This activity can be for any grade level. I chose K-6 because that is the grades that I work with. The students will see that everyone is equally important and that everyone in the group may look different and have different ideas, feelings, and book choices.

Each student will get a blank puzzle piece that has been created by the teacher. Each student will be paired up with another student from a different grade.  The students write their names on their puzzle pieces. 

Puzzle pieces, crayons, markers, colored pencils, pencils,

books from the library

Health books from a previous lesson

 

Each student will get a blank puzzle piece that has been created by the teacher. Each student will be paired up with another student from a different grade.  The students write their names on their puzzle pieces.  [As a pair, the students will then choose a book from the library.] The pair needs to discuss this and agree on one book that can be read in 20 minutes.  (The teacher has a choice of books for them to pick from.)   After the book is read, the pair will draw a picture and/or add words about the book that they read on one puzzle piece.  After they agree on how the book made them both feel, they will write how the book made them feel on the other puzzle piece.  Feelings were discussed in a former lesson on attitudes and feelings from the teachers health text and in cooperation with the other classroom teachers.

 

After all of the students have finished their pieces, they will need to asssemble the puzzle together.  This involves collaboration, patience, and problem solving strategies.

 

The puzzle will be hung in the library where everyone can see how everyone is unique and special.

Teachers can check to see if all the puzzle pieces fit together in a uniform shape.

Each piece will have either a feeling picture or a book picture/description.

Art, Health, Language Arts