K-4.2 Links To Important Information For Teachers

Vocabulary

• cooperation
• taking turns
• sharing
• working with others/team work
• taking personal responsibility
• behavior

Streamline SC

• I Can Be Responsible
• Getting Along: My Way
• Staying Out Of Trouble
• Minding Your Manners At School
• Everyday Etiquette

Suggestions

• Kindergarten Dictionary for Vocabulary
• This is a good time to talk and role play with students the meaning of each of the vocabulary terms.
  1. cooperation: You will need to people to do this activity. (Parent and student) You will need a wooden puzzle with about 20 pieces. Give the child half of the pieces and the adult takes the other half. Do hnot let the child look at the puzzle before they cooperate with you to put the puzzle together. If no wooden puzzle is available take a picture from a magazine and glue it onto a sheet of construction paper. Then cut the picture into pieces. Talk with the child about sharing as they take turns putting the puzzle together with you.
  2. taking turns
  3. sharing
  4. working with others/team work
  5. taking personal responsibility: you might let the child make their own puzzle as described above and show them how important it is to take responsibility for being neat and doing your best.
  6. behavior: If the child has problems taking turns, sharing supplies, or working with others talk about their behavior during the activity. If there are no problems try to cause a situation in which the child may face some difficulties.

Books

• The Berenstain Bears and the Blame Game by Stan Berenstain
• Fudge by Charlotte Graeder
• The Saturday Escape by Daniel Mahoney
• Goldfish Don’t Take Bubble Baths by Trina Wiebe
• The Berenstain Bears’ The Trouble With Pets by Stan Berenstain
• Karen’s Pumpkin Patch by Ann Martin