Tuesday, September 13,
2016
Random
Acts of Kindness
In our classroom the “Golden
Rule” is key, it is what guides us. Jesus taught us to treat others the way
that we would like to be treated. In doing so, a lot of hurt feelings can be
avoided and it makes our classroom a place that people want to be.
We are working on a project
called “Random Acts of Kindness” and #KINDNESSMATTERS. Each student will have
an envelope with their name on it. They will have a Q-card inside where they
will keep track of various random acts of kindness that they do each day. It is
the class goal that each student will perform 5 acts of random kindness since
they are in grade 5 by the end of September.
How will this work? As a class we
have discussed and brainstormed different ideas for what a random act of
kindness might look like. Students can use these ideas to help them to perform
a random act of kindness. Some examples include: picking up garbage off the
floor/keeping the classroom neat without being reminded, asking a student to
play with them if they are sad or lonely, holding open the door for someone,
smiling and saying “hello”, helping someone when they are hurt, being polite
and using manners, saying: “please, thank-you, pardon, excuse me”, standing up
for someone who is being bullied, helping someone pick up things that they
drop, giving someone a compliment, etc.
We have a class bulletin board
that we will display the random acts of kindness. Students will 1) pick a
random act of kindness, 2) make a positive impact on someone’s life, 3) post a
picture. If you are able to take a picture and send it to school with your
child’s random act of kindness that they performed outside of school that would
be fabulous. If you and your child read about a random act of kindness in the paper
or on the Internet, you could also send the article to school to add to our
bulletin board.
I want to encourage students to
live the “Golden Rule” each day. I want to celebrate the wonderful acts of
kindness that our children do each and every day.
As Ellen says “Be kind to one another”,
Mrs. S. Small
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