Classroom guidance activities for grades 1-3 are conducted by Ms.
Laroche. Classroom guidance activities for grades 4 & 5 are conducted by
Mrs. Flaherty.
Grade 1:
The first five lessons will focus on our I Care Rules:
1. We listen to each other.
2. Hands are for helping, not hurting.
3. We use I-Care Language.
4. We Care about each other's feelings.
5. We are responsible for what we say and do.
Students will learn that when someone hurts someone's feelings or body on
purpose it's called bullying, and that if we all follow the I-Care Rules we
can make sure that that won't happen.
During our 6th lesson, we will learn about good touches and bad touches. We
will watch a video with two puppets named Mark and Baby Bear, who are very
silly. They will explain the difference between good touches and bad touches.
They will explain that the private parts of your body are covered by your
bathing suit, and that no one should touch you there. If someone tries to
touch you there, you need to:
1. Tell them to STOP!
2. Get away.
3. Tell a grown up.
If the grown up doesn't believe you, you need to keep telling grown ups until
someone does believe you and helps you. If the grown up tells you it's a
secret, that's a bad secret. You do not have to keep a bad secret that makes
you feel bad inside. You should tell mom or dad whenever someone tells you
something that makes you feel scared or confused. The puppets make it fun to
learn about a very sensitive subject. If you would like to preview the video
before it is shown to the class, please call me or send me a note and I would
be glad to lend it to you.
Grade 2:
The lessons will focus on getting along with others. Each time I visit the
class we will listen to a story, sing a song, and do some role playing (or
acting) on a different topic. The lessons will include the following:
Lesson 1 - Teasing - how it makes people feel & why it's not o.k. to do
Lesson 2 - Bullying - why it's not o.k. to do & what they can do about it
Lesson 3 - Poor Sportsmanship - why it's important to be a good sport
Lesson 4 - Intolerance - why it's important to show respect for EVERYONE
Lesson 5 - Fighting - why it's not a good solution to a problem & what is
Lesson 6 - Selfishness - how it makes others feel & why it's important to share
Grade 3:
During some of our lessons we will be using the computers to explore
Paws In Jobland. This is a website that allows children to find out about
careers in an interactive manner. To learn more:
1. Go to www.bridges.com
2. In the Parent Sign In section, click on the Site ID tab.
3. Enter Site ID: 1223815
and Password: panthers
4. Click the Login arrow.
5. Refer to the Helping with Career Planning section to discover how to
help students with career exploration and planning.
We will also read two stories on bullying by Trudy Ludwig. Just Kidding
addresses bullying by boys, and Trouble Talk addresses bullying by girls. We
will have discussions throughout each story about how the person must be
feeling and how they would feel if that happened to them. Students will
understand that whenever someone hurts someone's feelings on purpose it's
called bullying, and it's never okay to do.
Grade 4:
Issues around Bullying. Students will come to understand the difference
between joking, teasing and bullying behavior. They will also examine the
concept of "courage" and what they can do to help stop bullying behavior.
We will come up with action plans to stop bullying.
The students will also have the opportunity to engage in an interactive
Powerpoint presentation and review child-related websites on bullying. The
fourth grade guidance is taking place during the newly implemented Curriculum
review time, which occurs during their Unified Arts.
Grade 5:
Once again, this year Guidance is a bit different for 5th grade.
Mrs. Flaherty will be going into the 5th grade Unified Arts Media Center class
to talk about different topics. Our first lesson will be about Internet
Safety. The next lesson will introduce the topic of Peer Pressure.
Other topics will include: Conflict Resolution, Personal success and
transitions to the Middle School. These lessons started in December, after
NECAP testing. If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email
Mrs. Flaherty.
