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Respect and Fairness: Three Activities To Review Positive Behavior in The Classroom For Elementary Students
Respect and Fairness: Three Activities To Review Positive Behavior in The Classroom For Elementary Students
Fairness
Three Activities to Review
Positive Behavior in the
Classroom for Elementary
Students
Your art class is making clay pots. Not playing by the rules.
You accidentally drop yours and it
breaks. After class, you take a A doctor comes to talk to your
classmate’s pot and put your name on health class. She asks if anyone
it so you will get credit for it. Your has question. You ask a lot of
classmate finds out and gets angry. questions and do not give anyone
else a chance to talk.
Taking things that belong to someone Not taking turns.
else.
Your school has a rule against
You take your classmate’s cookie at cutting in line. There is a long line
lunch while he or she is not looking. in the lunchroom. You decide to
Your classmate finds out and gets sneak to the beginning of the line.
angry. The students waiting are angry.
Taking something that belongs to some- Not playing by the rules.
one else.
Your brother just bought a new shirt. You are playing ball with friends.
You want to borrow it but he is not at You keep the ball most of the
home. You decide to take it time. Your friends get tired of
without asking. He gets home and you being a ball hog.
wants to wear it, but it is not there.
Not taking turns.
Using things or borrowing things without
asking. You take a game that belongs to
your sister. She looks for the game
You and a friend are at a park. Your and cannot find it. She finds out
friend wants to ride his bike home, but you took it without asking. She is
you did not bring your bike. He angry.
wants you to take a bike that belongs
to someone else and ride it. You know Using things or borrowing things
that it is wrong. without asking.
Taking things that belong to someone Your class is having a party. A
else. classmate brings in pretzels to share.
You take a huge handful. There are
You are on the playground at recess. not enough pretzels to go around.
You stay on the swings the whole Some students do not get any.
time. Other students do not get a
chance to swing. Taking more than your share of
Not taking turns. something.
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