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Grade 3

Lesson

4

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Sharing Opinion Pieces About Compassion

Lesson
4
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Sharing Opinion Pieces About Compassion

Grade

Grade 3

UNIT

6

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Compassion

Last Updated:

June 5, 2025

In Unit 6, Lesson 4, “Sharing Opinion Pieces About Compassion,” students will practice their reading skills by reading their opinion pieces to a partner and their listening skills by listening to their partners’ stories. Then, students will participate in a class discussion about the different ways students demonstrated compassion. Finally, students will write two examples, on their worksheets, using complete sentences, about how other students discussed compassion in their opinion pieces.

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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 partner’s 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 3 Unit 6 Worksheet 4: Sharing Opinion Pieces About Compassion

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VOCABULARY:

  • Compassion: I see when others are hurt or need help, and I try to help them.

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ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1

Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1.B

Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1.C

Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1.D

Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.3

Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.4

Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.6

Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

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CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET

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Moral Character A4

Offer examples of caring and compassionate behaviors (at home, in school, in the community)

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Self-Awareness A3

Explain the ways in which you use and practice your personal strengths (e.g., your willingness to help others, your positivity)

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Civic Character A4

Explain why it is important for everyone to serve and contribute to their family, school, community, nation, globally

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Interpersonal/ Relationship Skills A3

Understand and recognize the characteristics of healthy relationships (e.g., honesty, compromising, sharing, encouragement)

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Interpersonal/ Relationship Skills A7

Give and receive constructive feedback to classmates and peers

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LESSON PROCEDURE

Today we will read our opinion pieces about compassion (from Lesson 3) with a partner.

  1. Circle the room to support the students as they take turns reading their opinion pieces to their partners. (10 min) 
  2. Now we will discuss our opinion pieces. Who would like to raise their hand and tell me how they can best show compassion?
  3. Write 2-3 examples on the board, with the student’s name, and briefly describe what they said. (5 min)
  4. Finally, we will write on our worksheet two sentences about what we’ve heard.

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GRADE 3 UNIT 6 WORKSHEET 4: SHARING OPINION PIECES ABOUT COMPASSION

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‍Compassion: I see when others are hurt or need help, and I try to help them. 

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ACTIVITY: Write 2 complete sentences about how your classmates said they can show compassion:

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