Self-management

Perseverance

Relationship skills

Morning Meeting

•  If you use your morning meeting to build your classroom community, this mini graphic about sharing space can be a great conversation starter.

Whole Group Activity

• Another suggestion is to read “I Give Up!” during a class read-aloud. Once you’ve read and discussed the story together, have children act out the different parts.

Watch the Video (10 minutes)

• This video teaches children about the features of a comic, or graphic novel.
• After watching, draw the features of a comic on chart paper. The features in the video are panels, speech bubbles, and thought bubbles. See if children can tell you what each one is for.

Set a Purpose for Reading (5 minutes)

• Open your magazines to the story. Ask: What kind of story is this (a comic, or a graphic novel)? How do they know?
• Ask children if they can think of a time they tried something new and they wanted to give up. What did they do? Why is it important to keep trying?
• Tell children they will read about a girl named Mia who wants to give up trying. As they read, they can think about her problem and what she should do.

• Model reading the dialogue with expression. Check comprehension as you read each panel. Children can also turn and talk to discuss what each picture tells them about the story and the characters.
• Then give children a chance to practice reading with fluency and expression. Choose volunteers for reading each part aloud. Encourage children to read with feeling! Repeat with new volunteers.
  
• Discuss the Talk It Out! questions as a class.
  

SEL Focus: Self-Management/Writing (10 minutes)

• Children can practice their writing skills by giving Mia advice with Write to Mia.

Self-Management (10 minutes)

• The I Will Try My Best skills page allows children to engage with the social-emotional content at a lower skills level.