All About Me
Alike and Different:
Learning About Us
Objectives
Conversation
Vocabulary
Uses language to express
and share (IV.E.1)
Shows an understanding
of words and their
meanings (IV.C.1)
Initiates, asks questions,
and responds to others
(IV.E.2)
Uses increased vocabulary
(IV.C.2)
Uses appropriate
language and style for
context (IV.E.3)
Emergent Reading
Demonstrates
comprehension of text
read aloud (IV.F.4)
Eagerness and
Curiosity
Shows curiosity and
is eager to have new
experiences (II.A.1)
Planning and
Reflection
Plans and learns from
experiences (II.D.1)
Science
Examines items to
investigate (V.G.1)
Learning Center Objectives
V.C.2, V.H.1, IV.F.1, IV.F.4, III.B.5, IV.E.1, I.D.1, I.D.2
Materials
Needed
Lesson
different dolls or
pictures of different
faces & index cards
book about differences,
such as We Are All
Alike... We Are All
Different or What I Like
About Me
realistic pictures of
different faces
Learning Centers
books about
uniqueness, such as The
Ugly Duckling
puzzles of real people or
real faces
Vocabulary
Builders
alike
different
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Gather & Focus
Show the children several different dolls or
pictures of different people’s faces. Write the
words alike and different on index cards and
show the words to the children. Ask them to compare the
dolls, or pictures, using the words alike and different. Ask
the children to identify something that is alike about two of
the dolls or pictures. Ask them to wnd something that is
different about two of them.
Compares
Teaching with a
Purpose
Read a book about the uniqueness of
people. Introduce the book by reading aloud
the title, author, and illustrator. Tell them, “The title has
words that tell us what the book is about.” Count the words
aloud as you touch each one and then make a summary
statement, such as, “There are four words in this title…one,
two, three, four.” Ask children to predict how the book will
be about the new words alike and different.
As you read the book aloud, pause periodically to discuss
how the characters are demonstrating the concepts of alike
and different and how this relates to the children.
Predicts
Relates
Transitioning to
Learning Centers
As children choose their centers, ask
questions using the new words, such as,
“What are two things that are different in the
block center?”
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Connects
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Learning Extension
Play the “Just Like Me” game with the
children. Tell the children they will look for
things that are alike between themselves and
other children. Begin by giving an example
of someone who has something in common
with you. Sit in a circle and take turns standing up and
saying, for example,“I have blue pants. Jerome has blue
pants just like me.” Encourage the children to look for
similarities other than physical ones. They may also look for
the same number of siblings, same favorite food, same wrst
letter of their name, etc. Repeat the responses back to the
children such as, “Yes, you and Kayla both have brothers.”
Provide realistic pictures of people’s faces. Encourage
children to group them by how they are alike. Ask them to
count the number in each group by touching the pictures as
they count.
Connects
Reinforces
Repeats
Classifies
Learning Center
Connections
Math – Add the face cards. Encourage
children to continue grouping them, and
counting and comparing groups.
Rotated
resources
Literacy – Add books with the theme of uniqueness,
such as Tacky the Penguin or The Ugly Duckling. Offer to
read these to 1-2 children at a time and discuss how the
characters are unique and how they compare to the
children.
Connects
Fine Motor – Add puzzles of real people or real faces.
As children put them together, talk about how the people
are alike and different.
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Rotated
resources
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Individualization
Scaffolds
Strategies for Dual Language
Learners – Use words interchangeably
from children’s primary language that are
synonymous with alike and different. Provide a concrete
example as you wrst introduce the words, such as two red
crayons and a crayon and a block.
Expanding the Concepts – For children who
show interest in the concept of comparison, add clipboards
and paper in the writing area. Encourage children to make
lists, using simple drawings or words that an adult helps
them spell, of things that are alike and things that are
different in the classroom. Discuss the lists with the children.
Informal Assessment
Observations\ Does the child reyect upon self attributes,
experiences, preferences, and traits in order to compare
with others? Does the child display evidence of reyection?
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