Hello Doolittle Families,
I meet with each grade level of students about 6 times during the year. At these meetings I discuss a variety of information including school expectations for behavior, how to manage mean behavior or bullying and personal responsibility. I also like to share some of my favorite books and quotes. Today I met with grades 1, 2 and 4. We reviewed our previous lesson about what to do if someone is mean to you and what to do if you see someone being mean to someone else. Students always have appropriate responses and take seriously their role in protecting others from mean behavior.
Grade 4 students read and discussed a few scenarios about behavior. Below is one of the scenarios we discussed:
- For years Andrew has made fun of his best friend Dave because Dave is obsessed with peanut butter. “You’d eat my gym socks if they were covered in peanut butter,” He once told Dave. One day in science lab, the students designed mazes to test the intelligence of white mice. When the teacher told the class that the mice would be rewarded with peanut butter for completing the maze, Andrew called out, “Better be careful – Dave might get to the end of the maze before the mice!” All the other students laughed.
- Is this harmless teasing or hurtful language? Why?
- What if after everyone laughed, Dave got upset and left the class?
- What if after everyone laughed, Dave said, “That’s right! I’m getting ALL the peanut butter baby!” and he laughed too?
Students engaged in good discussions about their beliefs of whether it was mean or not. They talked about how their thoughts changed based on the additional information in the bullet points at the end. Students quickly came to realize that the difference between hurtful language and harmless teasing is often how the other person feels.
Pictures of the week:
Still Life Drawing in Art
Buddy Reading
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