about two types of creatures, separated by having or not having stars on their bellies. The Star-Belly Sneetches think they are the best, and look down upon Sneetches without stars. Both types of Sneetches begin to change their appearance to separate themselves from others until   an epiphany strikes them all at once: that it really doesn’t matter whether a Sneetch has a star belly or not - they are all really the same, and can coexist and be friends with one another.
Lesson: Students will be asked to write three ways they are unique/special. These different examples will be accompanied by a coloring page of a Sneetch that they can decorate in order to represent them self. After completing the worksheet, students will get into groups and share with their peers what makes them unique.

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Author: Giles Andreae
Illustrator: Guy Parker-Rees
Publication Date: 1999
Grades: Pre-K-K
Lexile Level: AD450L
Guided Reading Level: M
Teaser: Gerald the giraffe longs to dance, but his legs are too skinny and his neck is too long. At the Jungle Dance, the warthogs waltz, the chimps cha-cha, and the lions tango. "Giraffes can't dance," they all jeer when it's Gerald's turn to prance. But with some sound advice from a wise cricket, Gerald starts swaying to his own sweet tune.
Lesson: After initially reading the story aloud, reread the story and have the class make a list of all of the rhyming word sets. After reading each page ask the children to identify the two words that rhyme. Record each set on chart paper. Review all of the rhyming words, then invite the class to think of more rhyming words to add to their list.

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Author and Illustrator: Choi, Yangsook
Publication date: 2001
Grades: Pre-K-2
Guided Reading Level: L
Lexile Level: AD290L
Teaser: Unhei has just moved to America from Korea. She is embarrassed to tell her new classmates her name, so she tells them she will pick a name by the end of the week. The kids in her class try to help her out by filling a glass jar with names. On the day she is about to reveal her name, the jar disappears, and encouraged by her new friends, Unhei decides to keep her Korean name
Lesson: Students will be given a worksheet with questions for them to answer about their own name. Questions will include "Do you like or dislike your name? Why do you feel that way? Does your name have any meaning to it? Are you named after anyone you know? After going home to talk to parents about these questions, students will come back and share their answers with the class so everyone is able to hear about the story behind their classmate's names.