Overall Purpose: To have the children use their imagination to create a picture that shows acts of kindness.
Theme: Kindness
LESSON
Learning Standard(s):
RL.PK.1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about an informational text read aloud.
RI.PK.6. With prompting and support “read” illustrations in an informational picture book by describing facts learned from the pictures (e.g., how a seed grows into a plant).
RI.PK. 7. With prompting and support, describe important details from an illustration or photograph.
RI.PK.10. Listen actively as an individual and as a member of a group to a variety of age-appropriate informational texts read aloud.
Behavioral Objectives/Learning Outcomes:
To have children take the image of Kindness in their imagination and create that on paper.
Motivational Techniques: (What will you use to pair with lesson (i.e. a book, song, video etc)
Here are a few things for you to use when talking about kindness!
1. Kindness Counts -The Berenstain Bears Book - Posted below
2. Kindness Makes the World Go Round - Sesame Street Book - Posted below
3. Be Kind Book by Pat Zietlow Miller - posted below
4. Be Kind to Everyone Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKSUsS-NoRY
Procedures: (Step by Step how to do the activity)
To have the children recreate what they think is Kindness is on paper.
Assessment:
Modifications:
You could use cardboard from recycled boxes. Or, if you have chalk you can draw outside!
Helpful Hints:
If the paper rips you could use thicker paper, or the cardboard.
Theme: Kindness
LESSON
Learning Standard(s):
RL.PK.1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about an informational text read aloud.
RI.PK.6. With prompting and support “read” illustrations in an informational picture book by describing facts learned from the pictures (e.g., how a seed grows into a plant).
RI.PK. 7. With prompting and support, describe important details from an illustration or photograph.
RI.PK.10. Listen actively as an individual and as a member of a group to a variety of age-appropriate informational texts read aloud.
Behavioral Objectives/Learning Outcomes:
To have children take the image of Kindness in their imagination and create that on paper.
Motivational Techniques: (What will you use to pair with lesson (i.e. a book, song, video etc)
Here are a few things for you to use when talking about kindness!
1. Kindness Counts -The Berenstain Bears Book - Posted below
2. Kindness Makes the World Go Round - Sesame Street Book - Posted below
3. Be Kind Book by Pat Zietlow Miller - posted below
4. Be Kind to Everyone Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKSUsS-NoRY
Procedures: (Step by Step how to do the activity)
- Grab your paper, and coloring tools and start using your imagination to create a kindness scene. Example: Child helping adult cook, Child helping sibling clean up, etc.
- When the child is done creating what they think kindness is, ask them, “what did you draw?” and you can then write on the paper what they created.
- It might look like a bunch of scribbles, but to them it's “Kindness” and their imaginations are amazing!
- Paper
- Coloring tools = crayons, markers, pen, pencil, etc.
To have the children recreate what they think is Kindness is on paper.
Assessment:
- contribute to a list of important details in an illustration or photograph.
- create new or additional caption for illustrations in informational texts.
- model how to identify basic facts from looking at the illustrations.
- attend and respond to group discussions of informational books.
- in a group setting, identify the purpose of an informational text read aloud.
Modifications:
You could use cardboard from recycled boxes. Or, if you have chalk you can draw outside!
Helpful Hints:
If the paper rips you could use thicker paper, or the cardboard.
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