Respect

To give respect is to show concern and consideration for others and /or property, behaviors that help people feel calmer, safer, friendlier and more cooperative.

Examples:  Listening to others (teachers and students), picking up trash and keeping areas clean, speak nicely to others and look at the person who is speaking, and ask to borrow things.

Non-Examples:  Grabbing things, calling names, using harsh tones/being abrupt, non-attentive during lesson and playing around while teacher is talking.

Activity to Enhance Concept Development: 

                                       Respect Activity

Materials:  bowl of water, pepper, sugar and a bar of soap.

Begin by sprinkling pepper liberally on the water.  The pepper represents the people around you- classmates, teachers, friends and family.  How we get along with people is largely determined by how we treat and speak to them. Our words can be very powerful tool, either good or bad, and it's important to learn positive and respectful ways of speaking to others. Take the bar of soap- this represents unkind and hurtful language.  Touch the bar of soap to the center of the water. The soap will repel the pepper and cause it to be dispersed to the side of the bowl. When we speak unkindly to others, they will not want to be around us, and they will scatter like the pepper. Take a teaspoon of sugar and pour it in the center of the water. Compare the sugar to the sweetness of kind and respectful words. The pepper will be drawn to the sugar. When you are being respectful towards other people this usually causes them to be drawn to you and want to be your friend.