Social lessons in K-6 classes

[mattemma04]

Does your school provide social/manners lessons in the classroom? I don't think the classes my kids are in provide lessons in say...friendship,tattling,bullying,anger,and so on.

I came across the site below and thought how useful it might be if these lessons were done,and the children actually learned from them.

https://mis.spps.org/counselors/units.html

Given that the local school just switched to all day K I am suprised they have no time to implement these types of lessons.

[1xmom]

My dd's school teaches respect, manners, etc. they also have different people come in around the area and have little concerts and things so the kids know how to act when they are in an audience.

[CarrieMF]

Yes. The school has 4 keys of learning that the kids follow - be safe, be honest, be respectful & be responsible. In part of those if a situation happens the kids are asked to come up with the solution. In the younger grades & during teaching of the 4 keys suggestions are given like apologizing, helping the other kid(if they made a big mess), etc. They are also asked what they should do in the future & that brings some of them in. In this they teach conflict management, respect, anti-bullying/teasing, friendship, feelings, anger, helping, honesty, making choices, safety, cooperation, problem solving,

They do alot on bullying in all grades. all of November the theme in the school was Bullying. In September it was the 4 Keys & Friendship/Feelings as part of that.

They work on these things all year long & sometimes devote a month to it. They work on it in individual classes, it is part of their daily announcements, if a situation comes up & through class/grade interaction.

[mattemma04]

I don't think they do it in my kids classes.

Ds came home one day saying the teacher told him not to tattle.So I read books about tattling,teasing,bullying,anger,and being a good friend with ds.All issues he is dealing with. So now he knows all that stuff.But still if he tells on someone for bothering him either the teacher ignores it,or the kid calls him a tattle-tale(over and over).Half the time now he doesn't even tell.

Well he still tells me and my mamma bear instinct kicks in.Like this am he told me a girl grabbed some of his lunch.Another time a boy did it.No one came when he raised his hand.Ugh,what a disappointing first year for ds. I am waiting to hear back from the local montessori school.Hopefully they are better about these sorts of things.

Dd also has some pretty *mean girls* in her class(grade 2),and the teacher has a habit if punishing the whole class for the misconduct of a few.

[ILuvMyBaby]

yes they do and I love it

[LynnS6]

yes, our school does. One of the 'specials' is an hour with the counselor every 5-6 days, where they work on respectful talk, being kind, inclusive play, not bullying, etc. They work on language for conflicts, understanding the difference between conflicts they can (and should) try to work out themselves first and when they should go get an adult. I believe they even do role playing!

[mattemma04]

Originally Posted by LynnS6

yes, our school does. One of the 'specials' is an hour with the counselor every 5-6 days, where they work on respectful talk, being kind, inclusive play, not bullying, etc. They work on language for conflicts, understanding the difference between conflicts they can (and should) try to work out themselves first and when they should go get an adult. I believe they even do role playing!

I will pass this on Monday when I speak with the counselor,teacher,and principal. It sounds like this would really be useful in curbing inappropriate behavoir.

[mata]

we have a wonderful second grade teacher who does a lot of things with the class-he makes them sign a contract about how people in the class are supposed to treat each other. No tattling (he has a large model of an ear that the kids can go tattle to ,) bullying, meanness, etc. There's a conflict corner where fighting kids go to talk it out, apologize to each other, shake hands, etc. He shakes their hands as they walk out the door, teaches them to say things like "be my guest," or "after you," when they're all trying to get to the backpacks or out the door first. He teaches them to be supportive of each other-just everything. I am always surprised when I don't see more teachers doing this-yes, they should be learning it at home, but if it's happening in the classroom it needs to be handled!