DG”SLANCE” ASENOVCI/BULGARIA has chosen TRUST.
THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO READ THE STORY ANS CREATE ACTIVITIES FOR YOU AND ALL THE MEMBERS
If we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely. If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative. In our thoughts and words, we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths. Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts. We can always replace negative with positive
1st Primary School of Komotini suggest the following activity
What does glitter and gossip have in common?
first explained what gossip is: when you talk behind someone else’s back- sometimes it’s true, sometimes it’s false, and it gets spread by others sharing it. Sometimes, gossip might not start out as something necessarily hurtful towards someone, but it could lead to it. Also, gossip is about someone’s personal or private life or matters, which they usually don’t want it to be shared with a bunch of other people. Then I posed the question: How is glitter like gossip?
They had no clue.
Perfect. Just what I was hoping for. I then set up the challenge:
I told them that they would be in teams, and I had a challenge for them. The winning team would be free of homework for the entire week! (I knew that no one would win, but boy, were they excited and motivated).
I then gave them the goal: The leader (the person with the glitter first) must spread it to everyone else in their team.
But of course, I had a few other rules:
· The leader could not have ANY glitter left on their hands- it must all be spread to their teammate’s hands. They couldn’t wash their hands to get rid of the glitter either.
· No glitter could be found on the ground, not even ONE SPEC.
· They only had 3 minutes.
They were pumped. I was pumped too. I started the clock. I have to admit…one group got me very nervous. The leader almost got all the glitter off their hands by rubbing their hands on their shirt (clever- they bypassed my no-water rule… I give them credit). Kids were scraping their hands, rubbing their hands, creating a basket of hands to catch any falling glitter. It was beautiful, because it was also promoting team work. Once the time was up and no one was victorious, we washed our hands and came back to the question…
How is Gossip like Glitter?
We first talked about how it was like working with the glitter: it went everywhere, it’s shiny and sparkly, it stuck to peoples’ hands and clothes.Then we came up with connections between gossip and glitter. Here are real pictures from our activity with our ideas:They discovered the glitter spread very quickly from one person to the next and just like gossip. One person can start it, and it just bops around from person to person quickly
The glitter clung to them- they couldn’t get rid of it easily. We talked about that our words stick with people- both kind words and hurtful words. What we choose to say will leave an impact on someone in someway.
Every group had glitter on the floor around them, on their faces, in their hair, you name it. They couldn’t control where it went- just like the feathers and like gossip. If you share something with someone, you don’t know who they will share it with, and who that person will share it with and so on. It can be very dangerous when you share something hurtful about someone and don’t know who might hear it, not to mention, how the original idea could be changed from person to person.
Last but not least, the glitter challenge seemed fun and exciting when I presented it to them… it wasn’t as fun when no one won and glitter was all over the place (and the control freak in me was ok with that- they were learning a valuable lesson). Gossip is the same way, we may feel popular and excited when we hear something about someone and want to share, but it can be untrue and/or hurtful and spread, creating one, big, hurtful mess. And again, we talked how we can’t take back what we say. We can apologize and hope the person forgives us, but it can’t be forgotten.
What do you do in your classroom to promote social skills and such? I’d love to hear and gather more ideas!
1st Primary School of Komotini -Greece
I read to my students the phrase and I asked them to draw what they have understood . Here is their first opinion.
Be careful with your words. Once they are spoken, they can only be forgiven, not forgotten.
20th Kindergarten of Katerini-Greece
DG”SLANCE” LEVSKI/ BULGARIA
3rd Primary school of Rhodes
On the occasion of the story ” Trust Activities A bad word is not forgotten”we talked about the “Social Filter”. We explained that οur brains have filters to help us hold back the angry, hurtful words that we want to say so that we can protect friend’s feelings, save ourselves from being embarassed, show respect, and stay out of trouble. Most people can control their social filter without even thinking about it but some of us need lots of coaching experiences to keep our social filter on.
taking someone else’s perspective
We thought how others may feel with our words.
Think it but not say it!
Thinks …..thinks
We think about a lot of things but some of our thoughts must not saying them.
social filter is ON?
