Standard 2: Respect - The student will understand and ...
Compassion: Caring about others | |
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|Grade Level: K - 5 |Read the story “The Velveteen Rabbit”. Discuss the way in which the child used his |The Lion and the Mouse- Aesop’s Fable | |
| |toys and how he did not show compassion for his toys once he received a new toy. |Beauty and the Beast |
|The student will: |Discuss what the boy could have done with his old toys (donate, give to a friend…). |Now One Foot, Now the Other- de Paola |ation/Virtue_COMPASSION.htm |
| | |Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs- de Paola | |
|Recognize and describe the meaning|Have the students share a time when they had compassion for another person, such as |Be Good to Eddie Lee- Fleming |
|of compassion. |a friend who was hurt. Then have the students share when they wish that someone had|Through Grandpa's Eyes- Machlachlan |/Compassion |
| |shown them compassion, such as when they did not have a partner or a group to join. |Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge- Fox | |
|Demonstrate and practice the | |Knots on a Counting Rope- Martin and |
|components of compassion. |Have the students write and illustrate a story that shows compassion. |Archambault |ducation/ |
| |Discuss situations where compassion is needed such as: Billy lost his lunch money. |The Mountain That Loved a Bird- McLerran | |
|Have a greater understanding of |How do you think Billy feels? How would you feel? What could you do to help Billy?|If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking- |
|how to act with compassion inside |Read and discuss the story on page 67 of the Elementary Character Education Binder. |Emily Dickinson |tools.htm |
|and outside of school. |Read the story “The Giving Tree”. Make a classroom “Giving Tree” and every time a |The Velveteen Rabbit | |
| |student shows compassion, add an apple to the tree. Have a celebration party at the|Teasing- Joy Berry |
| |end and talk about all the ways the class filled the tree. |The Giving Tree- Shel Silverstein |ts/pages/chared.html# |
| |Have the students complete the activity on page 108 of the Elementary Character |The Rainbow Fish- Mark Pfister | |
| |Education Binder- “My Compassion Goals.” |Koko’s Kitten- Francine Patterson | “Teaching Tolerance” |
| |Discuss the idea of having compassion for the earth and brainstorm ways the students|Loser- Jerry Spinelli |(Free Magazine) |
| |can take care of it. |Be Nice to Spiders- Margaret B. Graham |400 Washington Ave. |
| |Write the word COMPASSION on the board and have students look up the word in the |Angel of the Battlefield- Joanna Strong |Montgomery, AL 36104 |
| |dictionary. Brainstorm synonyms and antonyms for the word. |and Tom B. Leonard |Fax 334-264-7310 |
| |Use age-appropriate news stories to teach students about suffering in America and |Swimmy- Leo Leonni | |
| |around the world. Encourage them to think of ways they can help other people, even |The Lorax- Dr. Seuss |Teaching Tolerance website |
| |if the people are far away. |The Ant and the Elephant- Bill Peet | |
| |Visit for ideas on teaching compassion towards the|The Bracelet- Yoshiko Uchida | |
| |earth, animals, and people. |Esperanza Rising- Pam Munoz Ryan |Character First |
| |Bring in old magazines and have the students cut out pictures of people showing |The Hundred Dresses- Eleanor Estez |Education website |
| |compassion and make collages. Display them around the classroom as a reminder. |This is Our Earth- Laura Benson | |
| |Move desks into rows and give each student a piece of paper. Ask them to write | | |
| |their name in the middle of the paper. Students will then pass their papers around | |Master Teacher, Inc. website |
| |the room and each person will write something nice about the person on the paper. | | |
| |The paper returns to the owner when the activity is finished. | | |
| |***MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES CAN BE FOUND IN THE CHARACTER EDUCATION BINDERS IN THE | | |
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|Character Trait: Compassion |Compassion is... |
| |Caring about others |
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