Summary: A touching story about a young boy and his father living in an airport. As they move from terminal to terminal to avoid being caught, the boy spots a bird that has been trapped inside the airport. One day, he sees the bird escape through an open door, providing the boy with a sense of hope.
2nd Grade: How can citizens help those in need?
After reading the book, have a discussion about homelessness and the importance of not turning to crime to get out of homelessness. Discuss how people have different living situations and that does not make those who are different wrong or bad people. Post-discussion, have students research, with partners or small groups, about the resources for homeless people in the area they reside in. Allow students to share their findings, creating a list of some of the resources they found. Next, create a new list of things they can do, personally, to help those in need. (Examples: canned food/clothing drives, donating their unwanted belongings to thrift stores, writing letters, sharing information about how to help others, etc.) The students can put one or more of these items into action. This is a great way to teach them about acts of kindness and it can become a service learning/ community service project.
When looking into placing one of these ideas into action, it is a great time to pull in cross-curricular lessons/activities!
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