Character Education

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Character Education

• At Woodbridge Elementary School
• May 2006

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Who Are We?

• Pre K-4th grade school
• Over 800 students
• Over half our students receive free or reduced
  lunch

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Character Education is embedded in everything we
do!

• School uniforms
• School Pledge
• School Song
• School CAREing Behaviors
• CAREing Coupons
• Positive Post Cards

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Curriculum Maps

• Character Education is embedded into our
  curriculum
• Examples can be found in our 2nd grade Social
  Studies Map

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Character Education Programs

• Second Step
• Dont Laugh At Me

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Second Step

• Target Areas
• Empathy training
• Impulse control
• Anger management

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Dont Laugh At Me

• Target Areas
• Expressing feelings
• Caring, compassion, and cooperation
• Resolving conflict creatively
• Celebrating diversity

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The Torn Heart Lesson

• Objectives
• To develop empathy in children
• To build childrens awareness of actions that
  constitute put-downs and put-ups
• To develop childrens commitment to positive
  interactions
• To create a common language around put-downs,
  put-ups, and thumbs-down, thumbs-up behavior

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Thank You

• Dont Laugh At Me Song
• Mrs. Nichols and Mrs. Truitts 2nd grade class