Objectives:

• Increase awareness of self
• Increase awareness of differences

 Standards:

• Sense of belonging in the school environment
• Demonstrate creativity
• Demonstrate ability to work independently

 Materials:

• Book: You Be You by Linda Kranz
• Fish template p.4 (and other great ideas by Linda Kranz)
• Construction/colored/plain paper
• Large blue bulletin paper
• Crayons
• Tape/glue

Directions:
Read the story You Be You. 
As you are reading point out how the fish are all swimming but in different directions. Ask students what differences they saw. Talk about how we are like the fish in the book and we are all different but maybe we look or do something like someone else. But we are still unique. 
Have students create their own rock fish and attach to the ocean (blue bulletin paper). 
4Heart: The students loved being creative with designing their fish and how they swam in the ocean. Their ocean hung in the hall most of the year.