Brianna

Donnelly

Interactive Read-Aloud- Each Kindness

Author: Jacqueline Woodson Illustrator: E. B. Lewis
Common Core Literacy Standard:
Students will compare and contrast before and after the event took place
Student will explain how the narrators view influences how the events are
told
Materials:
Pens or pencils
Compare and Contrast worksheet
Each Kindness (Woodson) Book
Procedure:
1. I tell the students the title and show them the cover page. I will ask them,
Please share with me what you believe kindness is? This can be either a
definition or an example.
2. After students share I will pass out the compare and contrast worksheet. I
will inform them that during the story there will be an event, I will let them
know when that has taken place.
3. Read aloud; STOP when she talks about how Maya is not her friend. Ask
students, How do you think Maya felt? And How is the narrator feel about
Maya? Allow students to write in the before the event section.
4. Have students share (at least 3-5 participants)
5. Continue reading. STOP after we read that Mayas seat was empty in class.
Inform the students that this is the event. Ask them to make a predication on
the page for what is going to happen next.
6. Ask students to share out with partners or table groups first then share out
large group.
7. Continue reading; STOP when the narrator says she wishes Maya would
come back. Ask the students What is the narrator feeling now? And How is
this different from the beginning of the story?
8. Have students share, especially those who have not yet.
9. Continue reading to the end of the book. Ask the students What has the event
caused to happen? And How would the story have been different if Maya was
the narrator? Allow time for students to write.
10. Ask the students to share in small group first. Have each small group share
out about one of the two questions.
11. Ask the students Are there any other questions or connections you want to
ask or share? (Allow time for students to think)
12. Collect worksheets.
Evaluation:
Listen to the conversation students are having during the read aloud as well
as the information they share out to the class.
Review the compare and contrast worksheet and look for understanding
inferences from the text as well as examples directly from the text.