[Lesson Plan] Building Community With Kindness

In the 1960s, The Beach Boys scored a hit with the song, Be True to Your School about being proud of the school you go to and defending it to others. Are you proud of the school you represent?

School pride might come from belonging to a group, or defending your choice to go there, but pride can run deep within the culture. When you build a culture of kindness, you're building a community of pride stemming from everyone feeling safe, involved, and supported.

With this in mind, we partnered with Cathy Henry, educator and founder of The Curriculum Corner and Free Word Work, to create this Building Community With Kindness Lesson Plan for K-8 teachers. It is designed to help students and staff work together to build classrooms of individuals that strive to help others and spread kindness throughout their schools and communities.

In this activity, you will use age-appropriate focus books, visual aid posters, and worksheets to discuss what kindness truly means, and how it can be applied to create a welcoming environment in fulfilling student achievement and building school community pride.

Download this free lesson plan activity, Building Community With Kindness, designed for K-8 students containing:

• Reading Prompt Focus Book Recommendations
• Discussion Anchor Charts
• Planning & Reflection Worksheets
• And more!

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