We had a great week last week with all of the things we did to discuss Bullying. We made a huge class banner for our Rally on the front lawn. Below are some pictures of our huge banner, and I also added the pictures I bought from Nikki at MelonHeadz. Her illustrations are so adorable! =)  |
| Our Huge Class Banner! |
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| Be a Buddy, Not a Bully! |
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| Say No to Bullying! |
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| Heat sensitive pencils that change color. |
"The Bully Jar" has been a great tool to use to stimulate discussion all week. We pulled out a few cards and talked about them, and sometimes I had them do a quick write on the prompts. I am glad I purchased it from Positive Promotions. I love that place!!!
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| Very Cute Wrist Bands! |
I also showed my students some videos from "Brain Pop." Here is the link to a great video on cyberbullying:
We also did the "crumpled paper" activity that a teacher from NY came up with. There are a ton of videos and descriptions of this mini lesson. I decided to first have my students work on an individual poster about what bullying looks like and feels like. We made different sections for our posters, then I gave them a new piece of paper, and I taught the "crumpled paper" mini lesson. After this amazing lesson, I had them cut a heart shape and glue that to their posters. That way, they will have a piece of this mini lesson that will hopefully stay with them throughout life.
Here is the description of the lesson the NY teacher used for her amazing lesson:
A teacher in New York was teaching her class about bullying and gave them the following exercise to perform. She had the children take a piece of paper and told them to crumple it up, stomp on it and really mess it up, but do not rip it. Then she had them unfold the paper, smooth it out and look at how scarred and dirty it was. She then told them to tell it they’re sorry. Now even though they said… they were sorry and tried to fix the paper, she pointed out all the scars they left behind. And that those scars will never go away no matter how hard they tried to fix it. That is what happens when a child bullies another child, they may say they’re sorry but the scars are there forever. The looks on the faces of the children in the classroom told her the message hit home.
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We had a very emotional, and moving discussion about when others say unkind words, or do mean things, or make us feel worthless; it hurts our heart. I am so glad I talked about this mini lesson with my
4th graders, even though I teared up during part of it. They were all so cute, asking me if I
was okay. =) I told them that I never
wanted them to feel unloved or not special. I want them to know that there is always a person who
believes in them, and that I value them and how they feel. I have the best 4th graders ever!
Here are some pictures of their posters:
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| Very Powerful lesson... |
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| We are "Bucket Fillers!" I love this happy little bucket. We also talked a lot about positive ways to uplift, encourage, and help others around us. We need to teach Compassion more to our kids! |
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| So true... |
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| They all did a great job! |
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| I love having their posters hanging up in our room! |
Sorry, this was sort of a long post, but I wanted to share all of the great activities we did last week. I would love for you to leave me comments about some of the ideas, sites, or activities you use in your classrooms about "Saying No to Bullying."
Have a great week this week!!! =)
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