Activity Overview
Social awareness is the ability to understand things from other people’s point of view and feel empathy for others. It is also the ability to show respect for others and appreciate and embrace diversity. In the story Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller, a young girl ponders the meaning of kindness when a classmate spills juice and everyone laughs. She gives several examples of small and big ways that we can be kind to one another, and how little acts of kindness can go a long way. For this activity, students will complete a 3 cell storyboard that illustrates an act of kindness.
Other Picture Books for Teaching Social Awareness
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Template and Class Instructions
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Objective: Create a 3 cell storyboard that illustrates an act of kindness.
Student Instructions
- Click “Start Assignment”.
- Write a brief description for each cell, describing what is happening in the scene.
- Create an illustration that represents the descriptions using appropriate scenes, characters, and items.
Lesson Plan Reference
- [ELA-Literacy/SL/1/1] Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
- [ELA-Literacy/SL/2/2] Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
- [ELA-Literacy/SL/4/1] Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient 5 Points | Emerging 3 Points | Beginning 1 Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Explanation | The descriptions are clear and at least two sentences. | The descriptions can be understood but it are somewhat unclear. | The descriptions are unclear and are not at least two sentences. |
| Illustrations | The illustrations represent the descriptions using appropriate scenes, characters and items. | The illustrations relate to the descriptions, but are difficult to understand. | The illustrations do not clearly relate to the descriptions. |
| Evidence of Effort | Work is well written and carefully thought out. | Work shows some evidence of effort. | Work shows little evidence of any effort. |
| Conventions | Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are mostly correct. | Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are somewhat correct. | Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are mostly incorrect. |
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