Activities to build RESPECT FOR ALL in your classrooms!

Activities to increase

in your classrooms

Possible Read Alouds: 

      Alley Oops by Janice Levy, Blubber by Judy Blume, Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes, Colder than Ice by David Patneaude, Felita by Nicolasa Mohr, Funerals and Fly Fishing by Mary Bartek, The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes, It’s OK to be Different by Todd Parr, Just Kidding by Trudy Ludwig, King of the Playground by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Mr. Lincoln’s Way by Patricia Polacco, Nobody Knew What to Do by Becky Ray McCain, Don’t Laugh at Me by Steve Seskin & Glin Dibley, Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki, Pinky & Rex and the Bully by James Howe, Play Lady/La Senora Juguetona by Eric Hoffman, The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill, My Name is Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Ada, Name Calling by Itah Sadu, The Misfits by James Howe.

    

   

AActivities for your classroom!

(great for community meetings on character building)

v Give students targeted online anti-bullying strategies by downloading: http://www.thatgirlinpink.org/publications/ebook/

v Design a mobile! Use paper, string, & a clothes hanger to have students write four different areas or situations where respect should be shown (ex. to peers, gender equality, to the environment, different cultures, etc.)

v Respect Recipes: Have students write out: “What ingredients do you need for Respect?”

v Check out the one-hour documentary “Not in Our Town,” about a town coming together to take action after anti-immigrant violence devastates the community (lessons including on website): http://www.niot.org/lightinthedarkness

v Create a paper “Chain of Love & Respect” (can tie it in with Valentine’s Day) where each student writes synonyms for the word respect & ways they can be respectful towards others-can build on the chain throughout the week. Hang the chain around or outside your classroom!

v Have students keep a Compliment Journal. Every day they must give a sincere, respectful compliment and then write down to who and what was the reaction.

v Math ConnectionàCharting Respect. Have students watch a favorite TV show for 30 minutes and mark down the number of times they see examples of respectful and disrespectful behavior. Create a whole class graph. Lead a class discussion.

v Art ConnectionàHave students draw what they think healthy SELF-RESPECT looks like OR they can draw a picture of how they think they look when they feel proud of something good they have done. 

v Have students create a paper bag puppet of different activists they respect in history.

v 8 tips to protect ELLs from bullying in the classroom: http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/55612/

v Have students create a rap, chant, or song about respect.  Record and turn it into a class video or pod cast! (remember to get photo/video releases signed)

v Teaching Tolerance: What is Bullying? http://www.tolerance.org/supplement/bullying-basics

v Sparkle Statements: Have students write on colorful paper in glue “respectful statements” people would say to make someone smile, sprinkle with glitter and voila!

v “Tear Me Apart, Put Me Back Together, Never Be The Same” lesson (see attached for plan)

v Respect Campaign Buttons: Create a visual, persuasive campaign button that would help someone understand what respect means.