Every healthy classroom community is built on a foundation of respect. Through whole group discussions, shared readings, and collaborative activities this lesson teaches children how to be respectful of one another, making for a much more fun and productive school year.

Concepts

respect, character building, social-emotional learning, classroom community, building community

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Additional Tags

classroom support

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the lists of activities and children's books to develop a back-to-school unit on respect
• Have students respond to the "General questions about respect" as a journalling activity
• Record the skits your class performs, creating a video on respect that can be shown to other classes around the school

Classroom Considerations

• Activities require a variety of different materials and preparation times, so be sure to plan accordingly
• Check your school or local public library for copies of the children's books listed in this lesson

Pros

• Lesson can be taught across all elementary grade levels
• Included with the lesson is a list of children's books dealing with respect, which is organized by grade level
• A list of respect activities is provided with the lesson, with the appropriate grades given for each one

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.K.1.a SL.K.2 SL.1.1.a SL.1.2 SL.2.1.a SL.2.2 SL.3.1.a SL.3.2 SL.4.1.a SL.4.2 SL.5.1.a SL.5.2