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Here are examples of what’s included:

Printable Booklet: Simply print double-sided and fold. Use this to further student learning of each trait and prominent figure.

Comprehension Activities: These can be used as follow up activities to check for understanding throughout the week.

Class Book Pages: Provide each student with an opportunity to share about their experience with the trait. Bind the pages into a class book! A pre-made cover is included.

Word Work Activities: An engaging way to practice phonics skills and to continue learning vocabulary.

Parent Letters: Keep parents in the loop with regular parent communication. Parent letters for each episode include an option written from the teacher and an option written in the voice of the student.

We’ve included the following suggested weekly lesson sequence for your convenience.

Monday

Start your week by watching The Character Tree video. • Before watching: If you have time for a quick discussion, you could

ask your students what they think they already know about the character trait of empathy and have them share with a partner or call on a couple of students to share with the whole class.

• After watching: If you have time after the video, have students share examples of empathy from the video. To extend their concept of empathy you could ask them to think of a specific way that they could show this trait in the coming day or week.

Tuesday

Follow up the video with the foldable book. Read as a whole class, or have students read independently. These books would make a nice home-school connection, or add them to student’s book boxes or bags and keep them at school. Depending on how much time you have, the cut and paste comprehension page would be a good fit as a subsequent activity.

Wednesday

Introduce students to the empathy awards! We recommend printing these on colored paper and cutting them down before handing them out to students. Let students know that since they are becoming experts on empathy, they will get to be on the lookout for students who are showing this trait. When they notice someone showing empathy, they can write their peer’s name on the award and the reason for receiving it. Students can give the award directly to their peer or follow a different system set that fits your management style.

ThursdayAfter spending time learning and talking about empathy and Jonas Salk during the first half of the week, today would be a good day for checking student understanding with our comprehension questions.

FridayIf there is anything that you didn’t get to earlier in the week, finish that up today. Otherwise, today would be a good day for the making words activity and the word search.

Learning Objective: Students will be able to define the character trait of empathy, give an example and communicate observations of peer's exhibiting the trait.

Common Core Standards: • SL.1.2 Discuss key details in a video• RI.1.2 Identify the main topic• RI.1.3 Describe the connection between a person and concept• RI.1.4 Determine the meaning of vocabulary

Picture Book Recommendations: These picture books would be great to read to your class during this week, as well as throughout the year! Use them to open up further discussions with your class about this week’s character trait.

• You, Me and Empathy by Jayneen Sanders

• I Am Human: A Book of Empathy by Susan Verdewww.charactertree.com

https://www.amazon.com/You-Empathy-compassion-recognising-behaviours/dp/1925089088/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=empathy+book&qid=1585102144&sr=8-3

https://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Human-Book-Empathy/dp/1419731653/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=empathy+book&qid=1585102528&sr=8-4

The Character Tree Jonas Salk & Empathy

I learned that empathy means paying attention to how others are feeling and caring for others. I also learned about a man named Jonas Salk. He was a research doctor, he studied what made people sick. Jonas Salk had a lot of empathy for people who were sick and tried to invent ways to help them get better. He spent many years studying a sickness called polio and eventually he came up with a vaccine. He had so much empathy that he gave his vaccine away for free so it could help a lot of people.

I can show empathy too! One way that I can show empathy is:


Dear Family,

In this week’s episode of The Character Tree I learned about the trait of:

empathy

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You can also help me learn more about empathy at home. At home, we can talk about ways we notice members of our family showing empathy. We can also talk about how we notice people in our community showing empathy.

Love,



Dear Family,

In this week’s episode of The Character Tree your child learned about the character trait of empathy. Your child learned that empathy means paying attention to how others are feeling and caring for others

The prominent figure in this week’s episode was a research doctor named Jonas Salk. This episode taught us about how Jonas Salk had a lot of empathy for people who were sick and tried to invent ways to help them get better. He spent many years studying a sickness called polio and eventually he came up with a vaccine.

To encourage your child to continue thinking about and learning more about empathy at home you can talk about ways you notice members of your family showing empathy. You can also talk about how people in the community show empathy.

Sincerely,



Dear Family,

In this week’s episode of The Character Tree your child learned about the character trait of empathy. Your child learned that empathy means paying attention to how others are feeling and caring for others

The prominent figure in this week’s episode was a research doctor named Jonas Salk. This episode taught us about how Jonas Salk had a lot of empathy for people who were sick and tried to invent ways to help them get better. He spent many years studying a sickness called polio and eventually he came up with a vaccine.

