Caring/Kindness
CHALLENGE ACTIVITY-NOV/DEC 2019
The “Challenge" Activity:
Special note: Please feel free to customize/modify any challenge to fit your grade-level needs.
1) Read the book, Have You Filled A Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud. Have an interactive conversation with your students related to the character trait of CARING/KINDNESS. Click here for an online version of the book.
2) Using the Sanford Harmony MeetUp/BuddyUp model, discuss & agree on a caring/kindness goal related to the book and have a discussion about the book’s theme using the Sanford Harmony MeetUp/BuddyUp model. When possible, check-in with your students throughout the month of November/December to see how they are putting to practice the trait of being kind in their lives.
Example:
MeetUp: Established a class goal related to caring/kindness, such as, service activity, for example, make cards to send to a Veteran, help make the family dinner, play with someone who looks like they need a friend, hold the door open for someone, remind a friend to zip up their backpack, offer help to someone in need, spread joy-give someone a complaint, lend a hand whenever you can, etc., discussed and agreed on by the students during the MeetUp session.
BuddyUp: Pair/group students for a brief discussion on the goal. Here are some example “Quick connection” conversation questions:
Discussion Questions for Have You Filled A Bucket Today?
- What is the purpose of our invisible buckets that we carry?
- How do people feel when their buckets are full? How do people feel when their buckets are empty?
- What is a “bucket filler?”
- What are things you can do to fill others’ buckets?
- What is a “bucket dipper?”
- What are things that people do when they are a “bucket dipper?”
- Why can’t you fill your own bucket by dipping into someone else’s bucket?
- If you fill someone’s bucket, whose bucket also becomes filled?
- Has your bucket been dipped into today? If so, how?
- How have you been a bucket filler today?
or
Click here for Google Slideshow to project questions for students.
Bonus Activity: FREE RESOURCES for Activities related to the book, "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?"
AND/OR
Here is a link to a RAK, Random Acts of Kindness, calendar your class to see how many of these acts of kindness they can complete in 30 days.
SOCIAL JUSTICE BOOKS
VIDEOS
Click here to access a playlist of several videos related to CARING/KINDNESS. There's some for all grade levels!
