Students will create short video diaries that describe how they feel about bullying. Students will create a Wordle using all of the words that describe how they feel when they or someone else is being bullied, as well as other words of phrases from the book Thank You Mr. Have students write a letter to someone who may have helped them in the past with a friendship or bullying situation (students do not need to send these letters). The Ant-Bullying Box is a great way for students to report an incidence of bullying anonymously without any fear of having their name mentioned to another student. Some students may not feel comfortable sharing with an adult that they are being bullied. Also discuss how students or children feel when they are being bullied. Students will make an Ant-Bullying pamphlet.Īfter reading, discuss with students some things they can do to prevent bullying in their classroom environment.

Have students write about what a friend is supposed to look like, how they're supposed to act, and what they do that makes them a good friend.

Did anyone ever bully you because you couldn't do something.

Was there anyone who you looked up to, who helped you with this?.'Was there something you really wanted to learn about or learn to do?.Using their Reading Response Journals, have students respond to the questions:.He brought the joy of reading back in her life. He identifies her problem and works with her day after day to help her achieve her goal of reading as well as helping her deal with the ridicule of her classmates.

In the fifth grade she gets a new teacher named, Mr. After awhile, she begins to believe the lies her classmates say about, she begins to believe that she's dumb. Tricia cannot read the letters on a page and the torment keeps coming from her classmates. Tricia really wants to learn to read, however she continues to struggle every school year after being passed on from class to class. The setting of this story was during the 1950's, where the young girl, Tricia was forced to move from school to school after the death of her grandparents. Falker, written by Patricia Polacco,is the story of a young girl who struggled with reading throughout her educational career in elementary school.

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