Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day 2014!
The week Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a wonderful time to teach your students about the life and legacy of the great American Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Today is also MLK Day of Service. When you return to the classroom tomorrow or sometime in the following weeks, invite your students to continue to think about the legacy of Dr. King how they can serve others by entering the Scholastic Student Art Contest.
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, Scholastic is asking students in grades K-12 to “create a poster that inspires others to serve and answers Dr. King’s question, “What are you doing for others?” All contest entries must be postmarked by February 28, 2014.
Scholastic also provides some excellent video resources on their MLK Day website related to the history of the Civil Rights Movement and to public service.
You can read more about Dr. King in my reader Martin Luther King, Jr. - First Grade Level D Reader. My original series of leveled books is written to incorporate the Fountas and Pinnell leveled vocabulary, Rebecca Sitton spelling words, and common core curriculum standards for grades K-6 in the United States. They are great for ESL students, too.
I have also created two original plays about Dr. King, I Have A Dream - The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and The Dream - A Play about Martin Luther King, Jr.
These plays are complete with a teaching guide that lists questions before and after reading the play, words to preview, and extension activities, your students will have fun, build self-confidence and increase in reading fluency, comprehension and vocabulary development.
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