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When We Are Kind · Kindergarten · Arkansas

Answer questions about key details in a text.

Why this is a winner Students answer the focus question by naming two specific book details.

Verified framework: Arkansas 2023 K-12 English Language Arts Standards, current final DESE edition.

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When We Are Kind · Kindergarten · 15 minutes

Written by Monique Gray Smith. Illustrated by Nicole Neidhardt. Orca Book Publishers, 2020.

Objective:: Identify two specific acts of kindness and match each action to its recipient.
Student product:: A picture match connecting each recipient to the correct kind action, followed by an oral or adult-scribed answer naming both matches.
Materials:: Book or read-along; drawing or response materials.
Kindergarten: Students may respond orally, by pointing or selecting, with a drawing
response options:: and oral explanation, or through adult scribing. Independent writing is not required unless the teacher deliberately adds it.

What two kind actions does the speaker do for the dog and the Elders?

Teacher model:: The speaker cares for the dog by giving extra walking time and cares for the Elders by bringing food.

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Expected answer:: The speaker gives the dog a longer walk and provides food for the Elders.

Lesson sequence
2 min: Revisit the two book moments and name who receives each act of care.
4 min: Model one match from the book: name the recipient and the action in a complete sentence.
5 min: Students identify the dog with the longer walk and the Elders with the food, then explain both matches.
2 min: Ask one student to retell both actions without looking back at the book.
2 min: Exit check: Name one recipient and the exact kind action the speaker does.

Differentiate
Extend:: Ask for a third recipient-action match from another part of the book.
Support:: Point to the relevant book images and use the frames: The dog gets ___. The Elders get ___.

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