Celebrating Uniqueness | Social Emotional Learning

Activity Overview

Each of us is unique in many ways, and it is important for children to embrace their individuality and be proud of it. Celebrating their own uniqueness also allows them to recognize the uniqueness of others and better understand how each of us is different and special in our own way. For this activity, students will create a 3 cell spider map that reflects on their own character and what makes them unique. Depending on student ability or teacher preferences, students can include a description, or just use an I Am statement and an illustration.

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Objective: Create a spider map that illustrates your unique qualities.

Student Instructions

Click “Start Assignment”.
Write your name in the title box.
Write an “I Am” statement in each heading.
In each cell, create an illustration that represents the header using appropriate characters, scenes, and items.

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Lesson Plan Reference

Grade Level 2-3

Difficulty Level 2 (Reinforcing / Developing)

Type of Assignment Individual

Type of Activity: Social Emotional Learning

Common Core Standards

[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/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.

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	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.