LANGUAGE ARTS
¥ Have students, discuss and/or write short stories using the Social/Emotional definitions.
¥ Create a Classroom Act of Kindness Book. Students record on a regular basis what they have done to show kindness to others, and how others supported them.
¥ Divide students into small groups and ask each group to come up with a list of words and actions that describe kindness, compassion, and acceptance. Use the list to create a guide on how to deal with bullying behavior in positive ways.
¥ Have students write in their journals, about the power of being a positive bystander. (Students may share journal entries in large group.)
LITERATURE
¥ Read the biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Have students identify parts of his life where he showed compassion, equality, acceptance, and kindness.
¥ Read short stories about young people who contributed to society by being an everyday hero.
¥ Read books that deal with teasing and bullying behaviors. Have students discuss how the story relates to their personal life. (see suggested reading, or look for great books at your library selected by Annie).
ART
¥ Have students draw pictures of characters in books showing compassion and understanding.
¥ Using cool enough to care and Break the Silence About Bullying as themes, have students decorate a bulletin board, Hallways, the cafeteria, or entryway of your school.
¥ Help students write kindness cards to give to people who have been kind to them.
¥ Have students create mini posters showing the meaning of empathy.
MATH
¥ Have students create a chart to show the number of acts of kindness, including being a positive bystander for that particular month. To make it more exciting, have each classroom of a certain grade level create their own chart and then compare the charts. Recognize all attempts to use acts of kindness.