Each Kindness

How do you think Maya is feeling?

• Maya is happy to have the chance to go to a new school.

• Maya is feeling embarrassed because she looked down at the floor when she was introduced to the class.

• Maya is feeling excited to go to a new school.

• Maya is feeling mad because her parents forced her to go to a new school.

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

How do you know that Maya is living through a difficult time.

• Maya is crying and making a scene at the school.

• Maya's shoes are not meant for the snow, and her clothes are old and ragged.

• Maya is so excited to make new friends she is jumping up and down.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

How do we know that others are being mean to Maya?

• Maya needs a pencil and no one offers her one.

• The little girl telling the story ignores Maya and stares out the window when Maya smiles at her.

• Maya tries to start a conversation with the girl next to her and she ignores her.

• Maya wants to invite the others to play afterschool and they ignore her.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Why does Maya come over to the girls with her jacks?

• She wants to see if they know how to play jacks.

• She wants the girls to play jacks with her.

• She wants to show them how well she plays jacks.

• She is bragging about her new jacks set.

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What did the teacher tell the class about kindness?

• The teacher said kindness is a weakness
• The teacher said kindness is like a ripple.

• The teacher said kindness is a strength
• The teacher said kindness is irrelevant

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The little girl just holds the pebble in her hand because...

• She doesn't want to play.

• She can't think of one kindness she contributed to the world.

• She thinks what the teacher is doing is ridiculous and she doesn't want to participant.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What happened to Maya?

• She went to another classroom in the school.

• She never came back, her family had to move away.

• She got a new job
• She bought a new car

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

How does the narrator feel about how she treated Maya?

• She doesn't care that she will never see Maya again.

• She was disappointed in herself because she was so mean to Maya.

• She is happy that she was unable to be friends with Maya.

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6