Learning Compassion from Literature
Grade
Grade 3
UNIT
6
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Compassion
In Unit 6, Lesson 1, “Learning Compassion from Literature,” students will learn examples of compassion from a classic work of children’s literature. Students will also write sentences demonstrating their comprehension of the word compassion. Finally, students will practice reading and conversation skills by sharing sentences with classmates.
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SUGGESTED TIME:
20 minutes
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Listen to a read aloud to reinforce understanding of English sentence structure, syntax, and grammar
- Practice reading aloud to a partner to support reading comprehension
- Spell, define, and give an example of compassion
- Compose sentences that demonstrate comprehension of the word compassion
- Demonstrate understanding of standard English sentence structure and grammar in writing and speaking
- Practice reading and conversation skills by sharing sentences with classmates
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- White string or paper to make a spider web
- Child-safe scissors
- Tape
- Markers or crayons
- Book: Charlotte's Web: Wilbur's Prize, adapted by Jennifer Frantz or
- Video: Read aloud of Charlotte’s Web: Wilbur’s Prize by Love School- Learning and Playing (~5 min)
- Prohuman Grade 3 Unit 6 Worksheet 1: Learning Compassion from Literature
VOCABULARY:
- Compassion: I see when others are hurt or need help, and I try to help them.
- Empathy: I understand the emotions, needs, and feelings of others.
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
Today, we will learn about compassion.
- Write compassion on the board.
- Ask students what compassion means.
- Give them the definition: We see when others are hurt or need help, and we try to help them.
- Write empathy on the board.
- Ask students what empathy means.
- Give students the definition: We understand the emotions, needs, and feelings of others.
- Read the book Charlotte's Web: Wilbur's Prize adapted by Jennifer Frantz or
- Play the video: Read aloud of Charlotte’s Web: Wilbur’s Prize by Love School- Learning and Playing (~5 min)
- Ask students to answer the questions on their worksheets.
- Ask students to read their answers to a partner.
- Activity: Tell the students that in the story, Charlotte the spider made a web with the words “Some Pig” to describe Wilbur. Let’s make a spider web for a partner and put a nice word on the web that describes our partner.
- Have students make a spider web out of string or paper.
- Have students choose a nice word to describe their partner and tape it to their partner’s web.
GRADE 3 UNIT 6 WORKSHEET 1: LEARNING COMPASSION FROM LITERATURE
Compassion: I see when others are hurt or need help, and I try to help them.
Empathy: I understand the emotions, needs, and feelings of others.
ACTIVITY:
- Use your empathy to explain how Wilbur felt at the beginning of the story.
- How did Charlotte show compassion to Wilbur?
- How did Wilbur show compassion to Charlotte?
- What do you see as the central message of the story Charlotte’s Web: Wilbur’s Prize?
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