Students learn about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.!
We learn that when we are nice to our friends, we
keep
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream alive!

Students get to write
about their own dream/wish for the world we live in!
The students do a wonderful job putting their
personal dreams into a sentence! We attach their
dream to their shadow portrait. We hang our
portraits in the hallway for others to read our
dreams.


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To
kick off this unit, I give each child 3 peanut M&Ms
(these are bigger than the plain--however if you
have a child with peanut allergies plain works
fine). We talk about the colors of the M&Ms we are
holding. We talk about their uniqueness' too! After
we talk about the "skin" of the M&Ms ach child gets
to bite each of their candies in half. We then talk
about the inside of our M&Ms....the children draw
the conclusion that they look the same on the
inside. That's when I drive home the concept...just
because we look different on the outside, we are the
same on the inside!Then we sing the version of
"Jesus Loves the Little Children," HOWEVER, since I
teach in a public school I have to with all respect
change the lyrics. So we sing:
Mrs.
Herbic Loves Her Children!
Mrs. Herbic loves her children
all the children in the world,
red and yellow, black, and white,
they are precious in her sight,
Mrs. Herbic loves the children in the world.
by: Mrs. Herbic
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We've got the
whole World In Our Hands
We've got red
friends in our hands
We've got yellow friends in our hands
We've got brown friends in our hands
We've got the whole world in our hands.
(we go through the different colors of M&M
colors)
by: Mrs. Herbic |
The long and short
of this activity is to show students that no matter
what a person looks like on the outside, we all are
the same on the inside.


I HAVE A DREAM....
Students got to write
about their own dream/wish for the world we live in!
The students did a wonderful job putting their
personal dreams into a sentence! We attached their
dream to a portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
and his dream!
Dr.
Martin Luther King
(tune: BINGO)
Dr.
King taught us to live
In harmony and peace--
P-E-A-C-E,
P-E-A-C-E,
P-E-A-C-E,
In harmony and peace.
He taught us not to fight or quarrel,
But love one another.
L-O-V-E, Love!
L-O-V-E, Love!
L-O-V-E, Love!
He said to love each other.
-Scholastic-






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