Here is the summary of our other so far:
Kindergarten:
I am so lucky to teach K every week instead of every other week so we have had more time to talk about other things! After talking about bullying, we focused on what we WANT in a friend. We have talked about what to look for in a friend, how to introduce ourselves to other, and how to be a friend. We read What Are Friends For? and started working on creating our own Kindergarten friend.
1st- We've talked about how part of being a good friend is being a good learner and part of being a good learner is being a good friend. We read Hunter's Best Friend at School and discussed the choices the characters in the book made.
2nd- We talked about identifying feelings in ourselves and others. We read How are You Peeling? and discussed how we would feel in different situations and how those feelings would look on ourselves and others.
3rd- We talked about rumors--why they are hurtful and what we should do about them.
4th- I spend a little more time on Bullying Prevention and Personal Safety in this grade because the curriculum includes important information about online activity/safety and peer pressure that I think is particularly important for this age group.
5th- Mrs. Doenges has spent time talking with this group about what they value and how their behavior supports these values.
Bullying Prevention for every grade includes the definition of bullying: being mean or hurtful, over and over (not just one time or one day), on purpose. It is one-sided--not a conflict between people. We teach the 3Rs, Recognize, Refuse, Report, to handle bullying situations. We talk about how bystanders can make things better or bigger with their actions. We tell students that they can ALWAYS ask for help with problems even if it is not bullying.
Personal Safety includes information about safety rules and the Always Ask First Rule. We talk about the 3Rs, Recognize, Refuse, Report, to handle unsafe situations. As they get older we talk about their responsibility to make positive choices for themselves by refusing themselves if they are thinking about making an unsafe choice.