Scatter Kindness Lesson

School Counselor: Tracy Blaumauer Date: January 2014

Activity: Scatter Kindness
Grade(s): Middle School (5th-8th grade
ASCA Student Standards (Domain/Standard/Competencies):
Academic Development Domain, Standard A: Students !ill ac"uire the attitudes# $no!ledge#
and s$ills that contri%ute to e&&ecti'e learning in school and across the li&es(an)
Personal/ Social Domain, Standard A* Students !ill ac"uire the $no!ledge# attitudes# and
inter(ersonal s$ills to hel( them understand and res(ect sel& and others)
Personal/Social Domain, Standard B: Students !ill ma$e decisions set goals# and ta$e
necessary action to achie'e goals)
Career Development Domain, Standard C: Students !ill understand the relationshi( %et!een
(ersonal "ualities# education# training# and the !orld o& !or$)
Competencies Addressed:
Academic Domain:
Competency A3 Achieve School Success
+*+,)1 ta$e res(onsi%ility &or their actions
+*+,)2 demonstrate the a%ility to !or$ inde(endently# as !ell as the a%ility to !or$
coo(erati'ely !ith other students
+*+,)4 -emonstrate de(enda%ility# (roducti'ity# and initiati'e
+*+,)5 share $no!ledge
Career Development Domain:
Competency C:A Develop Career A!areness
.*+1)4 /earn ho! to interact and !or$ coo(erati'ely in teams
Personal/ Social Domain:
Competency A Ac"uire Sel#$%no!led&e
0S*+1)1 distinguish %et!een a((ro(riate and ina((ro(riate %eha'ior
Competency A' Ac"uire (nterpersonal S)ills
0S*+2)1 recogni2e that e'eryone has rights and res(onsi%ilities
0S*+2)2 res(ect alternati'e (oints o& 'ie!
0S*+2), recogni2e# acce(t# res(ect and a((reciate indi'idual di&&erences
0S*+2)4 recogni2e# acce(t# and a((reciate ethnic and cultural di'ersity
0S*+2)8 /earn to ma$e and $ee( &riends
Competency B Sel#$%no!led&e Application
0S*B1)3 demonstrate a res(ect and a((reciation &or indi'idual and cultural di&&erences
Career Development Domain:
Competency C' Apply S)ills to Achieve Career Goals
.*.2), learn to !or$ coo(erati'ely !ith others as a team mem%er
(+S.+# 2012
*earnin& +,-ective(s):
1.Students will work cooperatively together to come up with what they feel are the best Acts of
Kindness that they can participate in.
2) Students will leave this lesson thinking about what they can do to make a difference in
someone elses life.
,) Students will also leave this lesson feeling more inclined to participate in scattering kindness.
.aterials:
Handout: Act of Kindness emplate! "Kindness: #ass it on cards
$tensils: #en or #encil for each student
echnology: Access to internet %&ou ube'( pro)ector connected to the device with the *nternet
Procedure:
- Brie& introduction o& Ms) Blaumauer
- 0lay 4outu%e 'ideo* 50ay it 6or!ard- +cts o& Kindness- Boomerang 7&&ect8 (0rosser# 201,
- 9and out :+ct o& Kindness Tem(late; to students
- -i'ide students !or$ in (airs o& 2 or , and ha'e them !or$ together to &ill out the tem(late)
--iscussion com(onent* 6eelings that this %rought u( &or the class) (e<am(le "uestions
= +re there any acts o& $indness that you !ant to share !ith the class that you ha'e done
recently>
= ?hat acts o& $indness do you (lan on doing in the &uture a&ter ha'ing done this e<ercise>
--iscuss 5.atch Kids .aring8 and the school!ide com(onent o& Scatter Kindness
- +s students lea'e the classroom# handout :Kindness* 0ass it on; cards)
/ecommendations: This lesson (lan is something that is great to do around the holiday %rea$ or
the @e! 4ear# as the children ha'e the !inter %rea$ to thin$ a%out it and (ut it into (ractice) Ar#
children may e'en ma$e this their @e! 4ear;s BesolutionC
D& (ossi%le# school counselors should schedule a &ollo!-u( guidance lesson to ha'e students share
their e<(eriences o& (er&orming acts o& $indness or %eing (ersonally a&&ected %y acts o& $indness)
Plan #or 0valuation:
*n the school( faculty will be notified about "Scatter Kindness and will all be provided with the
"+aught in the Acts of +aring template to fill out if they see students making a difference and
performing these acts. his will point out the students who followed through with "Scatter
Kindness.
6ollo! E(* School +ounselors will also schedule a follow,up guidance lesson plan to have
students talk about which acts they participated in.
Random Acts of Kindness
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Schoolwide +omponent of Scatter Kindness:
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School faculty members as well as students are encouraged
to notate when they catch another student caring about
someone. he purpose here is to encourage students to do
random acts of kindness without being prompted to.
he acts of kindness are written down and turned into
administration. Administration deems which ones are
notable and a ceremony at either the local Healy +hevrolet
dealership %Healy donates money for the giftcard' or
8arnes 9 :obles is put on where the student will receive a
certificate( a ;-0 gift card to 8arnes 9 :oble( as well as get
their picture taken for the newspaper.
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