Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on the third Monday in January, honors the leader who worked all his life, peacefully, for fair laws and equal treatment for all people. Since 1994 it has been a national day of service, so it is a day to dream of a fairer world and to do something kind to help make it one.
Six pages on handwriting lines. Page 1: draw and write your dream for the world. Page 2: a how-to in four steps, solving a problem with a friend peacefully. Page 3: plan a way to help your school or town. Page 4: an opinion piece, is helping others a good way to remember Dr. King? Page 5: a kindness chain of strips to cut, write on and glue. Page 6: an acrostic poem for DREAM, with words to try.
Pair this pack with a reading about Dr. King. After page 3, choose one class project to do on the day of service, and join everyone's kindness strips into one chain.
Talk about your child's dream for the world, then plan one small way to help someone together on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Writing for Martin Luther King Jr. Day about a dream for the world, helping others and solving problems peacefully. Students draw and write their dream, write the steps of a peaceful solution, plan a way to help their school or town, give their opinion on a day of service, fill a kindness chain and write a DREAM poem.
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