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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Each Kindness

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Use Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

A new child quietly walks into a classroom. Her clothes are ragged and worn. How will the children react to the new student? Will they welcome her and make her feel at home, or will they turn away? Each Kindness is a story that will engage students in thoughtful conversations while they infer, predict and summarize the feelings and actions of the characters in this story. It is an important book that can be revisited throughout the year as a way to help children navigate cruel situations and understand how important it is to do the right thing.  
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Asking Questions with Each Kindness

Children are innately curious, and when a new student walks into a classroom, questions will arise. Readers will have questions about the girl dressed in tattered clothes and the classmates who treat her so poorly.
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RL.2.1,RL.2.10,RF.2.3,RF.2.4,SL.2.1b,SL.2.1c,SL.2.2,SL.2.3,W.2.8,L.2.6
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2.7C,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.13A,2.8C,2.7F,2.7E,2.7D,2.1A,2.7B,2.6I,2.6E,2.6B,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Identifying the Author's Purpose with Each Kindness

The unexpected twist at the end of this book invites children to wonder why the author wrote a story that didn't have a happy ending. Considering the author's purpose will compel children to discuss relevant issues that sometimes don't have easy answers.
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RL.2.2,RL.2.7,RL.2.10,RF.2.3,RF.2.4,SL.2.1b,SL.2.2,SL.2.3,W.2.8,L.2.6
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2.7D,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.10C,2.10B,2.10A,2.9C,2.8C,2.7E,2.1A,2.7C,2.7B,2.7A,2.6I,2.6E,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Making Inferences with Each Kindness

Readers will be compelled to infer the characters feelings because of the relatable situations in the story. This book invites readers to consider how it feels to be a new student in a classroom. Readers also have the opportunity to think about why children can be so unkind to people who look different. Great discussions will organically occur when children use background knowledge to infer what the characters are thinking and feeling.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RL.2.6,RL.2.7,RL.2.10,RF.2.3,RF.2.4,SL.2.1b,SL.2.2,SL.2.3,W.2.8,L.2.6
TEKS Alignment
2.7C,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.8C,2.8B,2.7F,2.7E,2.7D,2.1A,2.7B,2.6I,2.6F,2.6E,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Making Predictions with Each Kindness

Each Kindness is not a predictable story. Children will most likely predict a happier turn of events, but the circumstances in this story take a more meaningful journey.
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RL.2.1,RL.2.3,RL.2.10,RF.2.3,RF.2.4,SL.2.1b,SL.2.2,SL.2.3,W.2.8,L.2.6
TEKS Alignment
2.7B,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.8C,2.7F,2.7E,2.7D,2.7C,2.1A,2.7A,2.6I,2.6E,2.6C,2.6B,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Retelling & Summarizing with Each Kindness

Each Kindness grapples with a tough reality that all children can relate to. The connection with the theme of this story will help children retell and summarize the events that take place. Beautiful illustrations will support children as they discuss the developments in the story.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RL.2.2,RL.2.3,RL.2.5,RL.2.7,RL.2.10,RF.2.3,RF.2.4,SL.2.1b,SL.2.2,SL.2.3,W.2.8,L.2.6
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2.7D,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.9C,2.8D,2.8C,2.8A,2.7F,2.7E,2.1A,2.7C,2.7B,2.7A,2.6I,2.6G,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Vowels with Each Kindness

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson as a springboard for instruction focused on r-controlled vowels.

By anchoring word study to the text, students will benefit from seeing how r-controlled vowels are used inside of the text before engaging in both guided and independent practice with r-controlled vowels.

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RF.2.3,RF.2.4
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Vocabulary Connections with Each Kindness

This set of vocabulary development resources for Each Kindness highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book.  Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions and pictures, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

Common Core State Standards Alignment
L.2.4a,L.2.5a,L.2.6
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2.7E,2.7F,2.3A,2.3B,2.3D
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Comprehension Assessment with Each Kindness

Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of Each Kindness.
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Running Record with Each Kindness

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Each Kindness. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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Cause and Effect Matching with Each Kindness

Read Each Kindness then have some fun matching cause and effect sentences from the book. By using these cause and effect cards, students will demonstrate both their comprehension of the text and their understanding of cause and effect relationships in hands-on and interactive way.

This resource includes matching/sorting cards and a sorting mat for four cause and effect sentences in Each Kindness. Each cause card is marked with a square and each effect card is marked with a circle, making it easy to support students who struggle with matching cause and effect relationships.
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Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with Each Kindness

Understanding cause and effect is a key comprehension and language skill. The text structure of Each Kindness includes several examples of cause and effect relationships, making it easy to use as a springboard for modeling or independent practice.

This simple resource includes four sentence stems. Each sentence stem presents an effect. Students will use what they know about the book to fill in the cause of the effect.
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Writing with Each Kindness

The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.
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Asking Questions with Each Kindness (Spanish)

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Identifying the Author's Purpose with Each Kindness (Spanish)

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Making Inferences with Each Kindness (Spanish)

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Making Predictions with Each Kindness (Spanish)

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Retelling & Summarizing with Each Kindness (Spanish)

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Writing with Each Kindness (Spanish)

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Title: Each Kindness
Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Themes: Back to School, Bullying, Social Awareness, Friendship
ISBN: 9780593353752
Publisher's Summary:
Chloe and her friends won't play with the new girl, Maya. Every time Maya tries to join Chloe and her friends, they reject her. Eventually Maya stops coming to school. When Chloe's teacher gives a lesson about how even small acts of kindness can change the world, Chloe is stung by the lost opportunity for friendship, and thinks about how much better it could have been if she'd shown a little kindness toward Maya.
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