Activities
Description
This is the second lesson of two for the recorded reading of the book, Crocodile, You’re Beautiful! Embracing our Strengths and Ourselves, written by Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer. The book focuses on key themes of empathy, respect, self-confidence and helping others. It provides students with interactive activities that give them an opportunity to stretch, draw and dance as they read and learn. In this activity, K-2 students will watch and analyze the testimony of Marion Blumenthal Lazan, a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust, and will draw connections to the key themes of the book. Students follow along with Dr. Ruth in the interactive recorded reading and will discover solutions she shares to help the animal characters overcome their challenges. Students will illustrate a drawing of a special talent or skill they are good at while wearing a superhero cape.