Character Education Project
By: Jodi Altenbaumer
The students will learn about Character
Education in the classroom and in the computer lab. First, I will
do different lessons on Character Education in the classroom. I have
a book on Character Education that has wonderful ideas. One lesson
that I plan on doing comes from the web site the students will visit in
the computer lab. We are going to discuss how to be a good friend.
I am going to start out with chart paper, and write down the ideas the
students share. I will then have the students work in groups of four
to make a picture showing how to be a good friend. I am going to
keep the ideas on the chart paper, and their pictures posted in the classroom.
After we finish the lessons in the classroom, we will go to the computer
lab visit a web site, called "Friendship and Feelings". The web site
is located at: http://www.tooter4kids.com/Friendship/Index.htm.
The students will be asked to go to four parts of this web site: Feeling
Words, What is a Friend, Nice Things to Remember, and Where to Find a Friend.
After they have viewed the four sections, the students will come back to
my web page. Back at my web page, the students will take a quiz over
what they learned. I thought about having ten questions for the quiz,
but I decided on just five questions. I realized that the students
are in first grade, so they may need the extra time to complete five questions.
I will go back and add more questions if I see the students are having
no trouble with the quiz. After the students finish the quiz, I will
have them draw showing how they are a good friend.
I also have Winnie the Pooh books
that have lessons. There are 18 books, and each book always ends
with the lesson the students are supposed to learn. It is neat having
the students try and figure out what the lesson was.
The goal of introducing Character
Education in August is to start the new school year off on the right foot.
Hopefully, what the students learn from this project will carry over into
the classroom and throughout their years at Johns Hill.
My first graders will be the audience
first then the rest of the first graders will be introduced to Character
Education.
Character Education project