Elementary Library

Culture worksheet. Students may write or draw responses.

Review “I can” statements and ask students for thumbs up or thumbs down if they think they mastered today’s learning.

Dismiss for circulation. READER’S ADVISORY, CIRCULATION PROCEDURES, & DISMISSAL Resource & Discussion Guide

They All Saw A Cat by Brendan Wenzel (E WEN) In simple, rhythmic prose and stylized pictures, a cat walks through the world, and all the other creatures see and acknowledge the cat. Discussion prompts: ●​ Why does the cat look different to each animal that sees it? How do you see the cat? Which animal did you agree with? ●​ Do you like cats? Do you think you see cats differently than someone who has the opposite opinion? ●​ Why does the cat change when we see it with the mouse and with the child? ●​ How does who you are affect how you see others and how others see you? Does it matter how others see us? ●​ Near the end of the book, the cat looks at its own reflection. Do you think that the cat’s reflection is a true image of itself? Do you think the cat believes it is a more true image of itself? Is there a difference between how we see ourselves and how others see us? Is one more important than the other? ●​ Is there any feature of the cat that all of the other animals see in common? (e.g. a tail or ears) ●​ Is that feature of the cat more important than other features? Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal (E ROS) Two unseen characters argue about whether the creature they are looking at is a rabbit or a duck. Discussion prompts: ●​ Why do you think Amy and Tom created this book? Do you think there’s an important message or lesson to be learned? ●​ How can two people be in the same place seeing the same things yet have different ideas about what’s going on? ●​ Why do you think it’s hard sometimes for people to change their minds? ●​ Is it ok if you don’t want to change your opinion about something? How can you do that in a polite way that shows respect for the other person? ●​ Why is it important to be open-minded? ●​ How might this story have ended if the two narrators had never considered the other one’s point of view?

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