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No Bullying Allowed

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Through discussion, role play, read-alouds, writing, and more, scholars explore the concept of bullying and practice having courage while responsibly reporting unfriendly behavior. Friendship and respect are practiced and...
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Missing Objects Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
Help students learn how to encourage others using kindness and supportive words with this social skills game. Designed for learners on the autism spectrum, students practice using encouragement phrase prompts while...
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Bully Free Systems

Bully Free Lesson Plans—Fourth Grade

For Teachers 4th Standards
Two lessons detail what do if you are or see someone being bullied. The Four-Step STOP method features an assertive way to make school a bully-free zone. Tips offer advice to be a helpful bystander. A parent or guardian chat bridges the...
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Play Well with Others…Be Active Against Bullying!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Bully-free is the way every school should be! How can you help create that kind of culture in your school? A well-written teacher's guide containing lessons for grades 6-8 may be just the ticket. Each unit, separated by grade level,...
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The Power of Dialect

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore the power of dialect in poetry.  In this poetry lesson, students listen to a reading of "In-a Brixtan Markit" while viewing the poem.  Students rewrite the poem in English or using another dialect; or write...
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Getting to Know You

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore different types of poetry and illustrate their own experiences through creating their own poem. In this getting to know you lesson, 3rd graders create and recite their poems with a self-portrait.
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Dishonesty

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore religion and ethics. In this character education lesson, students compare dishonesty and honesty as they consider the ethics of lying. Students consider whether certain lies are more acceptable than others and...
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Trash It

For Teachers 1st
First graders see how to throw away their mean thoughts instead of saying them to the person with whom they are upset. They write their thought or the words down on the piece of paper, including their names and throw them away in the...
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The Sounds of Change

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recognize that music brings out feelings and emotions in people. In this music themes lesson, students explore the relationships between culture and music. Students answer questions about favorite choices in music.
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Passing Notes

For Teachers 2nd - 9th
Students demonstrate the importance of sharing compliments. In this character education lesson, students write compliments on post-it notes to one of their classmates.
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Anansi and The Tug O' War

For Teachers Pre-K
Students complete activities with the story Anansi and the Tug O' War. For this literature lesson, students listen to a story, answer comprehension questions, and complete three worksheets. They discuss facial expressions and try to...
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Spicy, Hot Colors

For Teachers K - 1st
Students demonstrate an understanding of colors. In this visual arts lesson plan, students read the text Hot, Spicy Colors and name their favorite colors. Students complete a bar graph to show the data. Students discuss how each color...
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Character Profile

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students exemplify non-stereotypical behavior. In this character education lesson, students read Pink and Say and discuss the negative effects of judging people on superficial characteristics. Students fill in a chart how they felt about...
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Avoiding Reality

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the trait of perseverance. In this character education lesson, 8th graders discuss how to deal with reality. Students consider how to help others facing difficult situations.
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Small Actions with Big Purpose

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the trait of perseverance. For this character education lesson, 7th graders discuss community causes they care about and make plans to contribute their time and energy to overcome their personally-selected issues.
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Worksheet 6: Vocabulary Review: Opposites

For Students 5th - 6th
In this words and meanings worksheet, students match 10 words in one column with their meanings in another column. Most words have a somewhat negative connotation: depressed, widow, quit, complain, lonely.
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Response to Literature: Feelings About the Book

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read chapter 17 in the story NUMBER THE STARS and think about the author's purpose for writing the book. They are encouraged to share with the class their personal reactions to the story.
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Changing My Thought Channel

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this expressing thoughts worksheet, students write about what they are worried about. Students then write about the cloudy thoughts that make them worry and the sunny thoughts about their worry.
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Expressing Yourself

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this self expression worksheet, students read the personal expression statements and complete each one with expressions about themselves. Students complete 15 sentences.
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Expressing Yourself #2

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this self expression worksheet, students read the expression statements and complete the expressions about themselves. Students complete 15 sentences.
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CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: EXAMINE EXPRESSIONS THROUGH PORTRAITURE

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use a work or art as a springboard to a personal narrative or descriptive writing, create a collage to identify tone through art, and use inference to discern what might have caused an individual to feel the emotion that is...
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Facing the Day

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars utilize magazines to find pictures that display emotional states/moods. Each student creates symbol cards using magazine pictures to help indicate how they are feeling on a given day. Individuals are instructed by the...
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Who Do You See?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze portraits and decide on the most important aspects of their own personality. For this portraiture lesson, students identify feelings and emotions in the sitter and the creator of a portrait. After reading the poem "We...
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The Language of Deception

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore informative, expressive, directive and performative languages and discuss examples of each. In groups, students research the types of languages, their effectiveness in communicating truth, needs and desires. Students...

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