CARING

= Caring : red Think of a heart =

Objective: Students will build compassion and show caring toward others.
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Join a group and work together to complete the assignment. All groups will visit the websites below to gether information for their assignment.

Group 1 - Evaluate and summarize the data presented on poverty in America. Group 2 - Prepare and present a speech at assembly time about poverty in America and ways we can help others. Group 3 - Conduct stakeholder surveys to determine which helping project would be best supported. Group 4 - Prepare a skit to present at assembly that summarizes information on poverty and the project selected. Group 5 - Create media to solicit support for the project.

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Valentines for Veterans or Salutations for Soldiers
Upper grade students will help lower grade students design and create cards, thank you notes and placemats for patients at the local Veterans Administration Hospital.

== Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness ==

Read //Kindness is Cooler Mrs. Ruler// by M. Cuyler to introduce random acts of kindness to students.
Make a bulletin board with the base of a tree. Die-cut hearts from red and pink construction paper. Students write random acts of kindness they see or particpate in on hearts and put the hearts on the tree. The tree provides a visual reminder for students to practice random acts of kindness. ​