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Diversity Lesson Plan

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13588082-each-kindness

Standard: RL.3.2 - Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures;
determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key
details in the text.
Culture or Cultural Theme: Creating a culture of kindness, bullying, judging, acceptance
Objective: Students will be able to determine the theme or key ideas of the story.
Materials: The book Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson, blank pieces of paper,
construction paper, pencils, crayons, scissors, tape
Procedure Day 1:
Introduce the book and the author.
Read the book out loud to the class.
o Ask the students to share their first thoughts about the book.
Read the book out loud one more time.
o Initiate more in depth discussion with the students, and ask the following
questions:
What was the story about?
Describe Chloe.
Describe Maya.
Why did Chloe and her friends not want to play with Maya?
How do you think Maya felt?

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After the discussion, students will begin in-class activities.

o Activity 1:
Each student will be provided with a blank piece of paper and crayons.
Students will be instructed to draw a picture that represents the story.
(mental picture visualized during reading)
o Activity 2:
On the back of the drawing the students will be instructed to write a story
about an act of kindness the student has done for someone in the past.
Or a write about a time the student has been in the same situation as Maya.
o Activity 3:
Students will be instructed to do a random act of kindness for someone
they dont know.
Give examples to students:
o Open a door for someone.
o Help someone carry something.
o Give someone a compliment.
o Invite someone new to play with you.
o Invite someone new to eat lunch with you.
Students will be instructed to share tomorrow in class about their act of
kindness.

Procedure Day 2:
For introduction, students will share with the class their acts of kindness from previous
day.
After sharing, students will be introduced to the class project.
o Students will create a tree of kindness.
o Students will be instructed to pick a construction paper of their favorite color.
o Then, students will trace their hand on the construction paper, write their act of
kindness on the hand, and cut it out.
o After everyone is finished with their hand, everyone will tape their hand to the
tree bark on the class wall.

http://montrose.kana.k12.wv.us/2015/08/17/montrose-elementary-has-a-kindness-tree/

After all the activities are completed, in conclusion, students will be asked:

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What did you learned during this lesson?

What was your favorite activity? Why?

Evaluation/Assessment: Students will be evaluated on completion of activity 1 (5 points),

activity 2 (5 points), and participation in the class project (5 points).