Think before you speak
filter throughts
2nd D Colle di Val d’Elsa
We have read the story ” A bad word is not forgotten” and, after reflecting on our relationships and the way we talk to eah other, we have made bingo cards writing bad and nice adjectives on them. When the bad ones have been called out, they have been covered with red hearts, because we all agree that it’s better to let them disappear and leave the heart’s voice instead.
Respect Activities -The cocky bat
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Respect is the value from 3rd Primary School of Rhodes
We have sent this story with activities to the other members of the project. They have to read the story to their students and work on it.
The cocky Bat Πρόγραμμα σπουδών
E – twinning 2017
Πληροφορίες διδάσκοντος
| Διδάσκων |
Διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου |
Τοποθεσία & ώρες γραφείου |
| Marianthi Arvanitidou |
[Διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου] |
[Τοποθεσία, Ώρες, Ημέρες] |
Γενικές πληροφορίες
Περιγραφή
A story for respect
Προσδοκίες και στόχοι
Learn about respect and how they can use it in their life
Υλικά κύκλου μαθημάτων
Απαιτούμενα υλικά
White papers – colorful sticky papers – crayons – pencil –
Προαιρετικά υλικά
Απαιτούμενο κείμενο
The cocky bat
Native American fairytale from South America
Once upon a time, during autumn a bat was flying from branch to branch making a lot of noise, because she was cold. The king of the birds, the Eagle heard her and told her:
“Why are you making so much noise?”
“Because I am cold” she answered
“But all the other birds are quiet!!” the king said
“They are quiet because they are not so cold…they have feathers! I don’t have not even one feather!!” she cried
The eagle decided to call all the birds in front of him and asked them to give the bat one feather each. When the bat put on all the feathers, she became a really wonderful bird. Each feather had a different colour and the spectacle was amazing. The bat thought that she was the best in the forest! She decided not to talk to the other birds and she was all day admiring her beauty.
The birds complaint to the eagle about the her: “ If it wasn’t for us, she would still be naked and cold!!! And now she doesn’t even look at us!!! She is soooo arrogant!”
Then the eagle called the bat. “My dear bat”, he said, “All the birds made complaints about you. They say that you care only about your new feathers, you don’t talk to them and you have become really arrogant. Is it true?”
“They are jealous! Because I am more beautiful than them. Look at me!!” she answered and opened her wonderful feathers.
“OK”, the eagle said , “Now, every bird will take back the feather that gave you. If you are really beautiful, you don’t need their feathers!”
The birds took all the feathers back and the bat remained naked as she used to be. She was so ashamed of her new look that she flew away ….and since then she flies only at night!
Πρόγραμμα κύκλου μαθημάτων
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Prior Knowledge – Before Reading:
*Have students discuss the picture of a bat and an eagle
*Discuss what you think the bat might eagle and what might happen at the end of the story.
There are questions to ask BEFORE reading, DURING reading, and AFTER reading. The cards are color coordinated for easy organization. I also created different cards and questions for fiction and nonfiction texts. Take a look at a few examples:
The nonfiction cards are similar in color and design, but the questions vary. I created the question cards in two sizes (two/page or four/page) so you can decide which is best for your classroom. I had some leftover straws from my little one’s Sip & See Party last month, and I thought they looked darling with these question cards. You could also use popsicle sticks or craft sticks. Another idea is to put the question cards on a metal ring.
I also included editable blank templates so you can add your own questions!
I decided that I would use some of them as question cubes for Guided Reading. I color coded them so that it would be easy for me to know which set to use. The green ones are for my students who are reading bellow grade level. The blue ones are for my students reading on or above level and the red ones are for non fiction books. I love that they are made out of foam because they won’t make too much noise when the students roll them on the table. These could be good for group discussion at the end of Guided Reading or it could be fun for the students to roll to determine what they will write about in their Guided Reading response journals.
Dice, the questions, scissors, and a whole bunch of mod podge was all I needed for this project. And some t.v. shows to watch while making them of course.
Read the story – After Reading:
What was your favorite part of the story?
what are your feelings from the story? |
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| Structure analysis
Who? Where? When? What?Why?
