kindness9-10

Title: Creating Kindness Cartoons Objective(s): o Students will read or listen to a book about Kindness o Students will create a cartoon using “Bubblr” o Students will upload their cartoon onto the Bridge WikiSpace Materials o Kindness book o Internet access o http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ o http://bridgeproject.wikispaces.com/ o white board/chart paper o flash drive MONDAY Procedure BEGINNING ACTIVITY INTRODUCTION a. listen to a story about kindness b. talk about different ways to show kindness c. create a cartoon showing kindness d. put the cartoon on their WikiSpace READ ALOUD a. What are some ways the kids in the story were kind to each other? b. What is something kind you have done for someone? c. Why is it good to be kind to people? d. What are some examples of kindness? MODELING INDEPENDENT WORK TUESDAY Procedure BEGINNING ACTIVITY 1. 4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon 2. 4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items INTRODUCTION 3. 4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">4. ask the students if they remember what this week is (National Kindness Week) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">5. review the kindness book from yesterday <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">a. have a few students give a summary of the book <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">b. review what kindness means and some examples <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">c. explain that today they are going to learn how to create a comic strip about kindness GUIDED WORK <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">6. 4:25/5:25 gather students around 1-2 computers to model how to create their comic strip <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">7. go to http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ **make sure to write this website on the whiteboard or chart paper before the students begin working** <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">8. find where it says **“or visit the archive”** right above the blank slide <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">9. click on that link <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">10. in the search box on the right, enter in **“kindness example”** <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">11. hit the **enter key** <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">12. click on the **bottom one** (it is **NOT** rated) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">13. read aloud the text in the boxes and point out how each slide shows kindness <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">14. now tell the students that you are going to show them how to make their own MODELING <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">15. 4:30/5:30 choose 1-2 kids Word documents from yesterday to help you with ideas for the cartoon today <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">16. go back to http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">17. first, show the students the three speech bubbles (on the bottom right) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">18. click and drag the bubble on the far right side (without an arrow or smaller bubbles) into the blank box. This is going to be your title page <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">19. the title should be “kindness by _________________” (for example, “kindness by Amy and Phuong” or “kindness by Kheri”) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">20. if you have students with the same name, they may put their last initial <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">21. next, point out the search boxes in the upper left corner. <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">22. show the kids that they need to use the box labeled **“tag”** (if they use the “user” box, it will not give them any pictures) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">23. in the **“tag”** box, search for a character for the cartoon (this may be a person or an animal) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">24. show students how to move the mouse to the right to see all the pictures <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">25. to see more, just click on the pink numbers under the blue heading **“show next”** <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">26. find one that the students like; **click and drag** it to the first box <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">27. make sure to point out the **“delete”** button on the bottom right of the slides in case a student decides they do not want a picture they have chosen <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">28. tell the students to make a new slide, they need to find another picture (using the “tag” search box) and **click** it <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">29. model how to search for another picture and click it to make a new slide <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">30. model how to click and drag a speaking bubble onto the page <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">31. have the students help you decide what the character should say <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">32. if you want to use the same character for the next slide, just click the picture again and it will create another slide OR if you would like to chose another character for the comic strip, search for it in the “tag” box and click on it to enter it into the next slide <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">33. model once more how to click and drag the bubbles into the slide. You can adjust where the arrow or small bubbles are directed by clicking and dragging to the spot where you want it <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">34. model a couple more slides with dialogue so the kids get the hang of it <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">35. tell the students they must have at least 4 slides showing kind actions or kind thoughts (they can have more if they choose) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">36. review the steps for creating a kindness cartoon <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">a. get your kindness examples Word document from a Tech Team member (if students did not print one yesterday, they can work with a partner) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">b. go to http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">c. choose the plain speech bubble for the title <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">d. search in the “tag” box for a picture <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">e. click and drag a picture for the title page <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">f. search for another picture and click on it to create a new slide <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">g. choose a speech bubble and enter in text <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">h. repeat step e. and f. until you have 4 slides showing examples of kindness INDEPENDENT WORK <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">37. 4:40/5:40 pass out the kindness examples from yesterday to the students <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">38. explain that they are going to **practice** with a partner today and tomorrow they will create one for their own WikiSpace <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">39. divide the students into partners (optional) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">40. assign them a computer and have them go to http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">41. assist/monitor students while they create a cartoon together, reminding them to create 4 slides showing kind actions or thoughts <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">42. when students have **show**n you **4 kindness slides**, they may hand back their kindness Word document and have free time WEDNESDAY Procedure BEGINNING ACTIVITY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">1. 4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">2. 4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items INTRODUCTION MODELING > **remind students that to see more they need to move their mouse to the right and they can click on the pink numbers at the end for another set of pictures** INDEPENDENT WORK THURSDAY Procedure BEGINNING ACTIVITY INTRODUCTION MODELING INDEPENDENT WORK > “kindness by __________” title
 * 4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 1) explain that this week is National Kindness Week
 * 2) tell the kids that the goals for this week are to
 * 4:20/5:20 read the book about kindness to the students
 * 1) ask the following questions when reading the book
 * 1) after the story, brainstorm some ideas for being kind to someone
 * 2) write the ideas on the whiteboard/chart paper (ex. walking to school with someone, helping a friend on their homework, getting a pencil for someone, sharing a snack etc.)
