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Academic Standards

 

Learning Objective:

Children will define what it means to serve, analyze how Dr. King served others, and identify different ways kids can serve others.

 

Social Studies Focus:

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

 

Page 4 Skill:

read a timeline

 

Vocabulary:

serve, segregation, speeches, illegal

 

CCSS:

RI.2.1 key details; RI.2.2 identify the main topic; RI.2.4 determine meanings of words; RI.2.5 text features; RI.2.10 read informational texts; W.2.1 writing; SL.2.1 collaborative conversations; SL.2.3 ask and answer questions; L.2.5 identify real-life connections between words and their use

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Watch the video

Build background knowledge about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by watching “Dr. King: A Leader and a Hero.” When you’re done watching, ask the following question: What is one thing you learned about Dr. King?

Preview new vocabulary words

Project the online vocabulary slideshow and introduce this issue’s featured words.

Set a purpose for reading

  • Have students do a picture walk through the issue, then read and discuss the cover. Ask students to share what they think it means to serve others.
  • Then before turning to page 2, say, “As we read the article, we will think about how Dr. King served others. Then we will think about how we can serve others too!”
  • Use the Read and Think skill sheet to check comprehension as you read the issue as a class. At each stopping point on the sheet, pause to discuss the questions. Students can fill out the sheet as you go along.
  • Complete the page 4 activity as a group or individually.

 

Play the online game: Design a Poster

(skill: nonfiction text features)

Read a paired text: Love Will See You Through: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Six Guiding Beliefs (as told by his niece) by Angela Farris Watkins

Dr. King’s niece examines six of “Uncle Martin’s” principles and gives examples from his life that illustrate each of those values.

Read an issue from the archive: “A Beloved Community” (January 2022)

Analyze more of Dr. King’s powerful words with the issue “A Beloved Community” (January 2022).