Activity Overview
Self-awareness is the ability to recognize one’s own feelings, strengths, weaknesses, and stressors. Self awareness is also the ability to see ourselves as unique human beings who are important and here for a purpose.
After listening to I Am Enough by Grace Byers, students will create a two cell storyboard that illustrates 2 things that make them unique. Each cell will follow the format of the book, using the words, “Like the…, I’m here to…” Students should be encouraged to think of a new simile, but may use an example from the book if the teacher chooses.
Examples from the story:
- ”Like the sun, I’m here to shine.”
- ”Like the voice, I’m here to sing.”
- ”Like the champ, I’m here to fight.”
- ”Like the heart, I’m here to love.”
- ”Like the tree, I’m here to grow.”
- ”Like the moon, I’m here to dream.”
Other Picture Books for Teaching Self Awareness
- Be Who You Are by Todd Parr
- Take the Time: Mindfulness for Kids by Maud Roegiers
- Exclamation Mark by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- Quick as a Cricket by Audry Wood
Template and Class Instructions
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Due Date:
Objective: Create a storyboard that illustrates two of your unique features.
Student Instructions
- Click “Start Assignment”.
- Fill in the headings.
- Create an illustration that represents the headings using appropriate scenes, characters, and items.
Lesson Plan Reference
- [ELA-Literacy/SL/1/1] Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
- [ELA-Literacy/SL/2/2] Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
- [ELA-Literacy/SL/3/1] Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
- [ELA-Literacy/SL/4/1] Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient 5 Points | Emerging 3 Points | Beginning 1 Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Explanation | The descriptions are clear and at least two sentences. | The descriptions can be understood but it are somewhat unclear. | The descriptions are unclear and are not at least two sentences. |
| Illustrations | The illustrations represent the descriptions using appropriate scenes, characters and items. | The illustrations relate to the descriptions, but are difficult to understand. | The illustrations do not clearly relate to the descriptions. |
| Evidence of Effort | Work is well written and carefully thought out. | Work shows some evidence of effort. | Work shows little evidence of any effort. |
| Conventions | Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are mostly correct. | Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are somewhat correct. | Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are mostly incorrect. |
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