A Bad Case of Stripes!

I have had a great time with first and third grade this week! Our focus this week has been respecting the differences of others and the identifying the students’ uniqueness.  I began the lesson by reading the book, A Bad Case of Stripes, which is written by David Shannon. The main character, Camilla, is afraid to tell others that she likes to eat lima beans in fear that she will get teased for being different. This book engages students and helps them realize that we are all different and have different likes but that’s a GOOD thing! The students were encouraged to brainstorm foods that they like to eat but that others may not. 

I asked the each student to create a class book, which displays all of the different foods they enjoy eating. During this exercise, the students picked a wide array of foods including carrots, fish, celery, peas, tomatoes, green beans, and broccoli.

This is the artwork of a third grade student who likes to eat carrots.

This is the artwork of a first grade student who likes to eat fish.

After each student was finished creating their page of the book, they were invited to color one stripe on the title page to resemble the main character’s stripes. Each class will get their book back so the students can see how many differences exist in one class. This was a really fun activity that we all enjoyed J

This is Mrs. Pullium's third grade class' title page. What great artists!