How to Get Rid of Mean
By Maria Liso
P.S. 398Q - Early Childhood
Introduction
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Have you ever been in a situation where someone in school was mean to you? How did that make you feel? (Dictate students answers to make chart) Today, we have all been giving leadership roles to “get rid of the mean” in our school. |
Task
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· You will create a poster showing different ways to be kind that will be displayed in our school’s hallways · You will act out one of those ways in a presentation |
Process
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Day 1 J
(Define the problem) Do we have a meanness problem in school? Have you
ever been in a situation where someone in school was mean to you? How did
that make you feel? (Dictate students answers to make chart) Is that a
problem? Today, we have all been giving leadership roles to “get rid of the
mean” in our school. J
I will first
explain the PPA steps to solve a problem for you and then explain the WebQuest.
1.
Define
the Problem 2.
Gather
Evidence 3.
Identify
the Causes 4.
Evaluate
an Existing Policy 5.
Develop
Solutions 6.
Select
the Best Solutions J
(Gather evidence) You will take the meanness
survey to gather evidence if being mean is a real problem or use the paper version of the meanness survey. J Discuss and share your survey results J Turn and Talk - decide and share with the class if being mean is a problem in our school Day
2 J
(Evaluate) As a group answer the question, “What are we doing now to fix the
meanness problem?” J
Co-create t-chart. One side says “Now” other side “How can we be
kinder?” J Watch video on examples of why to be kind J
Watch video on
the read aloud of the “Kindness is Cooler” J (Develop Solutions) In groups you will discuss and choose 2-3 ways to solve our problem of meanness. How can you be kind? J Add student responses to t-chart under “How can we be kinder?” J Each of you will draw a picture or write a sentence on “How to be kind.”
Day 3
J In a group create
a poster with your drawings by cutting and pasting your drawings onto a
poster board J See these examples of
posters Day 4
J With your group finish and add details to your poster like a title and decorations to make your poster stand out in our hallways J With your group add your names J We will hang our posters in the hallway together Day 5
J Watch read aloud video of “Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
J (Select the best solution) With your group you will pick one solution from your poster to solve the meanness problem. (Pick one way of being kind) J With your group you will act out one way of being kind Day 6 – Conclusion
We have
learned a lot of how to “Get rid of Meanness” and our solution of how to be
kind. J Today we will create a “Kindness
Challenge,” an
interactive poster for all students in our school J All Students from our school will be able to add to it as they do a kind act or have seen others be kind by writing it down or drawing a picture of the kind act on a sticky note and adding it to our poster. J You will start the kindness challenge by adding the first sticky notes. Draw or write a kind act you have done to add to our interactive poster.
J Take home challenge- Use the Kindness Book printouts to test your knowledge of how to be kind. At the end you will build your own book |
Evaluation
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Task |
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Poster Creation |
Creates a poster with 1 way of being kind, images are not clear, there is no title |
Creates a poster with 3 + ways of being kind, images or somewhat clear |
Creates a poster that illustrates 4+ ways of being kind, shows images clearly, poster is neat and not showing glue and clearly displays solution |
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Acting out solution |
Solution is not clear or understood, students do not work together to communicate solution, only a few students have a role/part |
Solution is somewhat understood, students work together to communicate solution, only a 2 or fewer students have a role/part |
Solution is clearly understood, students work together to communicate solution, and everyone has a role/part |
Standards
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.2
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.3
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.4 VA:Cr1.2.K a. Engage collaboratively in creative artmaking in response to an artistic problem. VA:Pr4.1.K |