Diversity Lesson Plan

Book: ​Strictly No Elephants​, Lisa Mantchev, 2015

Grade level: Elementary grades 1-2

Teacher: Mrs. Angelica Viggiano

Multicultural theme:​ Inclusion and Respect of those who are different.

Materials:

● The book ​Strictly No Elephants ​by Lisa Mantchev

● White paper

● Colored pencils, crayons, or markers

● Literature notebooks

● Pencil

Standard:

● CCSS.ELA- Literacy. RL. 1.2- Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate

understanding of their central message or lesson.

Objective:

● The student will be able to analyze the main lesson in the story and relate it to real life in

group discussion and individually in their literary notebooks with a 90% accuracy.

Procedure:

● ​ nd start by asking if anyone has a pet

Introduce- Present the book ​Strictly No Elephants a

skunk. How about a pet lion? A pet bear? Next, ask if anyone has ever been left out of

something they wanted to participate in and discuss how it made them feel. Lastly, have

students predict what they think will happen in the story just from the title and picture on

the cover. Assign one student to write down the different predictions.

● Read- Teacher reads the book aloud to the class.

 ● Discuss- The first 3 questions are answered as a group discussion, and then the last 2

are answered individually in their Literacy notebooks. After writing their answers in their

notebooks, they will discuss those answers with the students at their table.

○ Question 1: Why did the pet club say “No elephants allowed”?

○ Question 2: Were any of our predictions correct?

○ Question 3: What was the main lesson of the story?

○ Question 4: How does the main lesson relate to you?

○ Question 5: How can you make sure to not exclude a particular person or

people?

● Activity- After writing their reflections in their notebooks and discussing those reflections

with the students at their table, students will use a sheet of paper and coloring utensils to

draw/create their own pet. Pet can be a real animal or something completely made up.

After they are finished, they will discuss how their pets can all be friends even though

they have differences in their appearance.

Evaluation:​ Teacher reads the student’s literacy notebook entries for the day to check for

accuracy of relating the story to real life.