Chapters 5 & 6

What is the most Powerful Practice out of Teaching Assertiveness and Responding to a Bully for your students? Why? Is there anything you think wouldn't work with your students in either chapter? Why/why not?

Chapters 3 & 4

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2095385_2096859,00.html

Read chapters 3 and 4 as well as the article above from Time magazine (it's short). I had someone I really admire say to me the other day that the "only reason KES is undertaking a study on bullying is for the PR it generates." While I never think positive PR is a bad thing, I think the quote on p. 62 is more to the point of why we are undertaking this study. "Sixty percent of those characterized as bullies in grades 6-9 had at least ONE criminal conviction by age twenty-four." (Olweus, 1993) Wow, if that doesn't take your breath, nothing will. I believe it is our duty to teach our children they cannot, they must not bully one another. Combine what you learn from the article and the chapters and write a few sentences about your learning. Remember to respond to one another. What activities from the chapters did you try successfully/unsuccessfully with your class?

Chapters 1 & 2

Read Chapters 1 & 2 of the book. I am unwilling to try any of the scenarios with our children because of their ages (I can just hear, "Mrs. So-So almost hit Will in 1st grade today" YIKES! I understand that the author is trying to get us to build trust (chapter 1) but with the ages of our children, I'm unwilling to go there. Anyone think these situations are a good idea???? (Oh come on! Someone disagree, try it and tell me how wrong I am.) Did you try the 5 Steps to Conflict Resolution in your classroom/library/room? Why or why not? What else interesting came out of the chapters for you?

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