This is one of my favorite stories by Dr. Seuss and the message is so powerful. Although there is a great (free) youtube video on this story, I always enjoy reading it so I can pause at specific points and engage the kindergarteners in discussion. Students can't stay quiet once they begin seeing how the star-bellied Sneetches treat the ones without "stars upon thars." As chaos ensues in the story, a natural discussion comes up and students do not understand why the Sneetches do not accept each other for who they are. After the story I gave each student their very own star to write or draw what makes them special.
(They chose to decorate our Sneetch with all of their uniqueness-es)
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