I found a great candy cane clip art and added a nice big square - each student wrote a number on it and then got to color it. I hung the finished products from some garland and they are loving it! Each one gets a little heart attached to the back with a suggest act of kindness for the day. I read the book,
It is about a little girl who leaves a basket of freshly picked blueberries at a neighbor's door. She does so leaving no note. This leads to the making of blueberry muffins... and so on. The best page is the page where all the random acts are added up... it is in the millions. Great math lesson, combined with social studies and good vocabulary, as well. So we were very ready for the starting of our random acts of kindness.
Some of the acts included:
*making decorations to be hung on various classroom doors - (Love how they are hung at their eye height and can be found all over the school.) One teacher actually came in and mentioned how happy she was with the surprise decoration on her door.. We said we did not know anything about it. Such fun. In fact they liked it so much, they just keep doing it. The appeal lies in the secret delivery...
*notes made to be left for their parents at home on their pillows, or in the bathroom...
*notes for the kitchen staff.
*paying compliments to a friend.
*letting someone else go first.
*holding the door for a classmate.
and more.
This is the first time I have done this. I will definitely do it again next year!
Sara
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