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| For the younger student, make a set of pictures for each student and have them just sequence the pictures in order |
| Use the pictures of the characters to sequence how they were ordered in the story |
| Draw a picture of what you would like her to do next
After reading the bat story which explores different behaviors we exhibit and the consequences, positive or negative, that go along with them. We talked about how we want others to see us, and by making good choices we show our stellar character.
In this funny play of the Golden Rule, students learn how to show respect to each other by thinking about how we like to be treated. We then brainstormed ways that we show respect to each other and our planet. |
Παραγωγή γραπτού λ
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Θέμα Η νυχτερίδα |
Flutter, flutter little bat,
How I wonder where you’re at.Swooping through the darkest night –
You find your way without a light.Flutter, flutter little bat,
How I wonder where you’re at! |
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Πρόσθετες πληροφορίες και πόροι
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FOR PARENTS
Αγαπητέ γονέα,
Το παιδί σας έχει μόλις διαβάσει την ιστορία Ο αναιδής νυχτερίδα : (ΣΕΒΑΣΜΟΣ) που απεικονίζει και προσδιορίζει τον σεβασμό και την ασεβή συμπεριφορά, και διδάσκει ότι τα άτομαμε σεβασμό οδηγούνται σε καλές φιλίες και θετικές διαπροσωπικές σχέσεις.
Εδώ είναι μερικά πράγματα που μπορείτε να κάνετε για να ενισχύσει το μήνυμα αυτής της ιστορίας και των συναφών δραστηριοτήτων μάθησης μας.
• Ζητήστε από το παιδί σας να σας πει για την ιστορία και τι αυτός ή αυτή έμαθε από αυτό.
• Συζητήστε με το παιδί σας για τη σημασία του να συμπεριφερόμαστε στους άλλους με σεβασμό. Βεβαιωθείτε ότι αυτός / αυτή γνωρίζει ότι είναι σημαντικό για εσάς, και ότι αυτό θα οδηγήσει σε ισχυρότερη φιλίες.
• Παρακολουθήστε ένα τηλεοπτικό πρόγραμμα μαζί, και μιλήστε για τους διάφορους τρόπους με τους οποίους οι χαρακτήρες ενήργησαν με σεβασμό ή με αγένεια προς το ένα το άλλο.
• Βοηθήστε το παιδί σας να μάθει να συμπεριφέρεται με σεβασμό
• Να θυμάστε ότι είστε ένα ισχυρό πρότυπο για το παιδί σας. Αν εσείς έχετε σεβασμό, αυτό είναι που το παιδί σας θα μάθει από εσάς.
Dear Parent,
Your child has just read the story The cocky Bat : RESPECT which depicts and identifies respectful and disrespectful behavior, and teaches that treating people with respect leads to good friendships and positive interpersonal relationships.
Here are some things you can do to reinforce the message of this story and our related learning activities.
• Ask your child to tell you about the story and what he or she learned from it.
• Talk with your child about the importance of treating other people with respect. Make sure he/she knows that it is important to you, and that it will lead to stronger friendships.
• Watch a television program together, and talk about the various ways in which the characters acted respectfully or disrespectfully towards one another. Watch for put-downs, insults, and subtle forms of bullying.
• Help your child become sensitive to his or her own behaviors or language that may be of a disrespectful nature, as he or she deals with siblings or friends
• Remember that you are a powerful role model for your child. If you treat people respectfully, that is what your child will learn from you.
your teacher Marianthi Arvanitidou
Parents opinion
20th Kindergarten of Katerini-Greece
3rd Primary school of Rhodes
We read the story The cocky bat which speaks of respect. After we read talked about
the characters and we wrote what we would do in their position
the main meaning of the story
your favorite part of the story and usfeelings from the story
we drew world respect
we drew how respect looks like and how sounds like
We wrote the respected recipe
At the end we said our opinion on how we show respect to our friends in our home, at school, on the environment.
WE HAVE READ THE STORY THE COCKY BAT, THEN WE HAVE CREATING A POSTER BY DRAWING AND COLORING THE CHARACTERS. 2nd D, COLLE DI VAL D’ELSA, ITALY
The story has been also explored in English by discovering characters traits and practicing sentences in English. 2nd D, Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy.
Caring Activities < The boys and the Santa Claus>
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Caring is the Value from 1st Primary School of Komotini – Greece
We have sent this story with activities to the other members of the project. They have to read the story to their students and work on it.
