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Respect: It Starts With You!

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
There are few things as frustrating to a teacher as a disrespectful student. Luckily this collection of activities, worksheets, and writing exercises is here to help eliminate this problem by teaching young leaners...
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Curated OER

Respect: Looks Like, Sounds Like, Feels Like

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in a question and answer discussion on respect and then complete the "Planning to Use Respect" activity sheet. They describe the senses of a stuffed animal to their peers and assess how respect looks, sounds and...
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Asking Shows Respect for Privacy of Others

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore how to hold conversations and respect the privacy of others. They discuss why it is important to ask those in authority for help and to respect others' belongings. They review signs they have observed in public and...
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Give Respect

For Teachers K - 4th
Young learners explore what it means to be respectful. This resource includes a two page chart depicting rules for different settings at school such, as the cafeteria and the playground. What does following the rules look like? What does...
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Whoever You Are

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine cultures, traditions, and feeling throughout cultures. For this cultural lesson, students use literature, maps, and cultural information to examine how people have universal feelings despite their different cultures and...
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What Does Respect Look Like in School?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss why everyone needs and wants to feel respected. As a class, they share what respect looks like and what disrespect looks like. They pretend they have to leave their most valued object with a secret agent and what...
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Writing
Nosapo

Getting to Know Each Other

For Students 4th - 12th Standards
How do you do? Guide learners through the basics of conversational English with an extensive set of discussion questions. Class members ask partners more about themselves, including their favorite hobbies, music, and time of day, as well...
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Stop! Explore Go!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine a three-step process for making decisions and how their peers can influence them in different ways. They role-play different roles when making decisions and other students reflect on how they feel about the activity.
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Talk it Over and Work it Out!: Compromise

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore, analyze and discuss how to interact with others in ways that respect individual and group differences. They identify and practice the skills used to compromise in a variety of situations. Each students studies the...
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Leading with Respect

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners identify and explore ways respect contributes to leadership. In this leadership lesson, students define respect and identify ways to be respectful. Learners write about a time they were disrespectful and the consequences....
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Ants Have Feelings, Too!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students consider how they show respect for others. In this service learning lesson plan, students listen and respond to literature from different perspectives.
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Developing Respect

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students develop an understanding of how being caring and respectful affects their relationship with people around them. They discuss responsibility, choices and consequences for behavior. Students read and discuss stories on being...
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Academy of American Poets

The African American Experience

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Disrespect can be as subtle as a frown or a turn of a head. To prepare for a study of Toi Derricote's poem "The Weakness" class members create wordless skits that demonstrate subtle or not so subtle signs of disrespect. After a...
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Have Respect

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn the value of respect. In this Clifford the Big Red Dog lesson plan, students read the story, discuss respect, and experience a mini-international festival.
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Feelings Synonyms Connect Four Game

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this feelings synonyms activity, students play a connect four game with synonyms that represent feelings. Students play with 42 feelings cards.
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LEAGUE: Learning to Give

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the effects of human actions. In this respect and discrimination lesson, students read Thank You, Mr. Falker and identify the consequences of bullying and teasing. Students then relate personal experiences of hurt...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Songwriting Skill - Finding Your Voice: The Academy Is - “About A Girl”

For Teachers 5th - 10th
The seventh in a series of nine exercises focusing on songwriting models for young lyricists on how to find and develop their unique voice. Class members suggest songs that they feel sound authentic and contrast the wording with songs...
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TESOL

Are You a Good Listener?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Your learners talk to each other every day, but are they really listening? Use a lesson plan based on listening skills to ensure that class members feel heard and respected. It includes games, discussion topics, and self-assessment...
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Reed Novel Studies

The Year of Billy Miller: Novel Study

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Can you really knock the sense into someone? It seems that the bump on Billy's head changed his perspective on things in The Year of Billy Miller. Readers discover that after his injury, Billy appreciates his parents more and is nicer to...
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Dealing With Name Calling

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students define respect, examine how name-calling can affect students, and suggest ways to promote more respect in the way students deal with each other.
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Courage to Be You: King Day (7th)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students define discrimination and relate it to their own experiences. In this discrimination lesson, students discuss feeling like a stranger and complete a personal experiences worksheet. Students then find strategies to reduce or...
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Think Positive!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are read a story in which they identify the positive and negative thinking. In groups, they are given a scenerio in which they change the negatives into a positive. They perform the scenerio to tthe class and discuss how...
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First Day of GT

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discuss feelings about being teased about being a gifted student. In this feelings lesson plan, students then toss balls to each other and give responses based on questions asked.
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University of North Carolina

Letters of Recommendation

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Letters of recommendation play a key role in the college admissions process. A handout on the topic, part of a series on specific writing assignments, helps applicants through the process of choosing recommenders and requesting a letter....