Grade 3 – PM Cohort
Music Inspired By
The Day You Begin
written by by Jacqueline Woodson
illustrated by Rafael López
Written by Lawton Elementary School Students
STYLE Session
April 2021
LYRICS HERE
Let’s spread the word to our friends
That it’s okay to be different
You’re unique and special, too
No one else is quite like you!
Let’s stand up
And stand out
STYLE song by Meagan Krantz
Finished Song
Enter Song Here
About the Book
The Day You Begin
written by by Jacqueline Woodson
illustrated by Rafael López
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpre Illustrator Award winner Rafael Lopez have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone.
There will be times when you walk into a room
and no one there is quite like you.
There are many reasons to feel different. Maybe it’s how you look or talk, or where you’re from; maybe it’s what you eat, or something just as random. It’s not easy to take those first steps into a place where nobody really knows you yet, but somehow you do it.
Jacqueline Woodson’s lyrical text and Rafael Lopez’s dazzling art reminds us that we all feel like outsiders sometimes-and how brave it is that we go forth anyway. And that sometimes, when we reach out and begin to share our stories, others will be happy to meet us halfway.
Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.
and no one there is quite like you.
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Fun Music Websites
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