Establish a classroom atmosphere that celebrates the sharing of learning. Have opportunity for students to practice new learnings. Make student learning available to the larger community, i.e. books students write are shared with other classes, students report in school paper, student work is displayed at school, etc.

Have the children create a collage

Objective: To have the children visualize the person they are now.

Activity: Have the children create a collage depicting: their favorite color, their favorite food, their favorite game and themselves in their favorite clothes. Title the picture, “This is Me.” Post them around the room or in their homes in a prominent place. Title the display, “Our Differences.”

Assessment: Quality of the details, overall presentation.