Lesson 10 — Fairness All Together

Summary

Learners gather everything from the unit into one four-part “fairness” page: a kind choice and its reason, a fair share and what everyone needs, a rule and a helping job, and listening with making things right. They share their page and build a class “Fairness & Our Shared Rules” book.

Objectives

• Name a kind choice and an unkind choice in a simple situation and tell which is which. (D09.S1.01.01)
• Give one reason why a character in a story made a good or a hurtful choice. (D09.S1.01.02)
• Describe a fair way and an unfair way to share a toy or snack and say which is fair. (D09.S2.01.01)
• Name one thing every person in the class needs to feel safe and treated well. (D09.S2.01.02)
• Take part in making a class rule or choice and give one reason for their idea. (D09.S3.01.01)
• Do a small job that helps the classroom or school and tell how it helped. (D09.S3.01.02)
• Use words to say how they feel during a conflict and listen when a friend says how they feel. (D09.S4.01.01)
• Suggest one way to make things right after someone’s feelings or something was hurt. (D09.S4.01.02)

Connection

Fairness is not one big thing — it is many small things you can do every day: a kind choice with a reason, a fair share, a rule you helped make, a job you did, listening to a friend, and making things right after a hurt. When you put them together, you are practicing how to live well with other people — at home, in class, and anywhere in the world people are together. Today you will put them all together.

Materials

• A four-part “fairness” page per learner
• Crayons and drawing tools
• Stapler, string, or clips for a class book

Preparation

• Prepare a four-box page for each learner (or one large shared sheet): “kind choice and its reason,” “fair share and what everyone needs,” “our rule and a job,” and “listen and make it right.”
• Set up a gathering place and a spot to assemble the class book.

Facilitator note

Written to the learner (“you”). This is the unit’s capstone: each learner authors their own small statement of fairness and shared rules. Keep all four boxes optional in depth — a word, a mark, or a drawing counts. This is a celebration of what learners can do, not a test of what they know; there is no “correct” page. Celebrate each page as a real contribution, and never rank pages against one another. A learner who does not speak aloud shares by pointing to a box and to a picture or by signing; a learner who is blind or low-vision describes their page aloud and the boxes are read back to them; a learner with a motor difference can have a partner draw while they choose and direct. Every voice matters — not just the loudest or fastest — and a learner may always pass. The class job chart and the “make it right” strip stay live after this lesson, so the unit’s habits continue beyond the page. Questions stay questions: fairness is practiced, not preached.

Procedure

1. Gather (5 min). Remember the unit: kind and unkind choices, fair and unfair sharing, what everyone needs to feel safe, making rules together, jobs that help, words for feelings, listening, and making things right. You have practiced all of it.
2. Fill the four boxes (20 min). On your page, draw or write one thing in each box: a kind choice and its reason; a fair share and one thing everyone needs; your class rule or a job you did; and a way to listen and make things right.
3. Share (10 min). With a partner or small group, show your page and tell about one box you are proud of. Listen to theirs.
4. Make the class book (5 min). Add your page to the “Fairness & Our Shared Rules” book or wall. Now everyone’s fairness is together.
5. Close (5 min). Fairness is many small things you can do every day. Your choices matter — to your friends, your class, and you.

Differentiation

• Support: Complete one box at a time with a grown-up scribe; a single word or mark in each box counts. A non-speaking learner points to pictures for each box.
• Extension: Invite learners to add a fifth box: “tomorrow” — one fair or caring thing they will do next.

Assessment

• Summative (portfolio): The four-part “fairness” page shows a kind choice and reason, a fair share and a shared need, a rule or helping job, and listening with making things right.
• Observation: Does the learner connect each box to the right idea from the unit and share it in their own words?

Home connection

Take your “fairness” page home and share one box with your family. Ask them what fairness means to them, and listen.