This week my students and I discussed the "golden rule": Be kind to others and they will be kind to you. On Monday we talked about ways to be kind and respect each other. The kids came up with ideas like playing nicely, helping each other when they fall, saying thank you, please, and excuse me. On Tuesday we made "golden rulers" and each student taped their personal ruler to their table to remind them to be kind to others. On Wednesday Wilbur did rude things like drawing on someones paper when they weren't looking, he hit someone, and he bumped someone without saying excuse me. When the children saw what happened they corrected Wilbur. This let me know they were noticing Wilbur and what he does and not just thinking of him as another stuffed animal. On Thursday the students looked for who was being kind and showing respect to each other. When they spotted each other being kind they had to tell me who it was, what they saw, and how it was kind then the student received a heart with his/her name on it and the reason why they received the heart. On Friday we recapped what we learned this week and chose the student to take Wilbur home. Our school counselor also launched the six pillars of character program and this week she also discussed respect and gave out yellow bracelets that said respect to anyone she saw being respectful. She gave each teacher bracelets to hand out also. One of my students got a bracelet because he accidently ran into someone and stopped to say excuse and see if they were okay.
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