Overview of activity (brief statement): “Sticks and
Stones” is a classroom guidance lesson that focuses on the issues of tattling
in the elementary school setting. After explaining the difference between
reporting and tattling; the children select a scenario card, decide if it’s a tattling
situation or not, and then place it on the pile of shredded paper (tattling
pile) or the sticks and stones (reporting pile).
Purpose: To explain the difference between tattling
and telling, and give them examples of each of the two categories.
Intervention Level: This guidance lesson is considered
to be a preventive and an intervention strategy for the students.
Age group / grade: 2nd grade/ 7-8 years
old
Materials needed: card stack of tattling and telling
situations/ pile of shredded paper/ pile of sticks and stones/ reminder paper
(for the teacher to hang up in the room)
Activity, step by step, with a time estimate of each
step: 30 minutes
Step one: Gather the needed materials.
Step two: Set up the 2 piles for tattling and
reporting.
Step three: Explain the difference between tattling
and telling to the students.
Step four: Ask them to
share their own experiences with tattling and telling.
Step five: Introduce
the pile of shredded paper (tattling pile) and the pile of sticks and stones
(telling pile) to the students.
Step six: Each students
chooses a card, decides if the situation is tattling or reporting, and places
it on the correct pile (sticks and stones or the shredded paper).
Step seven: Continue
step six until every student in the classroom gets a turn.
Step eight: Introduce
the reminder sheet to the classroom and explain the various aspects of tattling
and reporting to the students.
Step nine: Leave the
reminder sheet with the students’ teacher.
Follow-up activities with the class: I think that
respect and responsibility activities would be great follow- up activities to
do with the same class.
Contingency plan (if things don’t go as hoped…):
After the tattling, respectful, and responsibility guidance lessons are
completed with the class, hopefully the students will interact with each other
in a more positive and productive manner.
I did my classroom activity on tattling too, but used smaller kids. It is amazing how much tattling goes on in a classroom, but the most of it seems to be the need for attention.
ReplyDeleteI have noticed that too, even with the second grade students.
ReplyDeleteI think this is an awesome classroom guidance lesson to use with younger students. I like that it emphasizes the difference between tattling and telling. Giving examples of situations when it is important to tell about something occurring is really important.
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