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Yoana Vasquez -Read-Aloud - Lesson Plan for Yoko

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Topic: Onomatopoeia: Sound Effects

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Writing Workshop Minilesson-Lesson Plan 

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Topic:  Inferring and Determining Importance
Identifying a theme in a story after examining important events in the story Yoko

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Reading Workshop Mini-Lesson-Lesson Plan - Yoana Vasquez

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Ages 3-7
The Name Jar
By: Yangsook Choi
Summary:
The Name Jar, written and illustrated by Yangsook Choi is a story about a girl named Unhei who comes to America from Korea. On her way to her new school the children on the bus cannot pronounce her name and begin to tease her. When Unhei enters her new classroom she tells her classmates that she has not picked a name yet. Unhei wants to pick an American name and not use her Korean name anymore. When her mother hears the news she reminds her that her name is special, the man from the grocery store tells her the meaning of her name and Joey a friend from school encourages her to keep her name. At the end of the story Unhei decides to keep her Korean name and teaches her classmates its correct pronunciation. Her classmate learn to pronounce her name and accept her into the class with name and everything.
Rationale for selection:
The Name Jar teaches its readers to be inclusive of others and accept their cultural differences. It also teaches the readers to be proud of their own cultural background and that they do not have to change to be liked by others. This relates to the topic of inclusion because at first Unhei is excluded and is teased on the bus because the students had never heard the name before and could not pronounce it. This causes her to want to change her name to an American name. Joey a boy in her new class includes her the moment he sees her, he grabs her hand and takes her into the class. Joey makes her feel accepted, he encourages her to keep her name by hiding the name jar and writing Unhei on a piece of paper. Joey tries to learn more about Unhei's culture by visiting the Korean grocery store and he even gives himself a Korean nickname. At the end of the story Unhei has accepted that her name is unique and that it is special and she learns to love it. Her classmate also see that her name is different and have a hard time pronouncing it but they learn to do so and accept their new classmate, Unhei.

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THE NAME JAR by Yangsook Choi  (Kids Book Read Aloud 📚) | Back to School

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Ages 3-8
The Band New Kid
By: Katie Couric
Summary:
The Brand New Kid, written by Katie Couric and illustrated by Marjorie Priceman is a story about a boy named Lazlo who is a new student at his school. Lazlo is different than the rest of the children and he is made fun of by his classmates because of his very light blonde hair, his skin color, his accent and loud voice. His classmates throw things at him and go as far as tripping him. This makes Lazlo feel lonely and sad. One day Ellie, a girl in his class sees Lazlo's mother crying and thinks of a way to make Lazlo and his mother less sad. Ellie asks Lazlo if he wants to play with her and sees him smile for the first time. The next day the students ask her if she is crazy to be hanging out with Lazlo. Ellie stands up for him and tells them that she got to know him and that he is great. She also encourages them to give him  a chance, to get to know him and that they would like him too.
Rationale for selection:
This book is related to the topic of inclusion because Lazlo is not being included or accepted by his classmates because he looks and speaks differently than the rest of the students. This book teaches the readers that it is important to include others and be kind to others even if they are different. It also communicated how the people who are not included and are made fun of will feel lonely and sad. It only took one girl who asked him to play to make him smile. The book teaches how including a person will make them feel happy and accepted.

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You Are Enough

By Margaret O’Hair Illustrated by Sophia Cardoso

Summary: The book, You Are Enough, is a story about young children that are all different. It goes on about how being different is great and that everyone should love and appreciate their differences and their friends' differences. It talks about how friends can be there for one another and help each other during hard times. It teaches a lesson about being brave and looking past your fears with courage. This story gives children confidence about themselves at such a young age, and it is a lesson that will stick with them for a very long time.

Description:

I think this book is perfect for young students for many reasons. The first reason being that all of the illustrations are amazing. It shows drawings of children that share many differences and it shows the students that no matter what they look like they are amazing in their own ways! It also teaches students that being different can make you feel lonely and that's okay because there is also so much beauty in being different. This is definitely a story that I would read to my students and create an activity with.

