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IVIT

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READ

: Sta

nd Ta

ll, M

olly

Lou

Mel

on b

y Pa

tty Lo

vell

with

you

r cla

ss. M

olly

Lou

Mel

on

has

confi

denc

e th

anks

to h

er g

rand

mot

her’s

enc

oura

gem

ent.

As

a cl

ass

talk

abo

ut a

ll of

th

e th

ings

that

mak

e M

olly

Lou

spe

cial

. Ask

stu

dent

s: W

hat a

re s

ome

of th

e th

ings

that

ar

e sp

ecia

l abo

ut e

ach

of u

s?

RE

AD

: O

tis a

nd th

e To

rnad

o by

Lor

en L

ong

with

you

r cl

ass.

Otis

and

the

farm

an

imal

s lov

e to

pla

y fo

llow

the

lead

er. E

ach

anim

al le

ads i

n a

uniq

ue w

ay. A

fter r

eadi

ng

the

book

, di

scus

s w

ith y

our

clas

s w

hy th

e bu

ll de

cide

d to

join

the

gam

e. T

hen,

allo

w

stude

nts

to m

ake

a lin

e an

d pl

ay fo

llow

the

lead

er. E

ach

pers

on s

houl

d go

to th

e en

d of

th

e lin

e af

ter h

is or

her

turn

to a

llow

the

new

lead

er to

do

som

ethi

ng s

peci

al.

RE

AD

: The

Rat

and

the

Tige

r by

Keik

o Ka

sza.

Eve

n th

ough

Rat

and

Tig

er a

re fr

iend

s,

Tige

r doe

sn’t

alw

ays

play

nic

e. W

hen

he h

urts

Rat’s

feel

ings

, he

real

izes

that

he

need

s to

co

mpr

omise

to b

e a

bette

r frie

nd.

RE

AD

: Bul

ly b

y Pa

trici

a Po

lacc

o as

a c

lass

. Lyl

a m

oves

to a

new

city

and

qui

ckly

mak

es

a ne

w fr

iend

in Ja

mie

. How

ever

, whe

n th

e po

pula

r girl

s sta

rt gi

ving

her

atte

ntio

n, Ly

la g

ives

up

wha

t is

impo

rtant

to

her,

incl

udin

g Ja

mie

, ju

st to

fit

in.

She

soon

rea

lizes

tha

t be

ing

popu

lar m

ay n

ot b

e w

orth

losin

g he

r ide

ntity

and

frie

ndsh

ips.

RE

AD

: Lla

ma

Llam

a an

d th

e Bu

lly G

oat b

y A

nna

Dew

dney

with

you

r cla

ss. L

lam

a Lla

ma’

s te

ache

r has

taug

ht h

im m

any

new

thin

gs a

t sch

ool,

incl

udin

g ho

w to

dea

l with

a

situa

tion

whe

n so

meo

ne is

not

pla

ying

nic

e. W

hen

Gilr

oy G

oat s

tarts

teas

ing

Llam

a Lla

ma,

he

uses

the

strat

egie

s his

teac

her t

augh

t him

, and

wal

ks a

way

and

tells

som

eone

. Th

en Ll

ama

Llam

a de

cide

s he

wou

ld li

ke th

e op

portu

nity

to b

e fri

ends

with

Gilr

oy G

oat.

RE

AD

: Eac

h Ki

ndne

ss b

y Ja

cque

line

Woo

dson

with

you

r cla

ss. C

hloe

and

her

frie

nds

cont

inue

to

leav

e ou

t th

e ne

w g

irl,

May

a. A

fter

Chl

oe’s

teac

her

give

s a

less

on o

n th

e rip

ple

effe

cts

of o

ur a

ctio

ns,

Chl

oe b

egin

s to

fee

l gui

lty a

bout

the

way

she

has

trea

ted

May

a. H

owev

er, M

aya

is g

one

befo

re C

hloe

can

sho

w h

er k

indn

ess,

and

Chl

oe fe

els

the

sting

of t

he lo

st op

portu

nity

.

Read

ano

ther

title

abo

ut b

eing

you

rsel

f: Th

e St

ory

of F

erdi

nand

by

Mun

ro L

eaf f

or a

noth

er

book

abo

ut a

cha

ract

er th

at is

not

afra

id to

be

him

self.

Oth

er t

itles

abou

t be

ing

a fri

end:

Boo

tsie

Bark

er B

ites

by

Barb

ara

Bottn

er,

Hen

ry a

nd t

he B

ully

by

Nan

cy C

arlso

n,

Llam

a Lla

ma

and

the

Bully

Goa

t by

Ann

a De

wdn

ey.

