Good Manners

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Instructional Contextual PowerPoint
Good Manners
4th-6th graders 110.6 English, Language
Arts, and Reading 1.A, 1.B and 1.C 113.6
Social Studies 24.A
Rose Barrientos EDIT 3318 Summer II 2005
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In 1999 73 of Americans in an ABC News
poll thought manners were worse than 20 or 30
years ago.
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An April 2003 report by the research Public
Agenda showed that 43 of teachers in
public schools spend more time on disciplining
children than they did teaching them.
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Good vs. Bad
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Gee whiz maam, this is a swell class!
Manners from the 50s and 60s.
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Manners from the 90s
Man, this class sucks!
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Students dont respect adults like they used
to. They answer with ya or what. They believe
that they are invincible. .
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"Yes Sir"
"No Sir"
Some states require students to address teachers
as maam or sir.
"Yes Ma'am"
"No Ma'am"
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No act of kindness no matter how small is
ever wasted. Aesop
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Good manners are only good when practiced
everyday.
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3 Ideas behind good manners 1.) Custom 2.)
Consideration 3.) Common Sense
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3 Ideas cont
1.) Custom getting in the habit of doing
certain things. ex hand shaking 2.)
Consideration thinking about others feelings
before your own ex think before you
speak 3.) Common Sense if it feels bad, it
probably is. ex dont be rude when trying to
get a point made
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The best way to teach kids manners

• Model good manners for them

• Teach your kids the basics like saying please ,
  thank you, and youre welcome.

• Be respectful to elders by saying sir and
  maam.

• Teach children to excuse themselves. The words
  excuse me and pardon me are some useful
  phrases to teach children.

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• Teaching good manners can be easy
• Work on one skill at a time
• Give positive feed back
• Be tolerant for mistakes,
• but dont over look them
• Positive reinforcement
• Set a good example

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Do we have to earn it or does it just come easy?
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Children can never learn to respect
themselves unless they learn respect for others,
beginning with adults. John Rosemond
Back to the question
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Winning friends respect can be very rewarding.
Help your students by making games out of
learning to respect one another.
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DO NOT BORE YOUR STUDENTS. When children are
interested in what they are learning, they tend
to behave longer.
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• Tips for improving behavior
• Stress to kids how important it is to
• treat others the way you want to be treated.
• Help kids understand how thoughtless, unkind
• words and actions can hurt.
• Role-play, show the kids politeness.
• Teach kids how important it is to think of
  others.

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Nine Steps to Good Table Manners
by Ann Svensen
1. Look for the good.
2. Dont turn dinner into an unpleasant lecture
time.
3. Check your example.
4. Dont label your child as a slob.
5. Approach manners as a game.
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Nine Steps to Good Table Manners
6. Make kids part of the tradition.
7. If you hear a burp, dont laugh.
8. Try dining out once in a while. (not fast
food)
9. Enjoy each other..
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Teacher Resources
Aliki. (1990). Manners. Greenwillow books
Parker, A., Tolbert,J. (1997). How Rude.
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APA resources Images and Content
HartGregory Group. (2004). The Polite
Child.Retrieved July 15, 2005, from
http//www.politechild.com
Svensen,A. (2000). Nine Steps to Good Table
Manners. Retrieved July 15, 2005, from
http//familyeducation.com
Luddy,J (2000). Students Learn Respect- Thanks to
go Manners Retrieved July 14, 2005, from
http//www.education-world.com
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Good Manners are important to have. Helping
others learn good manners can also help you.
Lets see what we have learned today.
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Self Assessing PowerPoint
Good Manners
Question Answer
4th-6th graders 110.6 English, Language
Arts, and Reading 1.A, 1.B and 1.C 113.6
Social Studies 24.A
Rose Barrientos EDIT 3318 Summer II 2005
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We are now going to take a short quiz about the
things we just learned.
Dont worry, its real easy.
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Question 1
In 1999 what percent of Americans feel
that manners today are worse than 20 years
ago? a.) 10 b.) 50 c.) 73
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Incorrect
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73 of Americans think that manners are worse now
than they were 20 or 30 years ago.
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Great Job!!
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Question 2
Why do we spend time teaching manners at an early
age? a.) We can get better jobs. b.) We can
learn to respect our selves.
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Try again.
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Children learn to respect themselves when they
learn to respect others first.
Back to the question
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Correct
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Question 3
According to Svensen how many steps are there to
good table manners?
a.) 4 b.) 9 c.) 12
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Sorry.
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There are nine equally important steps to good
table manners.
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Awesome
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APA resources Images and Content
www.microsoft.com
www.google.com
www.familyeducation.com
HartGregory Group. (2004). The Polite
Child.Retrieved. July 15, 2005, from
http//www.politechild.com
Luddy,J (2000). Students Learn Respect- Thanks
to go Manners Retrieved July 14, 2005,
from http//www.education-world.com