*Getting+To+Know+You+-+Trust+Building

Lesson will run from 2:00 pm – 2:35 pm. The first time may be less! Students should head back to classroom using the above schedule. After introductions, you may want to move to a Trustbuilder activity from pp. 12 -14 (your choice) or an activity from the Tools for Citizenship (5.6 – 5.8). You might also talk about what “Trustworthiness” looks in the real world from pp. 5.5 – 5.6 and the Signs of Success” from p. 5.9. There are also literature suggestions, if you want to use a book on p.5.10. Also, Becky also has information on our PFE website connected to Tools for Citizenship and books that are in our library []
 * __Suggested ideas for Lesson #1 (35 minute lesson)__**
 * Lesson #1**: Getting to know the 12-13 children in your group – Select an icebreaker from the packet, Guide to Cooperative Games for Social Change from pp. 8 – 9 and do that with your students OR if you have access to the Morning Meeting book (many of the primary teachers have this book), you might find one that you like better in there. We want to leave this open to your style/preference.

SSG Lesson 1 Ideas Give child a small handful of colored goldfish. Each color represents information about the child. Red – a food they like to eat, orange – an activity they like to do, etc. Go around the circle and have each child pick a goldfish from their hand and provide the information related to the color. Continue until all goldfish are gone.
 * Get to Know Each Other**

Each child gets a time capsule booklet (four pieces of paper stapled together). On each page will be recorded a piece of information about the child. These include a tracing of the child’s foot, a string that measures the child’s current height, a self-portrait with their signature, and a listing/picture of some of their favorite things. Explain that this will be opened at the end of the year to discover how the children have changed over the year.
 * Time Capsule**

[|14 Interesting Ways to Get to Know your New Class]

TRUSTWORTHINESS

1. Welcome the group and get acquainted by passing out baggies of colored goldfish crackers. Go around the circle as each child selects a cracker and tells something about himself. For example, red crackers—tell a food you like, orange crackers—tell an activity you like, etc. Repeat until all the crackers are gone. Kids may eat the cracker after they tell something.

2. Explain that this month’s character trait is Trustworthiness. Explain that it means to be dependable, reliable, to be counted on. “Say what you mean, and mean what you say.”

3. Read the book __Stellaluna__ by Janell Cannon. Discuss ways in which Stellaluna was trustworthy.

4. Show a chart divided into two columns, labeled trustworthy and untrustworthy. Prepare cards with possible emotions and draw an “emoticon” to illustrate each emotion. Brainstorm emotions that describe how you would feel if someone acts in a trustworthy way (happy, glad, safe, cheerful) and how you would feel if someone acts in an untrustworthy way (sad, disappointed, upset, frustrated). Have students sort the cards into proper categories, and tape into the proper column on the chart.