WeareKindWritingAssignment

Author:KyaDenny
Datecreated:01/22/20157:54AMEDTDatemodified:01/27/20157:31PMEDT

VITALINFORMATION
TotalNumberofStudents

23

Area(s)StudentsLiveIn

Rural

Free/ReducedLunch
EthnicityofStudents

AfricanAmerican
Hispanic/Latino
White

EnglishLanguageLearners

1:3
2:2
3:4

StudentswithSpecialNeeds
Subject(s)

LanguageArts(English)

TopicorUnitofStudy

MLKJr.Day/peacefulproblemsolving

Grade/Level

Kindergarten

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KEYCONCEPTS&STANDARDS
BigIdea&Essential
Questions

ThisistheculminationoftheMLKJr.Miniunitthestudentshavebeenworkingon.TheyhavelearnedthatMLKwasa
peacefulproblemsolver,andusedthethreeschoolrules:BeKind,BeSafe,andBeResponsible.Thiswritingassignment
isfocusingonwhatstudentscandotobekind.

LearningOutcome(s)

Thestudentswillbeabletofinishthesentenceframe"Wearekindwhenwe..."byusingtheirsightwordscardandtheir
alphabetcharttowriteonewaytheypracticebeingkindandillustrateapicturethatrepresentstheirideas.The
illustrationshould"bump"atleasttwosidesoftheirillustrationarea,andincludenostickfigures.

Summary
Standards

CACaliforniaCommonCoreStateStandards(2012)
Subject:EnglishLanguageArts&LiteracyinHistory/SocialStudies,Science,andTechnicalSubjects
Grade:Kindergartners:
Strand:Writing
Domain:
TextTypesandPurposes
Standard:
2.Useacombinationofdrawing,dictating,andwritingtocomposeinformative/explanatorytextsinwhichthey
namewhattheyarewritingaboutandsupplysomeinformationaboutthetopic.

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ASSESSMENTS
Assessment/Rubrics

Rubrics:
1. WeareKind

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MATERIALSANDRESOURCES
InstructionalMaterials&
Technology(handouts,etc.)

"Wearekindwhenwe..."worksheets
Blackpentomodel
AZBucketFilling

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IMPLEMENTATION
SequenceofActivities

YesterdaywetalkedabouthowMLKJr.wasapeacefulproblemsolverandusedthe3schoolrules:BeKind,
BeSafe,andBeResponsibleandwethoughtofwayswecouldbepeacefulproblemsolversinour
classroomandatschool.
But,wecanactuallypreventproblemsfromhappeningbyusingthefirstschoolrule:BeKind.
Sotoday,wearegoingtowriteaboutwaysthatweshowwearekind.Therearesomanywaystoshow
kindnesstoothersthatIthoughtweshouldreadaboutsomebeforewewrite.IbroughtabookIknow
you'veallreadbefore...wearen'tgoingtoreadallofit,justafewpagestogetourbrainsthinkingabout
wayswecanbekind.
ReadAZBucketfilling
Nowhopefullyyouhavethoughtofsomeotherwaystoshowyouarekindwhilewewerereadingthebucket
book.Turntothepersonsittingnexttoyouandtellthem3waysyoushowothersyouarekindormaybe
youheardofanewwayinthebookthatyouwanttoshare,ormaybethereissomethingthatsomeone
hasdoneforyouthatwasreallykind.Youmaysharethattoo.
GenerateListofWaystobeKindonWhiteboardweb(withdrawings).Usenamesticksforparticipation.
Noweachofyouaregoingtogetyourownpaper,likethisone:itsays,"Wearekindwhenwe...".Iam
goingtothinkaboutwhatIwanttowrite.Idon'tknow,soIwilllookatthelistofthingswewroteonthe
board.Oh,Iknow!Iwanttowrite"Wearekindwhenwehelppickuptrashontheplayground."
NowI'mgoingtodrawapictureofmeontheplaygroundpickinguptrash.Yourpictureshouldbumpat
least2sidesofthepage.Addlotsofdetail.
NowthatI'mdone,Iamgoingtowrite...show

1.Picksomethingtowriteabout.
2.Drawit.Withpencilfirst.Bump2sides.Showdetail.Nostickfigures.
3.Write.Useheartwordcard.Usealphabetcharttowritewordsyoudon'tknow.

Call1personfromeachtabletogetpencilsandcrayonsandmarkers.
Callrowsofpeople.Thumbsupforiftheyknowwhatthey'regoingtowriteabout,thumbsdownifthey
don't.
Circlearoundtheroomhelpingwherenecessary.

GroupingStrategies

Thislessonwillstartwiththewholegroupsittingontherug.Wewillreadthebook,thenpairshare.After
thatitwillgobacktowholegroupdiscussion.
Onceitistimetowrite,studentswillbeseatedattheirtables.

DifferentiatedInstruction

Studentswhoarefinishedillustratingandwritingearlywillbeaskedtoextendtheirsentencetoinclude
anotherthingtheycandotobekindbyusingtheirsightword"and"tocombinethem.
Level1ELswillbegiven1:1helpbyMrs.Kafinduringthewritingprocess.
Level2and3aswellaslowerperformingstudentswillgetscaffoldedhelpsoundingoutwordstoseewhat
soundsareheardwithinthem.

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REFLECTIONS
PriortoLesson

Iwillknowthelearningoutcomesweremetifthestudentshavecompletedthesentenceanddrawna
pictureofthesentencetheydrew.
IanticipatechallengeswiththeCELDT1students.Kafinwillbesteppingintohelpthemformore1:1
writingdirection.Thiswillchangeforlaterlessonswhenwehavehadthetimetoworkoutaplanforthem.

PostLesson

Writingshouldcomefirstaswholegroup,insteadofdrawing.Toomuchtimewastakentodraw.The
sentenceframewasineffective.Studentscouldnotreaditback,anddidnotuseitwhenformingtheir
sentences.Thereweremanywhojuststartedtheirownsentenceeitherimmediatelyaftertheweoronthe
nextline.Iwassurprisedbyhowmanystudentscouldnotformtheirownideasofwhatkindnesswas,prior
togetitnguptowrite,whentheyweresharingwiththeirfriends.Sincethelesson,Ihavetakeneffortto
mentionwhenIseekindacts.

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