Code of Behavior Supplement for Grades K & l Prince William County Schools Created by Karen Levitt, ITRT & Robin Hudspeth, School Counselor 1

Objectives Supported: Guidance KA.1: Understand responsibilities of being a student worker in school. 1A.1: Demonstrate positive work habits by paying attention, following directions and completing tasks. 1C.1: Demonstrate an understanding of roles and contributions of workers in school, home, and community. Social Studies K.8: The student will demonstrate that being a good citizen involves a) taking turns and sharing; b) taking responsibility for certain classroom chores; c) taking care of personal belongings and respecting what belongs to others; d) following rules and understanding the consequence of breaking rules; e) practicing honesty, self-control, and kindness to others; f) participating in decision making in the classroom; g) participating successfully in group settings Civics: The student will apply the traits of a good citizen by a) focusing on fair play, exhibiting good sportsmanship, helping others, and treating others with respect; b) recognizing the purpose of rules and practicing self-control; c) working hard in school; d) taking responsibility for one’s own actions; e) valuing honesty and truthfulness in oneself and others; f) participating in classroom decision making through voting. 2

Behave with CHARACTER by showing Good Manners…Good Manners Trustworthiness To tell the truth Respect Listen, be polite, be kind Responsibility Make good choices, work hard Fairness Take turns, play by the rules Caring Be nice, be kind, help others, share Citizenship Be a responsible member of your school, community, country and the world 3

Caring Be nice, be kind, help others, share Draw a line from the description of caring to the picture showing students demonstrating the caring act. Sharing Helping Being nice and kind 4

Responsibility make good choices, work hard Circle the picture in each pair of students showing responsible behaviors. A responsible student will listen to the teacher A responsible student will be kind and use nice words with classmates A responsible student is principled A responsible student will… I will… 5

Respect listen, be polite, be kind Circle the pictures of students showing respect. I can show respect by… _____________________________________________________________. A respectful student will listen to the teacher. A respectful student will be nice and kind to classmates. A respectful student will use polite words to communicate, like “please” and “thank you.” A respectful student is open-minded. 6

Fairness Take turns, play by the rules Underline the pictures of students showing fairness A student can show fairness by sharing toys. A student can show fairness by taking turns in a game. A student can show fairness by being balanced. A student can show fairness… I will show fairness by _______________________________________________. Draw a picture of how you can show fairness. 7

Trustworthiness to tell the truth Circle whether each situation is showing honesty or not. Your pet gets out of the cage while you were watching it and you tell your mom someone else let it out. You called a friend a name on the bus, when the teacher asked if you pushed them, you said, “Yes.” You borrow some crayons from a friend and accidently break one of them. You return them to your friend but don’t say anything about one of them being broken. You tell your mom that you got in trouble at school, even though the teacher didn’t send a note home. You tell your teacher you returned a library book when you really can’t remember if you did or not. Yes No Why is it important to be honest? 8

Citizenship be a responsible member of your school, community, country and the world Draw a line from the word citizenship to all pictures showing how we can be good citizens. Citizenship A student shows citizenship by taking care of their school A student shows citizenship by throwing away trash A student shows citizenship by following the rules A student shows citizenship by taking risks, reflecting, thinking, and inquiring. 9

Pre-Assessment Match the picture with the word it best represents. Honesty Respect Responsibility Fairness Caring Citizenship Discuss answers 10

Trustworthiness Howard B. Wigglebottom Has a Monkey on His Back, a Tale About Telling the Truth Howard B. Wigglebottom Has a Monkey on His Back, a Tale About Telling the Truth Write T on the line if it was an example of Howard telling the truth or L if it was a lie. __ Howard’s ears help him fly. __ Howard’s dad lost his job. __ Howard’s dad is the Spiderbunny. __ Ovi let the mouse out. __ Howard didn’t know who hit the car headlight. __ Howard hit the ball into the car headlight. __ Howard couldn’t find his soccer shoes. __ Howard hid his soccer shoes. 11

Telling The Truth is Cool Sing Along Song Telling The Truth is Cool Rearrange these words to make a sentence from the song: the cool! is Telling truth Honesty, Telling The Truth with Mr. Stanley Song Honesty, Telling The Truth with Mr. Stanley Trustworthiness Songs 12

Trustworthy Presidents George Washington - Cherry Tree Read Aloud Story George Washington - Cherry Tree What did George do to show he was trustworthy? Honest Abe Video Clip (teachers: only show first seconds Honest Abe What did Abe do to show he was trustworthy? 13

Respect Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen A story about respect and being a quality student Animated Assessment Respect with Mr. StanleyRespect with Mr. Stanley Song Which of these letters and words from the song rhyme? Me others E is be P the C T 14

Caring Caring video clip CaringCaring Song FriendFriend Song 15

How could you take care of each of these things? 16

Fairness Taking Turns Taking Turns Movie Draw a line from the word to the correct blank: Always be ______ and remember to ________. share fair FairnessFairness Song 17

Responsibility Being Careful is Everyone's Responsibility How can we be responsible in these places? Responsibility with Mr. StanleyResponsibility with Mr. Stanley Song 18

Citizenship A Good Citizen video clip A Good Citizen Circle the words that good citizens should be: Respectfulmeanhonest sharingmessyresponsible What it Means to be a Citizen (may want to edit for a few segments) What it Means to be a Citizen What did you see the people do to solve the problem? Community & Citizenship Song Community & Citizenship 19

Assessment: draw a line from the word to its definition Trustworthiness Caring Citizenship Fairness Responsibility Respect Take turns, play by the rules To tell the truth Make good choices, work hard Listen, be polite, be kind Be nice, be kind, help others, share Be a responsible member of your school, community, country and the world 20