Oth

er ti

tles

abou

t bei

ng a

frie

nd: F

riend

ship

acc

ordi

ng to

Hum

phre

y b

y Be

tty G

. Birn

ey, E

llRay

Jake

s is N

OT

a C

hick

en! b

y Sa

lly W

arne

r, an

d M

al

and

Cha

d: F

ood

Figh

t! by

Ste

phen

McC

rani

e.

Oth

er ti

tles

abou

t bei

ng y

ours

elf:

Katie

Kaz

oo, S

witc

hero

o: A

nyon

e Bu

t Me

by

Nan

cy K

rulik

and

Dra

gonb

reat

h by

Urs

ula

Vern

on

ACT

IVIT

Y: H

ave

stud

ents

fill

in t

he b

oxes

bel

ow w

ith s

peci

al c

hara

cter

istic

s ab

out

each

of

them

. The

n ha

ve th

em c

reat

e a

post

er b

y dr

awin

g a

self

portr

ait a

nd w

ritin

g al

l of t

he th

ings

that

are

sp

ecia

l abo

ut th

em a

roun

d th

eir

self-

portr

ait.

TECH

NO

LOG

Y E

XTE

NSI

ON

: Vi

sit th

e fo

llow

ing

blog

pos

t for

a to

rnad

ocr

aft i

dea:

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w.re

adin

gcon

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2/06

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ACT

IVIT

Y: A

s a

clas

s di

scus

s ho

w Ly

la fe

els

whe

n sh

e fir

st b

egin

s to

han

g ou

t with

the

girls

from

“t

he c

eleb

rity

tabl

e. A

sk s

tude

nts,

”H

ow d

o he

r fe

elin

gs c

hang

e w

hen

she

know

s th

ey a

re p

icki

ng

on o

ther

stu

dent

s, in

clud

ing

Jam

ie?

At t

he e

nd o

f the

boo

k, P

atric

ia P

olac

co a

sks,

“W

hat w

ould

you

do

”? A

sk y

our

stud

ents

to w

rite

an e

xpos

itory

pap

er a

bout

the

best

way

to d

eal w

ith b

ully

ing.

Use

th

e ou

tline

bel

ow to

gui

de y

our

clas

s.

ACT

IVIT

Y: B

rain

stor

m w

ays

with

you

r cla

ss to

han

dle

a bu

lly w

hile

stil

l bei

ng k

ind.

The

n cr

eate

an

acr

ostic

abo

ut h

ow to

be

a go

od fr

iend

.

DAY

1:

Chl

oe’s

tea

cher

com

pare

d ki

ndne

ss t

o th

e rip

ple

effe

ct o

f a

ston

e th

row

n in

to w

ater

. W

rite

the

nam

e of

som

eone

that

you

hav

e no

t bee

n ki

nd to

in th

e pa

st o

n a

rock

. Th

en p

ut th

at r

ock

in y

our

pock

et.

Ever

y tim

e yo

u to

uch

the

rock

, re

mem

ber

to b

e ki

nd.

At t

he e

nd o

f the

wee

k, w

rite

a jo

urna

l ent

ry a

bout

how

the

rock

mad

e yo

u th

ink

abou

t kin

dnes

s th

is w

eek.

DAY

2:

Writ

e a

note

to

som

eone

on

the

scho

ol c

ampu

s w

ho d

oes

thin

gs t

o he

lp y

ou b

ut m

ay

not g

et m

uch

reco

gniti

on,

such

as

cafe

teria

wor

kers

, sc

hool

nur

ses,

sch

ool c

ouns

elor

s, c

usto

dian

s,

pare

nt v

olun

teer

s, e

tc.

DAY

3: D

o a

rand

om a

ct o

f kin

dnes

s fo

r so

meo

ne o

utsi

de o

f sch

ool.

Exam

ples

of k

ind

acts

cou

ld

be b

akin

g so

met

hing

for a

nei

ghbo

r, he

lpin

g so

meo

ne p

ut th

eir g

roce

ries

in th

e ca

r, pi

ckin

g up

tras

h ar

ound

a b

usin

ess

or n

eigh

borh

ood,

or

anyt

hing

els

e th

e cl

ass

can

brai

nsto

rm!

Take

a p

ictu

re a

nd

brin

g it

to s

choo

l. M

ake

a cl

ass

colla

ge w

ith a

ll of

the

pict

ures

.

