Celebrating Diversity, Grades 1-2

Read and Understand, Celebrating Diversity, Grades 1-2 contains 22 stories, including:

Biographies-Jim Abbott, Susan Butcher, Evelyn Cisneros, George Washington Carver, Martin Luther King, Jr. and others

Fiction-My Granny's Bread, The Game, Going to the Library, Count with Us

Nonfiction-The Pinata, How Does It Grow? (corn, wheat, rice), What's Your Favorite (3 ethnic recipes), The Great Melting Pot

Each of the stories is followed by four pages of activities: -comprehension; -vocabulary; -an activity that allows students to connect the story to their own lives; -a cross curricular activity