Remember: Before you post a comment, pause, read it out loud as them, and ask if it is kind, true and worth saying.
Cal's cake
Read the story first, then answer.
The sunk cakeCal filmed his chocolate cake for the class video board. The middle sank, and his dog, Waffles, gulp, ate a whole slice! That evening Ines scrolled through the board, and she typed, "lol this cake is a disaster. Stick to cereal!" She posted it with one tap. Her brother Teo read it out loud in Cal's voice, slowly and quietly. It did not sound funny now. "Cal got up early to bake that cake, and it was his first big try," said Teo. Ines deleted the comment, but Cal wrote back just one word, "ok." "The words are gone," said Teo, "but Cal has already read them." Ines told Dad. Then she wrote Cal a private message: "Sorry about my comment. It was unkind, and your cake took real work." The next day she wrote, "Your frosting swirls are so neat!"
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What did Teo do to help Ines hear how the comment felt?
🔁Posted it again🗣️Read it out loud, in Cal's voice😆Laughed at it
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When Ines deleted her comment, Cal's feeling went away too.
TrueFalse
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What did Ines write to Cal to say sorry?
🙃Sorry, but it was a joke💌A private message that said her comment was unkind📢A new comment in front of the class
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Ines was in trouble for telling Dad.
TrueFalse
Kind, true, worth saying
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Number what to do before you post.
Pause
Read it out loud, as the person who will read it
Post it, or change it
Ask: is it kind, true and worth saying?
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Join each comment to what to do.
1🍰 'Your frosting swirls are so neat!'
2😏 'Haha you missed. Again.'
3🙄 'Why even bother posting this?'
Athink again: it puts someone down
Bthink again: it laughs at a mistake
Ckind and true: it praises something real
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Circle every comment that is kind and true.
⚽Great kick! That curve was clever.🥔Your horse looks like a potato.🐶I loved the part with the dog.🙄Why even bother posting this?
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Ask yourself: is it kind, is it true, and is it worth ?
likingsayingposting
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Online you cannot see their face, so you should picture the face that will read your words.
TrueFalse
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A comment that is a bit true is fine to post even if it is not kind.
TrueFalse
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Fix the mistake. Ines wants to write: 'Sorry, but it was only a joke.' What is better?
💛Sorry about my comment. It was unkind.😒Sorry you cannot take a joke.🙃Sorry, but it was only a joke.
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Stretch: write a kind and true comment for a friend's drawing of a horse.
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Draw Cal's face reading a kind comment, with five hearts.
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Answer key · Set A
Leaving a comment
1Read it out loud, in Cal's voice Teo read it slowly, like Cal alone in his room, and the joke did not sound funny any more.
2False Deleting took away the words, but it could not take away how Cal felt.
3A private message that said her comment was unkind Dad said to say sorry just to Cal, not in front of the whole class. She did not add 'but it was a joke.'
4False Dad said, thank you for telling me. Everyone slips up sometimes.
51, 2, 4, 3 Pause, read it aloud as them, ask the three questions, and then post it or change it.
61-C, 2-B, 3-A Kind and true comments name what was good. The others laugh at a mistake or put someone down.
7Great kick! That curve was clever., I loved the part with the dog. Naming what was good or what you liked is kind and true. A potato joke and 'why bother' are not.
8saying A comment must pass all three questions, and saying nothing is okay too.
9True In real life you would see Cal's smile fall. Online the face is hidden, so imagine it.
10False The cake did sink, so it was a bit true, but not kind. A comment must pass all three.
11Sorry about my comment. It was unkind. Just say sorry and mean it, without adding 'but it was a joke.'
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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