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Teaching Something Different

Something Different

When Mali asks her mother for something different for lunch, she expects to get a sandwich, which is what all her classmates eat. Instead, her mother gives her a kind of Thai food. Mali is embarrassed until her teacher smells the food and shares with the class that it is her favorite meal.

Juliette Looye
Highlights for Children, Inc.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How does it feel to be different from others?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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