DAY

4: R

ead

a bo

ok to

a y

oung

er c

hild

. It c

an b

e a

youn

ger s

iblin

g or

som

eone

at s

choo

l. If

you

don’

t kno

w a

nyon

e, a

sk y

our

teac

her

to p

air

you

up w

ith a

bud

dy fr

om a

you

nger

gra

de. W

rite

your

bu

ddy

a no

te a

fterw

ard

than

king

them

for

the

oppo

rtuni

ty to

rea

d to

them

.

DAY

5:

Do

som

ethi

ng n

ice

for

your

par

ents

. D

o th

e ch

ores

with

out

bein

g as

ked,

writ

e th

em a

le

tter

telli

ng th

em h

ow m

uch

you

appr

ecia

te th

em, o

r pr

epar

e th

em a

spe

cial

mea

l or

snac

k fo

r th

em

(with

sup

ervi

sion

of c

ours

e).

My

Nam

e:

Thi

ngs

I like

to

do:

My

fam

ily:

My

frie

nds:

Pla

ces

I like

to

go:

Intr

oduc

tion:

Defi

ne b

ully

ing

and

prov

ide

exam

ples

.

Body

:

Dis

cuss

how

bul

lyin

g af

fect

s yo

upe

rson

ally

and

how

you

dea

lw

ith b

ullie

s.

Conc

lusi

on:

How

do

you

thin

k yo

ur id

eas

for

deal

ing

with

bul

lies

can

mak

e a

diffe

renc

e at

you

r sc

hool?

Repr

oduc

ible

Act

ivity

She

et ·

Art

© b

y D

avid

Cat

row

Repr

oduc

ible

Act

ivity

She

et ·

Art

© b

y Jo

hn &

Wen

dyRe

prod

ucib

le A

ctiv

ity S

heet

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rt ©

by

Ann

a D

ewdn

ey

Repr

oduc

ible

Act

ivity

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et ·

Art

© b

y Lo

ren

Long

Repr

oduc

ible

Act

ivity

She

et ·

Art

© b

y Br

ian

Bigg

s

ACT

IVIT

Y: D

iscu

ss c

ompr

omis

e w

ith st

uden

ts. A

llow

stud

ents

to d

o a

thin

k-pa

ir-sh

are

to b

rain

stor

m

way

s th

ey c

an c

ompr

omis

e. W

rite

thei

r ide

as o

n ch

art p

aper

to p

ost i

n th

e ro

om. T

hen

teac

h th

em h

ow

to p

lay

rock

, pa

per,

scis

sors

and

intro

duce

this

as

a co

mpr

omis

e st

rate

gy.

Let s

tude

nts

play

with

thei

r pa

rtner

s. T

hen

put s

tude

nts

in g

roup

s of

2–3

and

let t

hem

cre

ate

a “g

ood

frien

d.”

They

will

bra

inst

orm

id

eas

abou

t w

hat

mak

es a

goo

d fri

end

and

then

dra

w t

his

frien

d on

a p

iece

of

pape

r. Th

ey m

ust

com

prom

ise

abou

t wha

t the

ir fri

end

will

look

like

bec

ause

ther

e w

ill o

nly

be o

ne p

er g

roup

.

Que

stio

ns a

bout

wha

t mak

es a

goo

d fr

iend

:H

ow w

ill a

goo

d fri

end

treat

you

?W

hat k

inds

of t

hing

s w

ill a

goo

d fri

end

do w

ith y

ou?

How

will

you

res

olve

a c

onfli

ct w

ith a

goo

d fri

end?

Wha

t will

a g

ood

frien

d N

OT

do?

How

do

you

treat

a g

ood

frien

d?

TECH

NO

LOG

Y E

XTE

NSI

ON

: Allo

w st

uden

ts to

cre

ate

thei

r frie

nd u

sing

voki

.com

. The

y ca

n ch

oose

a c

hara

cter

to a

nim

ate

and

even

reco

rd so

met

hing

for t

he fr

iend

to sa

y.

TECH

NO

LOG

Y E

XTE

NSI

ON

: Cre

ate

a di

gita

l wal

l for

the

who

le c

lass

on

padl

et.c

om. P

ost s

ticky

not

es o

n th

e w

all w

ith o

ne th

ing

that

th

ey y

ou le

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d or

exp

erie

nced

this

wee

k. P

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he w

all a

nd p

ost i

t in

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m to

refe

r bac

k to

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