Driving Question:

How can we use our community, culture and individual interests to describe our unique identities through poetry and artistic expression?

Project Summary:

Students read stories that include family structure, culture, and traditions to explore their own experiences. We dove into family dynamics, various cultures, and traditions, as well as personal interests and identities to describe the ‘best part of me’ expressed through poetry and self-portraits. 

Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1

Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4

Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.9

Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.10

With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for grade 1.