An activity book for the story The boys and the Santa Claus (our suggestions)
After examining the meaning of this story you can send this letter to parents and the following questionery.( this letter is in english and greek language)
Αγαπητέ γονέα,
Το παιδί σας διάβασε την ιστορία <Two boys and the Santa >που διδάσκει στα παιδιά τα πλεονεκτήματα του να είσαι ευγενικός και γενναιόδωρος, και να κάνουμε πράγματα για άλλους ανθρώπους.
Εδώ είναι μερικά πράγματα που μπορείτε να κάνετε για να ενισχύσει το μήνυμα αυτής της ιστορίας και των συναφών δραστηριοτήτων μάθησης μας.
Ζητήστε από το παιδί σας να σας πει για την ιστορία και ό, τι αυτός ή αυτή έμαθε από αυτό.
• Συζητήστε με τα παιδιά σας για τη σημασία του να κάνουμε πράγματα για άλλους ανθρώπους. Υπενθυμίστε τους συχνά ότι έχουν τη δύναμη να φωτίζει την ημέρα κάποιου άλλου ατόμου μέσα από μια απλή πράξη καλοσύνης.
• Συμμετοχή σε ένα σχέδιο υπηρεσίας της κοινότητας με τα παιδιά σας.
• Προσπαθήστε να βρείτε τα πράγματα που μπορείτε να κάνετε μαζί για να κάνουν τη διαφορά στη ζωή κάποιου άλλου.
• μάθετε στο παιδί σας να φροντίζει
Να θυμάστε ότι είστε ένα ισχυρό πρότυπο για το παιδί σας. Εάν είστε ευγενικοί και εξυπηρετικοί σε άλλους ανθρώπους, αυτό είναι που το παιδί σας θα μάθει από εσάς
FOR PARENTS
Dear Parent,
Your child has just read the story < Two boys and the Santa> : CARING which teaches children the benefits of being kind and generous, and doing things for other people.
Here are some things you can do to reinforce the message of this story and our related learning activities.
• Ask your child to tell you about the story and what he or she learned from it.
• Talk with your children about the importance of doing things for other people. Remind them often that they have the power to brighten another person’s day through a simple act of kindness.
• Participate in a community service project with your children.
• Try to find things that you can do together to make a difference in someone else’s life.
• Catch your child being caring, that is doing something kind and generous for another person.
• Remember that you are a powerful role model for your child. If you are kind and helpful to other people, that is what your child will learn from you.
16/01/2017
Today was a great opportunity ,after three weeks Christmas holidays because of bad weather to read the story and to discuss about caring. I had prepared this bulletin board with questions about what we must care and what means a caring person. My students wrote on small sticker paper their answers or they drew it. Finally,they said what they can do to be a caring person or they can say to other people so as to be happy.We read the story I asked some questions as : If I told you I thought you were a very caring person, what would that mean? What is a caring person/What made her change his mind? Do you think that was a good reason /What do you think will happen next/What do you think the boy learned from this experience/What things could you do (or, have you done) that would help somebody who needs it? /How do you feel when people show that they really care about you/Do you consider yourself a caring person? In what ways are you a caring person? /What was most meaningful part of this story to you? What did you learn from reading this story? /I asked my students to list different things that kids at our school do which are either caring or uncaring. We discuss how they feel about these things. Brainstorm ways to make our school environment more caring. We create a list of recommendations. Design a poster that lists these ideas.We filled in the story book (I loaded upper) and I sent a letter to parents to work with the story and the activities.
2nd D Primary School of Colle di Val d’Elsa
One happy day we got a green suitcase: everyone was excited! There was a story ” The two boys and Santa Claus”, useful to reflect about caring. We have worked on the story in Italian and in English to find out the meanings and the narrative structure.
Then we have shared with our international friends to do activities to think about the value of caring. So we colored and cut some hot air balloon to make our writings on values fly high. Our door is colored now!
https://padlet.com/dotriv/dvjpvwjbkwea
2nd D Primary School of Colle di Val d’Elsa
Teachers present their students using the web2 tool Tagul.
Lithuania, town Rokiškis, kindergarten „Varpelis”.
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