DAILY LESSON PLAN

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Objectives
Have students more critically about what
an act of kindness is vs. what a healthy
action is (eating fruits, washing hands)
Think deeper about acts of kindness and
other people’s perspectives/emotions.
Essential Question
What are acts of kindness and why are
they important?
Scope & Sequence
Sequence: This will be the second lesson
we do on kindness but will be tied into
previous/current lessons such as building
friendships, how to interact positively with
others, and thinking about how their
actions make others feel.
Scope: For students to understand the
importance of doing kind things for others
and how it can benefit them as well
whether it be in feeling good about
yourself that you helped someone, having
people like you, and making new friends.
Lesson Title: Acts of Kindness Prior Knowledge
Warm-Up We did a lesson on Monday
I am going to lead a short discussion and review what I that introduced the lesson of
mean when I say, “act of kindness”, ask if students can kindness, what acts of
give examples, and use a slide show showing images of kindness are, and why they
acts of kindness as visual support and to see if they can are important. We then
interpret perspectives in images. brainstormed what an act of
kindness may look like at
home or at school.
Teach/Model
During the warm-up discussion portion, I will Curriculum Connections
use guiding questions to support students’ Strand A: Communication/
Perspective Taking
thinking/understanding process. At my station, I
will use guiding questions as well as model my - Objective 2: Enhancing
Perspective Taking
own thinking through certain questions if
students get stuck and give real-life examples of
Strand B: Socialization
what I’ve seen or what I’ve felt when people
were kind to me. I will have a juice box that a - Objective 1: “I can change
how you think about me by
student gave me as a representation of an act of
kindness (he knows I love juice) as well as a changing my behavior”
mini angel Mrs. Cuellar has that has a sweet
story behind it that we talked about this morning
to connect this topic to real life events the
students know.

Classwork Activities
1. Warm Up
2. We will break into groups and do rotating stations all having to do with kindness
- Station 1: Assessment station lead by me where they will fill out a worksheet that has four main idea questions. The questions
ask what an act of kindness is, the give an example, how doing an act of kindness makes someone else feel and how it makes
them feel. I will be there to facilitate a small group discussion, provide guiding questions, and monitor the students’ thought
processes
- Station 2: Students will sort 16 scenario cards into two different groups based on whether or not the card is an act of kindness.
This can hopefully help them think more critically about what it really means to do an act of kindness opposed to doing what
you’re expected to do (do your homework, eat healthy, etc). Plus, I’m hoping the visualization of grouping plus the kinesthetic
component will be beneficial to their learning and sorting skills.
- Station 3: The last station will be a thank you note station. Each student will write a thank you note to someone in the school
which we will then deliver later this week. I want them to practice a concrete, structured act of kindness so we can put this
lesson into action + reflect on the experience of delivering the note later on.
3. I will close this lesson by collecting all of the work to keep it safe and assess where the students are at with the information. Then, I
will remind them that, although this is my last official lesson on kindness, that doesn’t mean to stop being kind. Review the Challenge
Goals, the WOW hand-outs, and that they can be kind anytime, anywhere, to anyone. It makes people around us happy, makes people
want to be our friends, and makes us feel good inside too!

Differentiation Strategies Academic Support

-Use tickets to help with positive reinforcement and encourage
students to stay engaged
- Have visual examples of acts of kindness to review
- Provide a word bank and sentence stems for the thank you
card station
- Provide one-on-one support to students during the writing
section who may need a scribe, behavior support, or appear to
need be struggling
- Modified expectations for final product/grading purposes
I will guide them throughout the warm up review, support them at
my station with guiding questions, reading the sentences out loud,
and scribing if needed. Each station will have a TA to provide the
same supports. Examples will be shown in the slide show and I
will model each task while saying what I’m doing out loud. Their
completed assessment, my observations, and the other teacher’s
observations on stdent successs will serve as my check for
understanding. A word bank, sentence stems, and a scribe will be
available for students who need it.