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April 29th- May 3

Rama Road Elementary is an inclusive school. All students belong and are considered valued members of the school's community, regardless of abilities or differences. This week, we will celebrate the diversity within our school and explore new ways to include everyone.

Discussion Questions:
What does the word inclusion mean?

Why is inclusion important in our school?

What is one thing you can do to make our classroom/school more inclusive for everybody?

Create an anchor chart- What does an inclusive classroom/school look like and sound like?

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Writing Prompt "I feel included when..."  

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Writing Prompt "I feel included when..."  

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Ask students to write about a time that they didn’t feel included in a group. Talk about how it made them feel. Ask them how their experiences relate to anyone who is perceived as different and what challenges they might face in a school setting.

Complete this sentence:
“I feel included when . . . ” or “I feel included because . . . ”

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Students will work together to create a skit which demonstrates how to include their peers. Divide students into groups, and explain that today, their task is to

create a skit that demonstrates how students can be inclusive of everyone.

Allow students time to practice and prepare, then bring the class together

and have each group share their skit.

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As a class, develop a list of ways that people can communicate. Help them expand the list by discussing different forms of communication, including sign languages, foreign languages, assistive technology devices, etc.

Model ways in which students can approach and interact with others who may be
different from them in some way. Role-play hypothetical situations in which the
students may have the opportunity to interact with a person in a wheelchair, a person who is blind, a person of is deaf, or someone who speaks another language.

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Dear Hearing People - A Film by Sarah Snow & Jules Dameron

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Everyone has Strengths and Challenges Activity 

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Everyone has Strengths and Challenges Activity 

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Begin the lesson by explaining to students that everyone has strengths (things they are good at, or things that are easy for them) and that everybody also has challenges (things that are difficult, or things they are trying to get better at). Tell students that today they are going to take some time to think about their own strengths and challenges.

Have each student select two coloring utensils (markers, crayons, colored, pencils, etc.) of two different colors. Next, students decide which color is going

to represent their strengths and which color is going to represent their challenges. Hand out the What makes me...ME? worksheet.

On the bottom right corner of the worksheet is a key. Ask students to draw

a dot of each color next to challenges and strengths to clarify which color will

represent which category. Instruct students to fill up the body with their strengths and challenges. They can use words, pictures, and symbols.

Remind them to use one color for strengths and the other color for their challenges. Encourage students to think about strengths and challenges both in and outside of school. Some categories might be: academics, athletics, music, hobbies, personality traits, family relationships, etc.

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Begin the lesson by asking students, “How should we treat our friends?” Allow students a few moments to think and answer, guiding them toward the idea that we should treat our friends with kindness. Explain to students that they are going to be creating some rules for kindness. Each of them will create one or two rules

for how to treat others kindly. Give students time to brainstorm and then write down their rules on the Kindness Rule template. After everyone is done, have students share their rule(s).

Discussion Questions:

-What does it look like and sound like when we interact with a friend?

-How do we make new friends?

-Why is kindness important in friendships?

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Where Oliver Fits- A story about belonging 

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Where Oliver Fits- A story about belonging 

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The Brand New Kid- A story about including someone that is different 

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The Brand New Kid- A story about including someone that is different 

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Secret Code- A story about a classmate who is blind 

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Secret Code- A story about a classmate who is blind 