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📚 You are Enough A Book About Inclusion - Kids Book Read Aloud - Social Emotional Learning Bedtime

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Summary:

The Surprise is a children's book about a girl named Kit who got a surprise for her birthday. The author described it as a soft, small sleepy surprise. When Kit left for school, her other animals could not figure out what the surprise was. Dora, Bob and Paul went on and on about all the strange traits the surprise had, until they decided that the surprise was an “oddball”, they called it. They asked the surprise all types of questions, including asking if it watched Animal World. The surprise kept responding the same thing: “I’ve only seen the Judo”. They left the surprise out, and put a sign on the door that wrote “pet’s only”. The surprise felt very sad, and tried to do numerous things to change ways about itself to fit in with the other animals. When Kit came home and gave the surprise a big hug, the other animals got jealous and started acting nice. She named her Maud, and that made the surprise feel very good about herself because she now felt like she fit in. When the other animals understood that Maud wasn’t odd, they apologized and wanted to hangout with her. They learned to be accepting of her differences.
Description:

The story, The Surprise, is a story about a group of animals in the same house that are not very welcoming to the new animal because it has differences from the rest of them. They judge the surprise for its size, looks and inability to do some of the same things that they do. They leave the surprise out when they do activities and hangout, and it makes the surprise very upset. As the book goes on, the surprise grows confidence in itself and eventually, Kit gives the surprise a name. The rest of the animals learn to be welcoming and accepting of the surprise and in the end, learn to love and be inclusive of the new animal in their home. I think it is a great story for younger students because it teaches them to be welcoming and accepting of everyone no matter what their differences are.

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📚The Surprise- Kid Books Read Aloud - Bedtime Stories - Diversity - Acceptance - Inclusion

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Yoko by Rosemary Wells (Read Aloud) Story about diversity and trying new things.

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Ages 3-6
Summary
The book is about a cat girl named Yoko who experiences teasing after she brings lunch from home that her mom made for her. Yoko is of Japanese descent so her mother made her favorite dish which is sushi. At school, the students made fun of her food. Her teacher Ms. Jenkins decides to have an international food day in order for students to respect Yoko's food and to learn to try new things. Then everyone in the classroom brings a dish that represents where they are from. Nobody tries her dish. Timothy a student in her class is still hungry after eating everyone's dish and decides to try hers. Yoko makes a new friend Timothy because he tells her that he loves sushi, and even wanted to have her mother make some more. Yoko and Timothy share snacks with each other such as crackers, and red bean ice cream.

Description:
The story is about accepting our cultural differences and embracing them through sharing our cultures with others. Timothy learned to try new things and Yoko learned to appreciate her culture because she saw that others liked her food and she was able to share with Timothy more items of her Japanese heritage. This relates to inclusion because Yoko did not feel included in her classroom and was isolated because students made fun of what she ate. However, after another student tasted the sushi they appreciated it instead of making fun of it. This teaches students to try new things, not to make fun of others, and includes others because not including others in activities makes them feel bad. Also, it teaches students that we should all appreciate each other's cultures.

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Yoko by Rosemary Wells, story about diversity and trying new things.

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Theme: Being confident and proud of your individual differences and embracing other’s differences makes everyone feel valued and special.

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Theme: Being confident and proud of your individual differences and embracing other’s differences makes everyone feel valued and special.

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Ages 4-8
Summary
This book starts with a young Colin Kaepernick realizing that he draws himself a different color than his family when his fellow classmates point it out. Colin goes home to his mom, who explains that he was adopted and that that's a special way to join a family. Colin learns to be proud of who he is and brings this lesson to the classroom.

Description
The book relates to the topic of inclusion because Colin grows up different. He starts off seeing that as a positive thing, and he learns that it takes courage to be different throughout the book. Colin was adopted, so he looks different from the rest of his family. This book portrays adoption as just another way that children become part of a family. At first Colin seemed uncertain about adopted being a different way to join a family, but his mother emphasizes that it's not different in a bad way.

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Ages 3 to 7
Summary
This book is about how an umbrella is shared among different individuals to keep them out of the rain. Thebig red umbrella gives shelter to all no matter their height, how many legs they may have, or what they wear. The big umbrella gives shelter to all who need it.

Description
This book relates to inclusion because the big umbrella is a metaphor for sharing with others. The book is saying that we should share with others no matter our differences. Sharing is important and despite our differences we should embrace them. The book embraces differences by talking about height, clothes, etc., and says that those things don't matter. The book also ends with "there is always room" which shows children that there should always be room in their hearts to be kind to others by sharing.

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The Big Umbrella : Kids Books Read Aloud by Books With Blue

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Ages 5-8
Summary
The book starts with a boy writing a letter to aliens. Then we zoom out into space, then zooms back into Earth where the boy seen on the cover writes about the great variety of things on the planet. This includes large scale things like continents and weather to smaller things like people and the different cultures we practice. The book ends with the boy offering to let aliens to stay at his house.

Description
This book relates to inclusion because it demonstrates the great variety of people, including our different skills, disabilities, cultures, appearances, and ages. The book sends the message that it's best to work together, and that everyone is good at something (for example, old people are good at telling stories of what's happened while young people are good at imagining new things). The book emphasizes interesting our uniquenesses are. The book ends with the boy offering to let aliens stay at his house, and wondering how they may be different from us.