Watch a Video: Orion Talks About Kindness
Discuss: What does Orion Jean mean when he says that doing something small can make a big difference?
Students will read about and discuss a peer’s mission to spread kindness and help others.
Lesson Plan - Kindness Is His Superpower
Learning Objective
Text Structure
Description
Content-Area Connections
Social and Emotional Learning; Social Studies
Standards Correlations
CCSS: RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, RI.3.5, RI.3.6, RI.3.7, RI.3.8, RI.3.10, L.3.4, SL.3.1
CASEL: Social Awareness
TEKS: Social Studies 3.11
1. Preparing to Read
Orion Talks About Kindness
Watch a video to hear more from Orion Jean.
Preview Words to Know
Project the online vocabulary slideshow and introduce the Words to Know.
- food insecure
- campaign
Set a Purpose for Reading
Direct attention to the “As You Read” question and have students think about why Orion likes to help others.
2. Close-Reading Questions
1. What does the word donate mean? What are some things that Orion has donated?
The article explains that to donate is to give. Orion has donated meals to people who are food insecure, toys to children at a hospital, and books to kids who can’t afford to buy them.
(RI.3.4 WORD MEANING)
2. What does the author mean when she writes that Orion “turned his words into action”?
The author means Orion first gave a speech about spreading kindness and then took steps to spread kindness himself.
(RI.3.1 DEMONSTRATE UNDERSTANDING)
3. What is Orion’s book about, according to the article?
Orion’s book is about how being kind to others is easy and feels good.
(RI.3.2 KEY DETAILS)
3. Skill Building
FEATURED SKILL: Main Idea
Use “Heading Hashtags” to have students create hashtags identifying the main idea of each section. You might offer an example for the article’s first section: #MealsForOthers.
(RI.3.2 MAIN IDEA)
Text-to-Speech