Where is the kindness?

This WebQuest created based on Sanford Harmony Curriculum

By Cristina Baron or cristina@q300.org

Introduction:

Watch these videos:

School Dance Party Part 1

School Dance Party Part 2

Background

At our school, we’ve encountered some issues on the bus, recess, classroom, and the cafeteria where we have needed help from adults to resolve some of our problems. . Ms. Rachel, our social worker, comes into our classrooms to discuss our feelings and help us out when we have “strong” feelings with problems we have with our friends, teachers or adults in the building.

You and your buddy are working together with Ms. Sonita, our school principal, to help solve why everyone is not treating each other with kindness in the school community and how we can create more kindness in our school community.

With your buddy, you will do the following:

Task

1. At the end of this WebQuest you and your partner will find out how many teachers, students, and families feel that they aren’t being treated with kindness and how they feel about the unkindness.
2. You will conduct a google survey to find out if students, teachers and adults in our school building feel that they are not being treated with kindness.
3. You will also create a flipgrid video to share what you find out and some solutions to deal with the unkindness that happens in our school community.

Process

Using the PPA Process, you will follow the six steps to solving the problem of the lack of kindness in the school. The six steps of the PPA Process are: define the problem, gather the evidence, identify the cause, evaluate the existing policy, develop a solution, select the best solution.

Day 1: Define the Problem

At our school, we’ve encountered some issues on the bus, recess, classroom, and the cafeteria where students have had problems with other students. Why are students having these problems? What is the cause of these problems? Brainstorm with your partner some reasons as to why students are encountering these problems.

Day 2 and Day 3: Gather the Evidence

With your partner, discuss places where you have seen unkindness in the building. After you have made your list of places where you’ve seen unkindness and discuss with your partner, you will write three to four sentences about why you think unkindness is happening in these places.

Day 4: Gather the Evidence

With your partner, read and discuss the benefits of showing kindness to others. Write three reasons why showing kindness is important.

Use the resources below to help you learn more about how kindness helps a community:

· Kindness Matters Read Aloud

· The Science of Kindness

· Why Be Kind?

· How To Change the World Kid President

Day 5: Gather the Evidence

Watch how to make a google survey: How to Make a Google Survey

Step 1: With your partner, you will create a google survey that we will send out to the school about kindness.

Step 2: Create the 1st question: “Have you been treated unkindly at school? Answer Yes or No.

Step 3: Create a 2nd question: Who has treated you unkindly?” A classmate, a teacher, or another adult in the building?

Step 4: Create a 3rd Question: Why do you think people are being unkind in our community?

If we can’t make a google survey, we can make our own paper survey and gather the data from each of our classes.

Day 6: Analyze the Data

Let’s analyze the data! What have we found out!

Write down 4 to 5 sentences about what you have learned from the data we gathered.

Day 7: Identify the Causes

Based on the data we’ve collected, why do you think there’s unkindness in the school building?

Day 8: Evaluate the Existing Policy

Now that we know more about the unkindness in our school community and what is causing the unkindness, let’s discuss the policies we have in place at our school to help our school community with kindness:

Sanford Harmony Social Emotional

Ms. Rachel, our social worker

Community Helpers

ASPIRE (PBIS)

Day 9: Develop A Solution

With your partner, you will create a Flipgrid. Remember to Watch Video on How To Use Flipgrid and go to our Google Classroom for the join code and information on Flip Grid. On Flip Grid, you will do the following: (1) Inform others about the benefits of kindness (2) Share why kindness is important to our school community (3) Share your ideas on how we can make sure kindness is everywhere in our school. Remember to use the information from the resources that you learned about during your research.

Evaluation

Task	4 WOW! Simply Amazing!	3 Getting there!	2 Getting there!	1 Uh oh! Not There Yet!
Group Work	Always provides useful ideas when working with partner and in class discussions. A strong group member who tries hard!	Mostly provides useful ideas when working with partner and in class discussions.	Sometimes provides useful ideas when working with partner and in class discussions.	Rarely provides useful ideas when working with partner and in class discussions.
Knowledge of Content	Has an excellent understanding and knowledge of the topic.	Has a good understanding and knowledge of the topic.	Has some understanding and knowledge of the topic.	Has limited understanding and knowledge of the topic.
Presentation of Content- FlipGrid	The purpose of the FlipGrid is clear and maintains focus throughout the video.	The purpose of the FlipGrid is mostly clear and maintains focus throughout the video.	The purpose of the FlipGrid is somewhat clear and maintains focus throughout the video.	The purpose of the FlipGrid is not clear and does not maintain focus throughout some of the video.
Presentation of Content- Research Writing	Research writing included all components: -jobs of the each of the honey bees -reasons why honey bees are important	Research writing includes most of the components.	Research writing includes some of the components.	Research writing does not include any of the components.

Conclusion

Ms. Sonita thanks you for all your effort in providing some solutions to our problem. She will use your ideas to help create a safer and kinder community for us all at Q300.

State Standards

1R1: Develop and answer questions about key ideas and details in a text. (RI&RL)

1R2: Identify a main topic or central idea in a text and retell important details. (RI&RL)

1R9: Make connections between self and text (texts and other people/ world). (RI&RL)
1W6: Develop questions and participate in shared research and explorations to answer questions and to build knowledge.

1W7: Recall and represent relevant information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question in a variety of ways.

1SL1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse peers and adults (e.g., in small and large groups and during play).

1SL1a: Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and participate by actively listening, taking turns, and staying on topic.

1SL1b: Build on others’ talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.

1SL1c: Ask questions to clear up any confusion about topics and texts under discussion.

1SL4: Describe familiar people, places, things, and events with relevant details expressing ideas clearly.

1SL5: Create or utilize existing visual displays to support descriptions to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

1SL6: Express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly, using complete sentences when appropriate to task, situation, and audience.

NY-1.MD Measurement and Data Represent and interpret data. 4. Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.