September's "Word of the Month": Respect
September's "Word of the Month": Respect
During the month of September, our "Word of the Month" is Respect. We defined "respect" as "treating others the way you want to be treated". Each morning, during the announcements, we talked about a way that we could practice our respectful behavior that day. When students are "caught" being respectful they are given a star ticket.
Guidance Lessons:
(2016-2017)
Please click here for: Respect guidance lesson memo for Kindergarten and 1st Grade
(2014-2015)
Please click here for: Respect guidance lesson memo Kindergarten
(2013-2014)
Kindergarten & 1st Grades: We discussed the definition of respect and why it is so important. The students helped me read a book called, "Please and Thank you", by Jillian Harker. Then, we practiced our respectful behavior in real life role-play scenarios. Each student was given "two thumbs up" by their classmates when they practiced their respectful behavior. At the end, the students were rewarded with a great-smelling star sticker. As they passed the stickers to each other, each student said, "thank you" and "you're welcome".
2nd and 3rd Grades: We discussed the definition of respect, the four main ways that we can show it, and why it is so important. In third grade we discussed the importance of having "self-respect" which means that we know that we are "just right" the way that we are and try not to compare ourselves to others. Then, we played RESPECT BINGO, where we got to act out real life role-play scenarios. Students were reminded that it was okay to feel all kinds of emotions like sad, mad, and jealous, but that we still need to be respectful when we feel these ways. Students used "smarties" candy as their BINGO chips and were allowed to eat them at the end for "respectful" game-playing.