To encourage your child to continue thinking about and learning more about empathy at home you can talk about ways you notice members of your family showing empathy. You can also talk about how people in the community show empathy.

Sincerely,

Name:©The Primary Pal & The Character Treewww.charactertree.com

A vaccine is a type of shot that

nurses and doctors give to healthy

people to make sure they don’t get

sick later. Jonas could have made a

lot of money by selling his polio

vaccine, but he had so much empathy

for those getting sick that he gave it

away for free. Jonas wanted

everyone to have access to the polio

vaccine. His empathy continues to

save the lives of many people.

vaccine

When Jonas Salk was in school, he

wanted to learn about how to help

people, so he studied medicine. He had

a lot of empathy and wanted to help

people feel better. Jonas was the first

person in his whole family to ever go

to college! While Jonas was studying

medicine, the world was facing a very

dangerous sickness called polio.


Jonas felt a lot of empathy for the

people who were getting sick with

polio, he knew that he needed to help.

Jonas was a research doctor. That

means he studied what made people

sick and tried to invent new ways to

help them get better. Jonas spent

many years studying polio until one

day he came up with a vaccine.


research doctor

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EMPATHYAWARD

Your empathy has been noticed!

To: _____________________________________

From: _________________________________

You are receiving this award because:

_________________________________________

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From: _________________________________

From: _________________________________ From: _________________________________

EMPATHYAWARD


To: _____________________________________


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EMPATHYAWARD


To: _____________________________________


_________________________________________

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EMPATHYAWARD


To: _____________________________________


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Jonas Salk wanted to help people, so he studied medicine in

college.

Jonas spent many years studying polio

and he created a vaccine to stop the

spread of polio.

Jonas gave the vaccine away for free. He

wanted everyone to have access to the

vaccine so they could stay healthy.


Jonas was a research doctor, which means he

studied what made people sick and

invented ways to help get them better.


vaccine

Name: Date:

Read the words below each box, then cut out and glue the picture that matches.Comprehension Activity

medical schoolresearch doctor

Use what you learned about Jonas Salk and empathy to help you answer the questions below.

1. True or False: Jonas Salk was the first person in his family to go to college.

a. Cancer doctor

b. Research doctor

c. Polio doctor

2. What disease did Jonas Salk invent a vaccine for?

3. How did Jonas Salk show empathy with his vaccine?

True False

4. What type of doctor was Jonas Salk?

a. Polio b. Flu c. Coronavirus

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Comprehension Questions

Name: Date:

e m p a t h y

Cut out the letters at the bottom of the page. Use the letters to make as many words as you can. Write the words that you make on

the lines below.


Making Words Spelling Practice

Name: Date:

JONAS

SALK

POLIO

SICKNESS

VACCINE

MEDICINE

DOCTOR

RESEARCH

EMPATHY

CARING

GIVING

HELP

C K J B S C I C V U M K

F J O N A S L N S O L B

M Y A T L R G I V I N G

E H N E K I P D A O D I

D L P R A M D O C T O R

I H S O F O A J C H G P

C V E P L J T K I R O K

I N D L S I C K N E S S

N G Y F P V O L E O H Y

E M P A T H Y B S N C A

O I S E G M C A R I N G

J E B T R E S E A R C H

Search for the words from the word list. Then, circle each word in the puzzle once you find it.


Word Search

Name: Date:

Use what you learned about Jonas Salk and empathy to help you answer the questions below.

1. True or False: Jonas Salk was the first person in his family to go to college.

a. Cancer doctor

b. Research doctor

c. Polio doctor

2. What disease did Jonas Salk invent a vaccine for?

3. How did Jonas Salk show empathy with his vaccine?

True False

4. What type of doctor was Jonas Salk?

a. Polio b. Flu c. Coronavirus


Comprehension Questions

Name: Date: KEY

Jonas Salk showed empathy by giving his vaccine away for free.

JONAS

SALK

POLIO

SICKNESS

VACCINE

MEDICINE

DOCTOR

RESEARCH

EMPATHY

CARING

GIVING

HELP

C K J B S C I C V U M K

F J O N A S L N S O L B

M Y A T L R G I V I N G

E H N E K I P D A O D I

D L P R A M D O C T O R

I H S O F O A J C H G P

C V E P L J T K I R O K

I N D L S I C K N E S S

N G Y F P V O L E O H Y

E M P A T H Y B S N C A

O I S E G M C A R I N G

J E B T R E S E A R C H

Search for the words from the word list. Then, circle each word in the puzzle once you find it.


Word Search

KEYName: Date:

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