FOURTH WEEK OF MAY

Vs. Being mean or hostile

• SUGGESTED READING:
  Light
  When the Sun Rose
  Sassafras
• SUGGESTED FILMS:
  101 Dalmatians
  Charlotte's Web
• SONGS:
  Thank You for Being a Friend the theme from Golden Girls by Andrew Gold

FAMILY ACTIVITY:

• Parents should teach their children to say hello to people they meet when they are with them.
• Encourage your children to be open to meeting new people.
• Encourage your children to help their friends, and to thank people who help them.
• Take your children with you when you are helping one of your friends.

CLASS ACTIVITY:

• When a new student arrives, assign a group of students to show them around the school. Encourage students to be friendly with the new student.
• Put students who appear to be lonely in seating groups with students who are open and friendly to encourage a new friendship.
• Have students perform skits showing people meeting and becoming friends.

CREATING A POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT:

• A friendly classroom atmosphere is conducive to student success; being kind and open with your students will encourage a positive, friendly environment. In an open environment, students feel comfortable asking for help and they feel more comfortable participating in class discussions.

"The only way to have a friend is to be one." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Think where man's glory most begins and ends and say my glory was I had such friends." -William Butler Yeats

"A homemade friend wears longer than one you buy in the market." -Austin O'Malley

"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greatest part of life is sunshine." -President Thomas Jefferson

Perform a Random Act of Kindness Each Day

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