Upon completion of the story, revisit the front cover and ask students to see if they were right in guessing Angelina’s feeling.
Read the book and pause periodically to ask students to find a feeling on the feelings chart that matches how the character feels in the story. Ask students to infer how she may be feeling. Next, use the cover of the book and study Angelina’s face. Invite them to share with a neighbor, then take a few volunteers to share. Begin by asking students to find a feeling on the chart they are feeling that day. It works best for me to model with students how to hold the feelings chart so it is not a distraction. For this primary source pairing, use a feelings chart during storytime. Through beautifully illustrated pages and a cause and effect storytelling style, this book will be a special one to read to remind students of the importance of being kind, welcoming, and open-minded. Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.
The beautiful, yet accessible language is sure to appeal to children, along with the colorful and endearing illustrations by Rafael Lopez, a two-time Pura Belpre Illustrator award winner.Written by Jacqueline Woodson, Illustrated by Rafael Lopez New readers are destined to fall in love with Woodson’s storytelling abilities. With Woodson’s words and Lopez’s marvelous illustrations, they are able to convey that feeling that being on the outside is scary, but once you start to share your stories, others will listen, and you will feel less alone. And that finding friends like you is nice, but friends who are completely different are also great fun. Woodson explains that the day you truly begin living is the day that you realize that even though you may be different from everyone else, once you find the courage to share your story, the world will create the space or you that you deserve.
THE DAY YOU BEGIN is a fun story that packs a powerful message. From Venezuela, your teacher says so soft and beautifully that your name and homeland sound like flowers blooming the first bright notes of a song.” Exquisite, lyrical sentences like this are excellent to help kickstart young readers’ love of good literature. Woodson’s writing is so unique because she does not compromise her style of writing when writing books for new and young readers. She has an immense gift for writing stunning prose that is accessible for children. Winner of the National Book Award, three-time winner of the Newbery Honor, and and the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, author Jacqueline Woodson is undoubtedly one of the greatest writers of our time. This powerful sentence is how Jaqueline Woodson begins her beautiful children’s book THE DAY YOU BEGIN, a #1 New York Time bestseller. “There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you.”
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