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This unit assessment plan aims to foster kindness among students. The goals are for students to explore ideas, comprehend texts, manage information, and collaborate with others. Students will understand that kindness should be shown daily and positively impacts oneself and others. They will learn to present information with clear introductions, middles and conclusions. The unit will assess if students can contribute relevant ideas to discussions, connect their ideas to peers', find more information about kindness, and make connections between texts and experiences. Students will create written and oral works with introductions, middles and conclusions. The goal is for students to help develop a kindness initiative at their school to be implemented after the holidays.

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Unit Assessment Plan: Desired Results

This unit assessment plan aims to foster kindness among students. The goals are for students to explore ideas, comprehend texts, manage information, and collaborate with others. Students will understand that kindness should be shown daily and positively impacts oneself and others. They will learn to present information with clear introductions, middles and conclusions. The unit will assess if students can contribute relevant ideas to discussions, connect their ideas to peers', find more information about kindness, and make connections between texts and experiences. Students will create written and oral works with introductions, middles and conclusions. The goal is for students to help develop a kindness initiative at their school to be implemented after the holidays.

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Unit Assessment Plan

Desired Results
Established Goals – GLO(s): Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to…
GLO 1: Explore thoughts, ideas, feelings and experiences.
GLO 2: Comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts.
GLO 3: Manage ideas and information.
GLO 5: Respect, support and collaborate with others.
Understandings: Essential Questions
Students will understand that… Main Question: What is Kindness? Why is it
- Kindness is something that should be important to present ideas with a
woven throughout our day-to-day activities beginning/introduction, middle, and an
and interactions with one another end/conclusion?
- Kindness has everlasting effects on our Sub-questions:
own sense of selves, as well as those - What does it mean to be kind?
around us; if we are kind, we are better - How does kindness feel? (When you show
friends. kindness, and when you receive kindness)
- Kindness is shown in so many different - How do you show kindness?
ways; there is not ONE way to be kind - Why is it important to be kind?
- How to present information for the - Who is a role model of kindness in your life?
purpose of informing and convincing; - How do we bring kindness into our school?
students will also participate in various - How do you start an initiative?
forms of expressive writing throughout - What is the best way to present an
- The importance of including an initiative?
introduction, middle, and conclusion in
both writing and speaking.
Specific Outcomes:
1.1.1 Express ideas and develop understanding: contribute relevant ideas and information from
personal experiences to group language activities.
 I can… use my own experiences and prior knowledge of kindness to add meaningful
ideas/information to a class discussion, and projects throughout the unit.
1.2.1 Consider others’ ideas: connect own ideas and experiences with those shared by others
 I can… listen to what my peers say and make connections between my own experiences and
what they share.
1.2.3 Extend understanding: find more information about new ideas and topics
 I can… use books and online resources to find information about kindness to help create a
school kindness initiative and gain deeper understanding.
2.2.5 Construct meaning from texts: connect situations portrayed in oral, print and other media
texts to personal and classroom experiences.
 I can… make connections between various texts explored in class and my own experiences
both at home and at school with kindness or lack of kindness.
3.3.2 Organize information: produce oral, print and other media texts with introductions, middles,
and conclusions
 I can… create written and spoken work that has a clear introduction, middle, and conclusion.

3.4.1 Share Ideas and Information: Share, with familiar audiences, ideas and information on a topic
 I can… share what I have learned about Kindness, and our kindness initiative with my peers
and administration.
5.2.2 Cooperate with others: identify ways that class members can help each other
 I can… identify different ways that my peers and I can help each other and show kindness, in
the classroom and beyond.
Prior understandings… Where does this lead?
- Students have used journals and Daily 5 - The goal of this unit is to help foster and
before, they are familiar with my create a greater sense of community and
expectations (we are just adapting theme kindness within our classroom and the
for this unit- structure remains the same) school as a whole. Ideally this unit would
- Students have used the Chrome Books for take place before Christmas break, so the
research before; students will still need initiative could be put into place to start in
guidance, but they are familiar with the new year.
internet safety and appropriate usage - This unit is based around inquiry questions
- Students have engaged in previous inquiry about kindness, which will lead us to
units and have developed question asking developing a kindness initiative within the
and discussion skills; we have developed a school- this will be decided through class
working set of class norms surrounding discussion and research (it could be
discussion etiquette anything from monthly kindness days,
- Students have briefly touched on writing random acts of kindness, a kindness club,
with an introduction, middle and etc.)
conclusion, as well as enhancing the - Students will also start developing and
artistry of our work (this unit will expand refining their speaking, writing, and
further on this) representing skills through various response
activities.
*Pre-assessment of these will be done through - Students will also keep developing their
class discussion at the beginning of the unit. This online safety/digital literacy skills.
will guide/shape the approach to the rest of the
unit and form the amount of time we spend on
each lesson.

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