As+Good+as+Anybody+Reinforcing+Activity

After I read the book //As Good as Anybody// the students will get the worksheet with the table on it that has different categories that they will write the answer to about themselves. Once they have written their answers they will do a classroom scramble where they will all go around the room and ask their peers which categories they would fall under. They will write that person’s name in at least three categories. Once they have asked most of their peers, they will go back to their seats and answer the questions. We will discuss their findings and their answers once they are finished. The students should be able to see that there are students in the classroom that have both similarities and differences and that nobody is exactly the same. After this activity they should be able to understand that it is okay to be different from one another and that nobody is better than the other. **Materials: ** **Assessment: ** I will collect their table worksheets at the end of class and review what they put down for their answers * I would add more categories in my real classroom **What color eyes do you have? How old are you? ** **What color hair do you have? How many siblings do you have? ** **What method of transportation do you use to get to school? What is your favorite pet? ** **Questions: ** **Connected Content Statements: ** Local communities change over time.
 * Activity: **Classroom Scramble
 * Table worksheet
 * Pencil
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">As Good as Anybody //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">book
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Brown Eyes ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Blue Eyes ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Green Eyes ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Other Color Eyes ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Blonde Hair ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Brown Hair ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Black Hair ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Red Hair ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Other Hair Color ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Transportation to school: Bus ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Transportation to school: Car ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Transportation to School: walk ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Other methods of transportation ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">8 years old ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">9 years old ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Other Age ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Only child ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1-3 Siblings ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4-6 Siblings ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">7+ Siblings ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pet: Dog ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pet: Cat ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pet: Bird ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pet: Rabbit ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Other Pet ** ||
 * 1) **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Did every person in the class have the same exact answers at the beginning? **
 * 2) ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What would your community look like if everyone did have the same answers at the beginning?  **
 * 3) ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">If one person’s eyes are blue and another person’s eyes are brown, who is the better person?  **