The College of New Jersey School of Education Bianca Venice and Heather Wuest Title: The Juice Box

Bully Grade Level: 1st grade Cooperating Teacher: Ms. Tindall Description of Topic: Teaching students about bullying and how to stand up for others. Some Ideas were taken from http://actrichmond.weebly.com/uploads/4/2/3/3/4233270/intermediate_the_juice_box_bully.pdf Standards: 2.2.2.C.1 Explain the meaning of character and how it is reflected in the thoughts, feelings, and actions of oneself and others 2.2.1.F.2.Recognize various emotions and demonstrate sympathy and empathy. 6.3.4.D.1 Demonstrate understanding of the need for fairness and take appropriate action against unfairness CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.1a Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).

Objectives Students will be able to develop the skills that will enable them to respectfully set limits when others are choosing hurtful behaviors towards themself or others. Students will feel confident about standing up for themselves and others.

Assessments The teacher will be able to assess the students through discussion questions. (listed below)

The teacher will evaluate the responses given by the students and will also evaluate how the students intervene within the skit to stop the bully

Rationale: It is essential to address bullying to students at a young age. Teachers should encourage their students to be confident with standing up for each other. The lesson is effective because it is a positive take on bullying prevention. It utilizes promises instead of rules. The creation of the Promise Poster promotes the students to work together fostering their social emotional development and creating a warm environment where students can thrive. Having the students create Ms. Tindalls Class Promise personalizes the lesson and will be meaningful to the students and will help them live by these promises.

Prior Knowledge: Students will have knowledge that bullying is wrong. They know their rules of the classroom. Students may believe bystanders in a bullying situation have no power to help the victim or the situation. We want to teach students that bystanders stand up against the bully. The students creation of a juice box to add to the Promise poster will capture their imagination. Hook: The lesson will begin with the teacher asking the students, Raise your hand if you have ever been bullied? Have you ever bullied another person? How did you feel? **remind students not to share names Activities: 1. The teacher will read The Juice Box Bully to the students. 2. The teacher will stop during the book to ask questions which include Can you think of a time when you have seen or heard someone bother another student in a hurtful way? (remind students not to share names). Can anyone think of a time when you have seen someone stand up for someone else being bothered by another student? and How do you think it felt for the person who had been bothered when a classmate stood up for them? 3. After the reading, teacher will create a skit and have the students figure out what they would do in that situation? 4. The teacher will then assess the students understanding further through questioning. 5. After the assessment questions students will return to their desks. 6. The teacher will explain to the class that they will be creating their own Class Promise poster as a class. He/she will put the class promises on the board. 7. The teacher will model for the students the activity first. 8. Each student will then be given a juice box worksheet and will be able to choose one of the promises to write on their juice box. The students will copy the promise on their juice box and color their juice box. The students will write their name on their juice box and then cut out their juice box. 9. After the students have finished creating their juice box they will bring it to the teacher and the teacher will glue on the Class Promise poster. 10. (listed below)

Closure: At the end of the lesson the teacher and the students will recite the Class Promise together. Materials: The Juice Box Bully by Bob Sornson and Maria Dismond, Class Promise poster, juice box worksheets, crayons, scissors, glue Classroom Management/ Transitions: The students will begin on their assigned carpet spots for the read aloud. The students will return to their desks for the activity. They will sit in their previously assigned mixed level groups. The teacher will utilize the whole brain learning strategies for

managing the classroom including Hands and eyes, hands and eyes and Bring it back bring it back bring it back now. The teacher will pass out the juice box worksheets to the students. The students will use the crayons they have in their desks. The teacher will hand out glue and scissors to students who do not have their own. When students are done with their juice box they will walk it up to the teacher and the teacher will glue it on the poster. Students who have finished early can quietly read a book at their desk.

Questions : 1. What does it mean to be bullied? (power imbalance and often is repeated behavior) 2. How does it feel to be picked on by others? 3. Why do people bully others? Explore reasons why people sometimes treat others in hurtful ways. 4. What does it mean to be a bystander? 5. Why is it hard to stand up for others? 6. In what ways did the children in the book stand up for each other? Individualization: The lower-leveled and ESL students will be given more guidance when creating their juice box and copying a promise on the juice box. These students will receive a handout to use to be able to copy the words. The teacher will probe the understanding of these students with the assessment questions. If the students cannot come up with the answer the teacher will try to probe their understanding through simpler questions and examples. Early finishers can read silently at their desks. Follow-up Activities: There will be other lessons throughout the semester on the topic of bullying. The teacher will remind the students of the Class Promise weekly. If a student breaks a part of the promise the teacher will remind the student that the class made a promise. Another lesson that can branch of from this one is where students engage in skits where they must decide what to do as the bystander.