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A Fine Feathered Flock - Patricia Polacco’s Mr. Lincoln’s Way provides an excellent opportunity for teachers to introduce the topic of respect.
Grade Level 2-4
Adding "Homeside" to "Schoolside" Learning - "Homeside activities" are designed as an extension of "Schoolside" activities. They further promote the development of a "Caring Schools Community."
Grade Level: K-5
Bully Prevention - Before beginning, students should be aware of the term, “bully,” and the expression “fooling around.”
Grade Level: 3, 4
Celebrating Caring & Kindess - This is a three-part lesson that helps students become aware of being caring and king citizens in their school, home, and community.
Grade Level: 2-3
Character-Go-Round
Character-Go-Round is a lesson designed to help students recognize the relationship between words, actions, and character traits.
Grade Level: K-12
The Crayon Box That Talked - “The Crayon Box that Talked” is a profound poem by Shane DeRolf that conveys the simple message that differences should not only be tolerated and accepted but embraced.
Grade Level: PreK-K
Creating a Caring Culture: Appreciating the Diversity of Your School - This lesson is particularly effective in the beginning of the year as it allows students to begin to know each other.
Grade Level: 2-4
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Cultivating Caring - Filling Buckets of Caring Carrots
“Growing Towards Excellence.” Working within that theme, the Character Counts Committee has adopted “Growing Together - Sowing Seeds of Character.” Grade Level: K-3
Developing Enrichment Toys for the Roger Williams Zoo - Students construct a large animal toy [rabbits, birds, small deer, etc.] out of edible materials to be placed in the habitats of carnivorous animal at the zoo.
Grade Level: 3
Holiday Cookie Exchange - In this lesson, students will discuss jobs adults do at their school and why it is important to show respect to all workers.
Grade Level: 3-5
Introducing Recyling - In this lesson, students explore the environmental issue of excess garbage and how recycling can help reduce the amounts of garbage in landfills.
Grade Level: 2-5
Ornaments for Nursing Home Tree - DENS (developing, educating and nurturing students) are cross-grade-level community meetings. This den, advisory, or classroom activity becomes a service project.
Grade Level:1-5
The Power of Words
The children’s classic The Ugly Duckling is an excellent read aloud to prompt discussions on caring, empathy, tolerance, and respect.
Grade Level: K-5
Sharing in the Classroom - Students should be aware of what the value of sharing means in the classroom.
Grade Level: 2, 3
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Singing for the Animals - "Singing for the Animals" service project provided an opportunity for students to make a difference in their community by raising money to help the county's homeless animals.
Grade Level: K-6
Special Sunflowers - Laurence Anholt’s Camille and the Sunflowers provides an excellent way to introduce a discussion about feelings and ways to care about others.
Grade Level: K-2
Understanding Core Values Using the Frayer Model - By examining themes in literature as well as the actions of characters in fiction and persons in non-fiction, students can observe character in action.
Grade Level: 4-5
Unique Monique: Building a Community of Unique Individuals
This purpose of this lesson is to build a caring community within a classroom. The lesson will encourage students to identify their unique talents, abilities, and strengths and thereby increase self-confidence.
Grade Level: K-5
Who Wants To Be President? A Voice and Choice Lesson of Democracy in Action
Students use their knowledge of democratic principles to create a fictional presidential candidate, run a campaign for election, participate in a political convention and presidential debate, and vote for president.
Grade Level: 3-6
Whoever You Are - This series of activities will help children to become familiar with other cultures and learn that people all over the world have things in common.
Grade Level: 1-3
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