Boost emotional intelligence and division skills with a three-question learning exercise featuring two imaginary towns that record when citizens hurt, forgive, or punish one another. Using division, scholars calculate each problem to decide which town is best to call home. 

Concepts

expressing feelings, feelings, expressions, emotions, emotional development, social-emotional learning, forgiveness, word problems

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Additional Tags

health

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the same concept in your classroom looking at acts of kindness; instruct pupils to look for good deeds and reward as you see fit 
• Discuss the concept of forgiveness, encourage class members offer forgiveness when they, or others have been hurt
• Allow early finishers to color the scene at the bottom of the page 

Classroom Considerations

• Assumes pupils know how to solve word problems
• Requires one copy per individual  

Pros

• Prompts class members to give a thorough response 
• Provides space to write answers 

Cons

• Does not offer space to work out problems 

Common Core

3.OA.A.3 3.OA.C.7 4.NBT.B.6 5.NBT.B.6