Can You Hear A Rainbow: A Story of a Deaf Boy Named Chris

Can You Hear A Rainbow: A Story of a Deaf Boy Named Chris

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Author  

•  Jamee Riggio Heelan

Genre 

•  Parenting/Realistic Fiction

Grade level(s) appropriateness 

• 2nd grade and up

A brief synopsis or review 

•  This book is the story of Chris. He is a child who is deaf but is able to see how he is the same and different from his friends and others around him inspite of being deaf. This book will help children to see that even if someone is different in one way it does not mean that they cannot be the same in others.

Theme/skill 

•  different and same, being deaf, helping students who are deaf succeed in school

Noteworthy features or issues with text 

•  the kid friendly wording

Teaching ideas

• Give the kids noise canceling headphones to help them learn better about being deaf
• Have students create same and different books to list the ways that they are the same and different from others

Curriculum tie-ins and/or related activities

•  health
• science

Read aloud suitability

•  Yes

Connections to other texts/content areas

• books on deafness 

Other additional comments

• This book is a kid friendly way to teach students about being deaf or being the same and different