Diversity Bookbags :Third Grade

Materials List & Family Activities

Books:

• Black is Brown is Tan by Arnold Adoff
• I Love Saturdays y domingos by Alma Flor Ada
• Ian’s Walk: a Story about Autism by Laurie Lears
• Jin Woo by Eve Bunting

Audio: Where I Come From: Songs and Poems from Many Cultures

(Talking Stone Press)

Materials:

• Game Board
• 9 White Game Pieces & 9 Blue Game Pieces
• Journal
• Feedback Form

Recipe: Families may add a recipe to the ring.

• Arroz a la Mexicana (Mexico)
• Apple Charlotte Dessert (Russia)

Game: Nine Man’s Morris (Egypt)

• Suggested Activities for Families:

I Love Saturdays y Domingos

• Talk about your own family traditions. Do you have a favorite day of the week that you spend with family members?
• What Spanish words did you recognize or learn in the story? Make a list.
• What is the same and what is different about the time spent with each set of grandparents in the story?

Jin Woo

• Pretend you are David and write a letter back to Jin Woo. What would you tell him?

Black is Brown is Tan

• Black is Brown in Tan is a poem about a family and how they are alike and different. Write a poem about your family and how the members of your family are alike and different.

Where I Come From: Songs and Poems from Many Cultures (audio)

• Pick your favorite song or poem to share with your class.