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Assessment Tool Overview

Assessment Assessment
Assessme
Brief Description FOR OF
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The journal will be used throughout the unit


to help students develop their thoughts and
Kindness understanding of kindness in the classroom
Journal and throughout their lives. This will be used
to respond personally, respond to others’
SLOs: ideas, as well as respond to texts and media
X
1.1.1, presented in class. Students will also use
1.2.1, this journal over the course of the unit to
2.2.5, develop their writers workshop skills.
3.3.2, 5.2.2 Students will be provided with various
prompts and sentence starters to follow
should they wish to use them.

This activity will focus around a reading of


“The Jelly Donut Difference: Sharing
Kindness with the World” by Maria
Dismondy. We will read the book and discuss
ways in which we can sprinkle kindness
within our school and our community (this
I Can also contributes to the inquiry project
Sprinkle research/ brainstorm). Students will then
Kindness craft a sprinkle to place on our classroom
by… kindness donut. We will use a hands-on art
activity (shaving cream painting) for each X
SLOs: student to create a unique sprinkle. Students
1.1.1, will be asked to complete two sentence
2.2.5, starters in combination with their sprinkle:
3.1.4, 5.2.2 “I can sprinkle (show) kindness by
___________” and “Being kind means
______________”
These will be displayed in our classroom.
This will be assessed by a simple checklist
that will gauge student completion and
understanding.

Writer’s X
Workshops Writer workshops will be held 6 times
(X5) throughout the unit. Each workshop will
focus on one important part of writing that
will be used in our final assessment (the
initiative). These will all build to their final
presentation of the initiative. The first
workshop will focus on showing students
how to write an introduction; students will
get to practice introducing a topic (of their
choice) and then presenting it to the class.
The second workshop will focus on the
“middle” or development of their topic,
which will include some guided research tips
(I will preview their topics from the first
SLOs:
workshop and gather some resources) and
1.2.3, 3.3.2
instruction on how to present information.
The third workshop will focus on concluding
a piece of writing; students will then practice
presenting/sharing their work with the class.
The fourth workshop will focus on
presentation skills to get us ready for our
presentation to administration and the
school later in the week. After we present to
the administration, we will work on editing
and revising our presentation for the school.

This will take place partway through the unit


and will help students gain confidence
sharing their thoughts and ideas in front of
peers in a presentation format. This will be
modelled for them throughout the unit-
whenever I read a book to them I will “book
talk” introduce it to them. Students will be
taken to the library and each asked to
choose from a variety of books that involve
Book Talk
kindness (in various forms) that have been
curated and chosen by the librarian and
SLOs:
myself. Students will craft an introduction, X
1.1.1,
middle, and conclusion to their talk- this will
2.2.5,
include the title, a discussion about what
3.3.2, 3.4.1
kindness is shown in the book, and how the
characters felt. Students will have 30seconds
to 1-minute to share with the class in a circle
discussion format.
Students will self-evaluate using a   scale
(easier than numbers) and will be assessed
by the teacher using observational notes on
completion and participation. Students will
be expected to have all components.

Random
X
Acts of This is a class project in which we will
brainstorm various ways we can show
Kindness kindness within our community. We will be
(RAoK) preparing to visit the senior citizens at the
Bethany Care center on Monday. Students
SLOs: will choose a book and make a card.
2.2.5, Students will be graded based on
3.4.1, 5.2.2 participation and fulfillment of the RAoK.

This poster will be based around our ongoing


“book study.” We will be using some time
each day to read “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio;
while doing this we will be having class
Wonder
discussion and making notes about where
Kindness
kindness appears throughout the book and
Poster
where kindness does not appear (and why it
#BeKind
should). Students will be guided through
X
creating personal posters using a variety of
SLOs:
materials that discuss and explore the novel
1.1.1,
and the importance of kindness.
1.2.3,
Students will be given guidelines about what
3.4.1, 5.2.2
should be included in the poster and be
graded using a checklist/rubric which
outlines various moving pieces of the
assessment such as visual appeal and clarity.

This project will be based around producing


a 3-line poem, with the starting prompt:
“Kindness looks like…”
Kindness
We will use this project to explore word
looks like…
choice and discuss more ways we can show
Poem
kindness. This will prompt students to think X
about ways we show kindness in
SLOs:
nonconventional ways. We will work on
1.1.1, 2.2.5
brainstorming ideas together, and students
will have time to choose 3 ways to show
kindness that they connect with the most.

Kindness X
feels like… This project will stretch students to begin
Art project thinking about how kindness feels in various
forms. We will discuss how kindness feels
SLOs: when we are kind to someone else, and how
1.1.1, it feels when we are on the receiving end of
2.2.5, 3.4.1 a kind act. Students will talk about the
feeling associated with kindness and care
and produce a visual representation of those
feelings. We will talk about how to choose
words and images that best portray a
feeling. This will be connected with an art
project. Students will then be asked to speak
about their creation and explain how their
design choices reflect how they feel.
Students will be asked to do a self-
assessment ( and  scale), as well as
present their artwork in a gallery walk
activity, where if prompted will explain their
creation. In addition to self-assessment,
students will be assessed on completion and
understanding using a check list.

This is the main inquiry project of the entire


unit. Students will use the various projects
and activities to prepare them for this
(granted why this project touches on so
many outcomes). Students will be asked to
research various ways to bring more
kindness into our school; we will develop a
kindness initiative for our school, which
students will present to administration and
the other students as well. The goal of this is
to create either a monthly kindness day, a
Kindness
kindness club, or some other sort of
initiative
initiative. This will be completely up to
students to decide; we will do some inquiry
SLOs:
into the best ways to bring kindness into a X
1.2.1,
community and come to a decision about
1.2.3,
how we want to do that for our school.
3.3.2,
Students will work on reading and
3.4.1, 5.2.2
researching, writing, and speaking.
We will use the writer’s workshops to frame
the formatting of this presentation, and
implementation plan. This will be very hands
on and experiential. Students will be marked
based on participation and contribution to
the initiative. Each student will be asked to
come up with ideas and write about them.
This will also involve self-assessment ( or
) to bring continual awareness to student
ownership of work.

Daily 5 X
Students will be given a 30-minute block
SLOs: every day, where they can choose from a
1.1.1, variety of literacy activities (read to self,
1.2.1, 5.2.2 work on writing, read to someone else, word
work, or listening to reading). Students will
choose which activity they wish to do each
day, with the expectation that they will do
each thing once in the week. The daily 5
stations will be based around kindness
books, words, and themes.
Daily 5 is part of the student’s routine- it will
just be altered slightly for this unit, but they
will still have free choice within this time.

Class discussion is an important part of this


unit; we will be exploring our own thoughts
and feelings as well as considering the
perspectives of other people. Students will
be asked to participate in circle discussions,
Class
book talks, sharing, and various other
Discussion
discussion-based lessons throughout the
unit. This will be based on observation and X
SLOs:
teacher notes; it is the hope that students
1.1.1,
will all feel safe and accepted, and willing to
1.2.1, 3.4.1
participate in class. By diving into kindness
as our essential question, students will learn
how to build and maintain the caring and
kind community we want within our
classroom.

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