 * 3) tell the students they are going to choose 3-4 examples of being kind and write them in a Word document
 * 4:35/5:35 gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 1) model how to open Microsoft Word
 * 2) tell the students to **put their name at the top**
 * 3) call on 3-4 volunteers to read a kindness example off the board
 * 4) type these examples into a Word document
 * 5) model how to print the examples
 * 6) tell the students they need to give their kindness examples to a Tech Team member
 * 7) save these for tomorrow!!
 * 8) explain to the students that tomorrow they are going to create a comic strip showing characters being kind to each other or thinking kind thoughts
 * 4:40/5:40 assist/monitor while students write 3-4 examples of kindness
 * 1) make sure that each student turns in a printed Word document before they have free time
 * 4:50/5:50 students may have free time when they have turned in their kindness examples
 * when they make the comic with a partner, they need to put in both names and when they make one on their own, they use only their name**
 * make sure the website is written on the board or chart paper**
 * 4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap) Procedure
 * 1) ask the students what the theme this week is (National Kindness Week)
 * 2) remind them that they are making comic strips that have characters showing kindness
 * 4:20/5:20 gather students around 1-2 computers to review the steps for making their comic strip
 * 1) ask the kids what to do first, second, third, fourth etc.
 * 2) first: get your kindness examples Word document from a Tech Team member
 * 3) second: go to http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/
 * 4) third: insert the plain speaking bubble for the title page
 * 5) fourth: write “kindness by ________________” in the speaking bubble
 * 6) fifth: search for a picture in the “tag” box
 * 1) sixth: click and drag the picture onto the first slide
 * 2) seventh: click on another (same or new) picture to make a new slide
 * 3) eighth: choose a speaking bubble
 * 4) write in text that shows kindness
 * 5) repeat steps 12-14 to create 4 kindness slides
 * 6) remind the students that they must have 4 or more slides with characters showing kind actions or thoughts
 * 7) show the students how to publish their cartoon!
 * 8) Click the big pink **“publish”** button
 * 9) Title: **“kindness by ________________”** <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoasciifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msochartype: symbol; msohansifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msosymbolfontfamily: Wingdings;">ß this should be the same as the title on their first slide!!!
 * 10) Name: students’ **first name** and **last initial**
 * 4:30/5:30 assist/monitor the students while they create their own comic strip about kindness
 * 1) make sure the kids are including examples of kindness, and if not help them to make the characters do or think something that shows kindness
 * 2) make sure the students click the **“publish”** button when they are finished or their work will be lost <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoasciifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msochartype: symbol; msohansifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msosymbolfontfamily: Wingdings;">L
 * 3) when students have published their kindness comic strip, they may have free time
 * 4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 1) review the theme for the week (National Kindness Week)
 * 2) explain to the students that today they are going to put their kindness comic strip onto their WikiSpace
 * 4:20/5:20 gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 1) model how to do upload it onto WikiSpace using my kindness comic example
 * 2) go to http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/
 * 3) click on the **“or go to archive”** link above the blank slide
 * 4) search for “kindness example”
 * 5) click on the one that is **NOT** rated
 * 6) at the bottom in small pink letters, there is a link called **“blog this”**
 * 7) click on **“blog this”**
 * 8) two options will show up
 * 9) make sure the students choose **option number one**
 * 10) ** left click ** on the text in option number one and **right click** to copy it
 * 11) open up http://bridgeproject.wikispaces.com/
 * 12) click on **your site** on the left
 * 13) click on a student’s picture and it will take you to their page
 * 14) click on **“edit this page”** at the top
 * 15) click on the **tv** to embed a **widgit**
 * 16) click on **“other html”** at the very bottom
 * 17) paste the text in the box and click **“save”**
 * 18) click **“save”** on the page
 * 19) the comic strip should show up at the top of the student’s page after a few seconds!
 * 4:35/5:35 review the steps with the students
 * 1) have them list what is first, second, third, etc,
 * 2) have the students move to a computer
 * 3) write http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ on the whiteboard or chart paper
 * 4) assist them while they search for their comic strip using their
 * 1) assist/monitor while they copy and paste the comic strip into their own WikiSpace
 * 2) when students can show you their comic strip on their WikiSpace then they may have free time