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This resource is meant to provide educators, caregivers, and children a list of a few high-quality racially affirming picture books. These book/activity pairings are meant to provide a guideline of how to use these books in a classroom, library, or home setting to start conversations about families and topics that are a part of our communities that we live in.
They can be used as a lesson plan or activity in the classroom or library setting or as a book club discussion for both children and/or adults. Using stories is a great way to introduce new concepts, vocabulary, and language for topics that not everyone may have the know-how to express and explain to children.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion may feel like a big task to accomplish in the workplace and in schools, but this resource series hopes to break that down into accessible language and stories through picture books, a beloved pastime for both children and the grown-ups in their lives. Dive in, reflect, discuss, and celebrate with stories about communities and families that are alike and different from yours and say “welcome to the neighborhood.”
Credits: WQED Education: Liz Kostandinu, Rachel Sew
Standards
Common Core State Standards Grades K-2
CCSS.Math.Content.K.MD.B.3
Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count.
CCSS.Math.Content.2.OA.C.3
Determine whether a group of objects (up to 20) has an odd or even number of members, e.g., by pairing objects or counting them by 2s; write an equation to express an even number as a sum of two equal addends.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.A.2
Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.B.4.a
When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.B.4.b
Understand that the last number name said tells the number of objects counted. The number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they were counted.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.B.5
Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1–20, count out that many objects.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.C.6
Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.C.7
Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.
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