October 2018 | Crafting Connections
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Lailah's Lunchbox: A Mentor Text Activity that Focuses on Asking Higher-Level Questions

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story- This book is featured as a mentor text activity for teaching students how to ask higher-level questions. Includes a FREE follow-up worksheet!

Welcome to our Celebrating Diversity mentor text link-up! The book I'm choosing to feature is Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story by Reem Faruqi. This is a powerful read-aloud that will touch everyone in your classroom. Your Muslim students will be excited to find a proud, strong Muslim main character that may be facing difficult situations similar to the ones they face on a daily basis. Furthermore, your non-Muslim students will connect with a character much like themselves, as well, who worries about her classmates' and teacher's opinion of her. The author of this book explains the tradition of fasting during Ramadan in a sensitive, positive manner that is perfect for the upper elementary classroom. (Full disclosure: This post contains affiliate links.)
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