How Can You Make A Positive Difference?
Today we celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with several meaningful activities at school. Dr. King reminds us that each of us can make a difference for someone else. One way to do that, is by making a personal connection.
We began by making personal identity webs
that highlight pieces of ourselves.
Such as a favorite book or song.
Our family members, favorite animals and foods.
Lastly, what we feel is unique about ourselves.
We created an identity web for Dr. King as well
focusing on his character traits.
Then we read a book that helped us understand
the power of sharing stories about ourselves
in order to connect with others.
These connections are what links us together.
Next we decided to display all our identity webs on the table
and use Post-It notes to make a personal connection with someone else.
Sometimes it was a sibling with the same name.
Or a love of cats or favorite tune.
The expressions on the faces of the recipient and the giver were
priceless!
Then we started creating our own unique quilt piece.
These pieces will be combined with the whole school
to show how we are uniquely beautiful together.
We think Dr. King would have been pleased.
As we reflected on our story and Dr. King,
we each chose a single, powerful word
and added it to the back of a painted river rock.
These will be placed somewhere in our community on Martin Luther King Day
to make a positive connection to the reader.
Look for our stones as you walk along. Today, begin with...
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