Teaching

Big Picture 2: Kindness, part 3

Check out Donna Janell Bowman and Daniel Minter‘s websites.

As promised, here is Part 3 of Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness.

If you’ve skipped over the Afterword, I highly recommend you read it!

Standards

  • CCSS SL.3.1 Engage in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
  • CCSS 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.
  • CCSS RI.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
  • CCSS RI.3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recound the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
  • CCSS W.3.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
  • WIDA ELD-1 English language learners communicate for Social and Instructional purposes within the school setting.
  • WIDA ELD-2 English language learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Language Arts

Vocabulary – Part 3

Part 3 starts on the page showing the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, with the sentence, “Their chance came in 1897…” and ends on the page with Jim’s portrait.

  • exhibit
  • perform
  • segregation
  • discrimination
  • cruelty

Teach Sheet

Here is your FREE worksheet for Part Three of Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness.

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