SEL Book Companion: Fingerprints: A Story About Diversity

Description

Celebrate diversity, kindness, and inclusion with this SEL Book Companion: Fingerprints: A Story About Diversity by Carmen Parets Luque! This meaningful SEL and literacy unit helps young learners understand that every person is unique and special while building empathy, acceptance, and positive classroom community skills.

 

Designed for Kindergarten through 2nd grade students, this resource combines comprehension, writing, art, and social-emotional learning into fun and interactive activities.

What’s Included in SEL Book Companion: Fingerprints: A Story About Diversity Resource Includes:

This resource includes a variety of engaging, low-prep activities that encourage students to celebrate differences and appreciate diversity, including:

• Reading comprehension questions with answer key
• SEL discussion prompts
• “My Fingerprint Family” writing and art activity
• “I Am Unique” self-reflection activity
• Diversity Venn diagram comparison activity
• “Diversity is Awesome” writing activity
• “My Unique Fingerprint” creative writing activity
• Coloring and classroom display pages
• Teacher directions and final product examples

 

Skills Covered

Students will practice and strengthen:

• Reading comprehension
• Listening and speaking skills
• Comparing and contrasting
• Self-awareness
• Empathy and kindness
• Inclusion and acceptance
• Diversity awareness
• Writing development
• Social-emotional learning skills
• Creativity and self-expression

Why Teachers Love This Resource

• Easy prep and print-and-go
• Meaningful SEL integration
• Encourages positive classroom culture
• Perfect for whole group or independent work
• Great for back-to-school, counseling lessons, or classroom community building
• Hands-on and engaging for young learners
• Supports meaningful classroom discussions about diversity and inclusion

Perfect For

• SEL lessons
• Classroom community activities
• Back-to-school units
• Counseling lessons
• Literacy centers
• Whole group instruction
• Small group activities
• Independent work
• Writing centers
• Character education lessons

 

Learning Objectives

After completing these activities, students will be able to:

• Retell key details from the story
• Identify ways people are unique
• Compare similarities and differences between themselves and others
• Explain why differences are important
• Demonstrate empathy, kindness, and inclusion
• Understand that everyone is valuable and special

 

Common Core Standards (CCSS) Reading Literature

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3

Speaking & Listening

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.1

Writing

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.2
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.2
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.2

TEKS Standards Kindergarten ELAR

• TEKS K.6(A) – Retell stories and identify characters
• TEKS K.7(B) – Describe connections between personal experiences and texts
• TEKS K.1(A) – Develop oral language and discussion skills

1st Grade ELAR

• TEKS 1.6(A) – Identify key details in literary texts
• TEKS 1.6(C) – Describe characters and feelings
• TEKS 1.1(A) – Participate in collaborative discussions

2nd Grade ELAR

• TEKS 2.6(A) – Identify main events and supporting details
• TEKS 2.6(C) – Describe characters and their traits
• TEKS 2.1(A) – Engage in meaningful classroom discussions

SEL Connections

• Self-awareness
• Relationship skills
• Social awareness
• Responsible decision-making
• Respect for others and inclusion

 

This heartfelt diversity resource helps students build literacy skills while learning the importance of kindness, empathy, inclusion, and celebrating what makes each person unique!