Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Keeping with the Christmas theme for my lessons, I used Rudolph as another example for my second graders. We used the story of Rudolph to learn how to see the good in others, respecting differences, and learning that being different is okay!
Luckily, the second graders had just watched Rudolph for recess (due to rainy weather) so they were experts on the story when I came for guidance.
We discussed what we saw in Rudolph that was being a not so great friend and examples of when saw others being a good friend to Rudolph. We also discussed why Rudolph was excluded, how he could have been feeling when others treated him differently, and how we could be friends.
We talked about being unique, accepting differences, and looking for the good in others despite differences. The second graders did so well with this conversation! They came up with great ideas on how to friends to one another, how to help others, and what to do when we see others being excluded or treated differently based on outside appearances. Once they realized how "mean" the other reindeer were to Rudolph, they were determined to not be like those reindeer and to be more like Rudolph.
Our quote from this lesson to bring it all together was from Rudolph.
"He always knew he was a little different, but he let his light shine regardless of what others said"
We then did a fun activity together that I found at http://firstgradewow.blogspot.com/
We each created our own Rudolph with a message on what we learned from the story of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer-which turned out to be the cutest/sweetest responses I've had from second graders! After hanging them up, I took time to read all of them and it was one of those moments when you realize the kids are actually listening and learning from the lesson!
Here is our Rudolph finished project:
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