{"id":2193,"date":"2019-09-28T16:18:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T16:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/?p=2193"},"modified":"2019-09-28T16:19:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T16:19:24","slug":"kindness-rocks-lesson-each-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/28\/kindness-rocks-lesson-each-kindness\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindness Rocks Lesson (Each Kindness)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want a lesson with a great book , a cool craft, and a class extension? If yes&#8230; then check this out? First of all, if you haven&#8217;t read the book Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson, do yourself a favor and check it out. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"535\" height=\"349\" data-attachment-id=\"2196\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/28\/kindness-rocks-lesson-each-kindness\/kindness-rocks\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/kindness-rocks.png?fit=535%2C349&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"535,349\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kindness rocks\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/kindness-rocks.png?fit=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/kindness-rocks.png?fit=535%2C349&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/kindness-rocks.png?resize=535%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2196\" data-link=\"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/?attachment_id=2196#main\" class=\"wp-image-2196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/kindness-rocks.png?w=535&amp;ssl=1 535w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/kindness-rocks.png?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I have done this lesson with 4th and 5th grades and they love it! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Supplies needed: <\/strong>Rocks (available at Dollar Tree) one per student, Metallic Paint Pens or Sharpies, Book<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <\/span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Each Kindness<\/span><\/strong> by J. Woodson (YouTube read -alouds available, but I love reading this one IRL), PPT to guide available<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1lfpn0npME_YsSA5pq239XkavdnV01IS3\/view?usp=sharing\">here<\/a><\/strong>. heart shape glass bowls available at Dollar Tree- one per classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Procedures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.Introduce the concept of Empathy. (I make up motions for the word and teach it to the whole class). &#8220;Understanding how other people feel.&#8221; or &#8220;Standing in someone else&#8217;s shoes&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.  Read Book Each Kindness (the kids never like how it ends because it is unresolved and isn&#8217;t tied up in a pretty bow. I ask to show a tumbs up, middle, down if a situation like this could happen at this school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Present the idea to the students that although it is difficult to show kindness to a person who is being left out,  you can do a little gesture (smile, wave, say hello) which means a lot to that person. Each kindness counts. Today we will emphasize that Kindness Rocks&#8230;. by making kindness rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Tell students, &#8220;These rocks will be kept in your classroom so that if you see someone down in the dumps or sad, you can take a rock from the bowl and simply place it on that students desk. Show examples (in PPT) of what rocks can look like. (The fewer words the better aesthetically). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Distribute rocks to each student and encourage them to use one or two words only as they are hard to read when too many words. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. If there is time in the lesson, play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nwAYpLVyeFU\"><strong>Life Vest song<\/strong><\/a> about how kindness spreads like a ripple effect&#8230; and even comes back to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Let me know if you have any questions and I hope your students enjoy this lesson as much as mine did. \ud83d\ude42 ~ Lisa<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want a lesson with a great book , a cool craft, and a class extension? If yes&#8230; then check this out? First of all, if you haven&#8217;t read the book Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson, do yourself a favor and check it out. 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