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The Jelly Donut Difference by Maria Dismondy~ Sharing Kindness with the world
The Jelly Donut Difference is the perfect SEL picture book to teach kindness to your students. Not only can this book be read during “Random Acts of Kindness Week” in February, but it can also be incorporated into Back-to-School lesson plans to set the community of your classroom. The BEST part about it is you can use this book to teach about kindness at ANY time during the school year!
Book Summary:
Dexter and Leah are twins that are constantly arguing. They both want to be first and will grab and yank things from each other. When their parents are preparing to have guests over for dinner, they realize they are out of eggs. The twins’ parents send them over to their neighbor, Ms. Marvis’s house, for eggs.
While at her house the twins realize how quiet her house is and think she must be lonely. They decide to invite Ms. Marvis over for dinner.
While at dinner, Ms. Marvis tells everyone stories about her family tradition on making jelly donuts. The next day, the twins decide to make donuts and leave a bag at Ms. Marvis’s house. They also create a family of snowmen outside her house. Ms. Marvis is so appreciative of the kindness of the twins that she writes them a thank you note. The twins are happy that they have a family and learned new traditions from their neighbor.
What this SEL resource includes:
A Teacher TIPS page to give explanations and details about the resource.
Prediction page (given before reading book)
Sequencing page.
Story concepts page.
Questions regarding kindness.
Text Connections- self, text, world
Analyzing questions worksheet
Character change throughout story
Creative writing prompt
Ways to spread kindness activity.
Sprinkle Kindness Cards-to fill out for peers.
Design your own book cover.
More fun activities…
(2) Kindness Coloring sheets
Word Searches with words from text. (2) levels of difficulty- Answer Keys provided.
Acts of Kindness- Differentiated levels- Coloring Activity, Digital Activity, and extension versions included.
Kindness recipe pennants. (4) different decorated pennants included.
Key words: Kindness, Kindness Week, Back to School, differentiated, text connections, prediction, sequencing, Story concepts, Character Analysis, Creativity, creative writing prompt, coloring sheets, kind, Kindness recipe
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