Lesson Plan Template
Module 4: Beginning Concept Book
Name: Lauren Butts
Lesson: Kindness Rocks
Alber, Diane. A Little Spot of Kindness. Diane Albert Art LLC, 2019.
—A little spot of creativity: A story about ideas. Diane Alber Art LLC, 2020.
Target Grade Level: Third Grade
Standard(s):
Put the appropriate common
core standard here.
Objective(s):
What are your goals for this
lesson? What do you want
your kids to be able to do
afterwards?? Why are you
doing this lesson??
SL.3.2 Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a
text read aloud or information presented in diverse media
and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
L.3.3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when
writing, speaking, reading, or listening
1) Students will locate rocks that have appropriate
texture to paint on the surface.
1) Students will describe what it means to be kind to
others. They will have the choice to write this in there
writing journals
2) Students will make painted rocks, to spread words of
kindness, and practice their handwriting via
typography
3) Students will create designs on their painted rocks
with color.
At a young age it is important for students to learn the
qualities of kindness, and how to treat peers. This is a
lifelong lesson that will be reinforced throughout their
school journey. PBIS is a multi-tiered system that enhances
positive behavior in the classroom. The lesson is designed
to implement PBIS by teaching what it means to be kind,
while incorporating it into another subject area. This subject
area is science, this enrichment lesson is taught through
art. Students will use their knowledge on rocks and minerals
in the lesson to choose their materials. Then they will
paint/write kind words or quotes on the rocks to spread
kindness through their community. They will get to choose
where the place their kindness rocks, giving the students
 choice. The spot books are a tool for PBIS to explain
kindness in a way third graders will understand. These
students are already familiar with these books from their
general classroom, in this lesson they will be reminded of
these books, and have the choice to read through them
during the project.

Materials: Rocks
List absolutely EVERYTHING Paint brushes
you need to do this lesson— Newsprint or material to cover/protect tables
especially since you are Paper towels
going to be sharing it. From Paint pallets
paper/pencils, chart paper Sharpies
or whatever Water with water cups
Acrylic paint or washable paint
Notebooks
Pencils

KINDESS ROCKS: vocabulary sheet

KINDNESS ROCKS: art lesson
Little Spot the Dot books by Diane Alber
○ A Little Spot of Kindness!
○ A Little Spot of Creativity; A Story of Ideas!

Instructional Strategy: ● Hook (5 min)

This is your step by step
guide to what you are going
to and in what order. Put
ideas about time involved to
do it step. Be specific so
others can follow this plan.
○ Show students the books and let them know
we will be doing an art activity along with our
traditional journal writing
● Read the Books Aloud to Class (15 min)
● Ask students essential questions and talk about
them together, and give vocabulary word handouts.
○ Vocabulary Sheet
○ Essential Questions:
■ How can our natural resources
remind us to be kind?
■ What can you say to someone to
spread kindness?
■ How did you feel when someone was

Differentiation:
Put at least two strategies as
to how you can address
students with varying
abilities, both above and
below typical students.
kind to you, or you were kind to
someone else?
■ What are the different types of
natural resources?
● Show students the project example, then explain to
the students how to paint rocks(5min)
○ KINDNESS ROCKS: project steps
● Work time (30min)
○ When 5 minutes are left of work time give a
warning to start finishing up their projects
● Closure (15 min)
○ Go back to thinking about the essential
questions and brainstorm, where to place
kindness rocks within the school or
community.
○ Have a list of places that have been
approved to place the rocks around the
school.
○ Spread the rocks throughout the school
and/or library
Digital:
This can be offered for students who need to rewatch
instruction they can go back in and play the video, or this
could be used if class needs to be virtual due to
circumstances.
Virtual Guided Lesson Plan Video
Kindness Rocks Lesson Plan Video Slides.pdf
Low achievers:
- Offer a handout with kind words/ phrases on them
for the student to choose from, so they can focus on
the discussion
- Give them paper to write down notes during the
discussion or a worksheet to follow along with as we
read the book
High achiever:
- Give these students the option to write a kind letter
to someone in their life they are grateful for, or a
letter thanking someone who has been kind to them.
- Another option would be for these students to create
and design multiple rocks and have some to take
home to spread into the larger community.
 Assessments:
How will you know if your
students learned what you
wanted them to learn? How
can you prove it???
described what it means to be kind to others during
class discussion and in written form. (L.3.3)
made painted rocks, to spread words of kindness in
the school community (SL.3.2)
created designs on their painted rocks with color
and typography (L.3.3)
located rocks that have appropriate texture to paint
on the surface. (SL.3.2)

Acknowledgements:
*I have adapted this lesson plan to fit English Standards, as I created this lesson plan with Fine
Arts Standards, the following slides show the outcome of this lesson in action
Lauren Butts_Term Paper *
KINDNESS ROCKS! (after)

*This lesson plan is research based so the teaching methods I use within the lesson are
based on the PBIS principles. In this reflection I compare my research on different teaching
strategies compared to how they worked in a real classroom scenario, and explain how the
research was used.*
School Letter(Families)