Teach your class about compassion and empathy with Jamee Riggio Heelan's Can You Hear a Rainbow? As kids read about Chris, a boy who is deaf, they discuss the things he likes to do, as well as the ways he communicates with the world.

Concepts

communication, deafness, sign language, disabilities, kindness, empathy, reading comprehension, accepting others, bullying

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the discussion questions as reading assessments or guiding questions
• Incorporate into a unit about acceptance, overcoming adversity, or anti-bullying
• Teach pupils some foundational signs from ASL, such as the alphabet

Classroom Considerations

• Refers to the lesson in the series about Helen Keller

Pros

• Encourages learners to think about meeting people who are different than they are as an opportunity to reach out and make friends
• Comes with links to additional materials, including the ASL alphabet 

Cons

• Discussion questions are on the comprehension level and don't delve into further complex concepts

Common Core

RL.K.1 RL.K.3 RL.1.1 RL.1.3 RL.2.1 RL.2.3 RL.3.1 RL.3.3