For Women's History Month in the library, second grade students are learning about to extraordinary women: Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan. This two week unit will focus on Helen's early life through her discovery of language and communication and her adult life as an author, lecturer and activist.
By listening to nonfiction picture books, Annie and Helen by Deborah Hopkinson and Raul Colon and Helen's Big World by Doreen Rappaport and our library discussions and activities, these learners will also uncover how sound and vision impact communication.
We will also look at primary documents and read biographical facts about Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan to determine how authors and illustrators used them to help to tell their stories. Additionally, students will participate in silent book exchanges. For fifteen minutes, they will not use spoken or written words to communicate -- but must invent gestures and use facial expressions to help others understand what they need or what kind of books they want to find.
By listening to nonfiction picture books, Annie and Helen by Deborah Hopkinson and Raul Colon and Helen's Big World by Doreen Rappaport and our library discussions and activities, these learners will also uncover how sound and vision impact communication.
We will also look at primary documents and read biographical facts about Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan to determine how authors and illustrators used them to help to tell their stories. Additionally, students will participate in silent book exchanges. For fifteen minutes, they will not use spoken or written words to communicate -- but must invent gestures and use facial expressions to help others understand what they need or what kind of books they want to find.