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Grade 1

Lesson

4

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Sharing Stories About Humanity

Lesson
4
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Sharing Stories About Humanity

Grade

Grade 1

UNIT

9

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Humanity

Last Updated:

May 26, 2025

Unit 9, Lesson 4, “Sharing Stories About Humanity,” reinforces the vocabulary word humanity. Students will practice their reading skills by reading their stories to a partner and their listening skills by listening to their partner’s stories. Then, students will participate in a class discussion about the different ways students showed humanity. Finally, students will write two examples, on their worksheets, using complete sentences, of how other students showed humanity.

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SUGGESTED TIME:

20 minutes

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LEARNING OUTCOMES:

  • Read aloud to a partner to support development of English pronunciation, syntax, and grammar
  • Listen to a partners’ reading to develop active listening skills 
  • Participate in a class discussion to develop active listening and conversation skills 
  • Write complete sentences to practice correct English syntax and grammar

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REQUIRED MATERIALS:

  • Prohuman Grade 1 Unit 9 Worksheet 4: Sharing Stories Of Humanity

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VOCABULARY:

  • Humanity: I see that every person is special. People are more alike than unalike. We all need to work together to make our lives better.

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ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.1

Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.1.A

Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation).

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.3

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.4

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.4.C

Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1

Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1.A

Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion).

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1.B

Build on others' talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.6

Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation

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CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET

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Moral Character A

Know, understand, and practice the character strengths of honesty and integrity, caring and compassion, gratitude, and the courage to take initiative

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Moral Character A5

Understand why caring and being concerned for the well-being of others is a character strength

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Moral Character B3

Share an example of when you practiced caring as a character strength

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Civic Character A

Know, understand, and practice the character strengths of fairness, respect, volunteering and contributing to the common good

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Civic Character A4

Describe what it means to be a volunteer (at home, school, in the community)

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Civic Character B

Apply and demonstrate the character strengths of fairness, respect, volunteering and contributing to the common good

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Civic Character A1

Understand why it is important to share, take turns, and follow rules (of a game, at home or school)

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Civic Character B1

Demonstrate the ability to share, take turns and follow rules (of a game, at home or school)

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Civic Character B2

Demonstrate the ability to be respectful, courteous and polite

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Self-Awareness A2

Identify personal strengths (e.g., honesty, curiosity, listening)

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Social-Awareness A

Demonstrate the ability to empathize and take the perspective of others, including demonstrating awareness of cultural differences and respect for human dignity

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Social-Awareness A3

Demonstrate the ability to listen carefully and intentionally to others

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Social-Awareness A6

Be able to tell stories and listen to stories told by others

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Interpersonal/ Relationship Skills 1

Initiate and engage in conversation and social interactions with classmates, peers, and adults

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Interpersonal/ Relationship Skills 7

Play games and appropriately participate in small group classroom activities

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Responsible and Ethical Decision-Making 1

Describe a rule or principle that everyone should strive to live by (e.g., be kind, be honest, try your best)

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LESSON PROCEDURE

Today we will read our stories about humanity (from the previous lesson’s worksheet) with a partner.

  1. Circle the room to support the students as they take turns reading their sentences to their partner (10 min).
  2. Now we will talk about how students in our class showed humanity. Who would like to raise their hand and tell me how they showed humanity? Write 3 examples on the board, with the student’s name and a brief description of what they said (5 min).
  3. Finally, we will write on our worksheet two sentences about what we’ve heard. For example, a sentence could be, “Ava showed humanity by taking her friend who was hurt on the playground to see the school nurse.”

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GRADE 1 UNIT 9 WORKSHEET 4: SHARING STORIES OF HUMANITY

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Humanity: I see that every person is special. People are more alike than unalike. We all need to work together to make our lives better. 

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ACTIVITY: Write 2 complete sentences about how your classmates showed humanity.

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Prohuman K-12 Curriculum © 2025 by Prohuman Foundation is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
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