The Best Birthday Picture
Overview
This work, “The Best Birthday Picture” is a derivative of “The Birthday Party" authored by Storyweaver, Pratham Books, Illustrated by Megha Vishwanath, used under CC-BY-4.0.
The text for this adapted story “The Best Birthday Picture” was written by a team of educators during a short course on “Application of Open Educational Resources” in May 2022. The course was developed and delivered by the USAID LAC Reads Capacity Program and hosted by the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
About this book
Curriculum References
This story can be used to enhance the delivery of the lessons in the Jamaican National Standards Curriclum (2018).
Examples:
Grade 1, Term 1, Unit 1 "Who Am I?"
Focus Question 1: How do you know me? (page 36)
Grade 1, Term 2, Unit 1 "My Family"
Focus Question 2: How do family members care for each other? (page 78)
Focus Question 3: What are the activities in which I take part in with my family? (page 86)
Grade 2, Term 2, Unit 1 "Living together as a family"
Focus Question 2 How do family members relate to one another? (page 40)
Note. This book has less than 100 words.
After his birthday party, the boy in the story opens his gifts and is thrilled to find a camera. But as he's playing with his new gift, he notices his mother crying in the kitchen. Find out what he does next!
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Credits
“The Best Birthday Picture” is licensed under CC-BY-4.0 by Samantha Bennett- Russell, Shanna-Kay Brown-Grant, Miguel Ison, Shalene Kinkead-Cope, Yewande Lewis-Fokum, Stephanie Lloyd, Shauna-Kaye McArthur, Pamela Maison, Kimberly Mitchell, Inga Morrison-Forrest, Dahlia Palmer, Vasantie Persaud, Aisha Smith, Neisha Williams and Melody Williams (2022).
Narration by Yewande Lewis – Fokum
Music and Sound Effects from Pixabay
Birthday Song by SergeQuadrado from Pixabay