*Responsibility

RESPONSIBILITY Talk about the meaning of the word responsibility

Discuss what responsibilities the children have at school and as part of SSG

Charades Play a form of charades with the letters in the word **responsibility**. Use ideas from school and home of things that children do related to being responsible. You may need to use some words while doing the acting to help the children figure out the ideas. (Examples of possible ideas: R - read,recycle, E - exercise, eat healthy food, S - share materials, P - play nicely, participate in class by raising my hand, O - organize my desk, open the door for someone, N - no put downs, S - sneeze into my sleeve, I - include everyone when playing, B - bring completed homework to school, be on time, I - "I messages", L - look at speaker when talking, listen actively when someone is speakling, I - introduce yourself to others, I make good choices, T - trash recycling, take turns Y - you follow rules at school.) Each child lays down his letter after doing the charade so that the word is built during the activity. Write each idea on a sheet of paper that has the corresponding letter written in a large size. Post letters in classroom.

RESPONSIBILITY LESSON PLAN Define Responsibility as a Character Trait (the way you really are or the way you act when no one is looking)

Responsibility requires action · Do your part · Don’t take credit for other people’s work · Admit mistakes · Use self control by choosing words and actions carefully

Read __Berlioz the Bear__ by Jan Brett and discuss how Berlioz could have acted and what he did to show responsibility

Talk about practical ways to show responsibility at home and at school

Pass out slips of paper with the following statements. Go around the circle and have students read their slip and give a real life example of how they can demonstrate responsibility in these way: · Think before you act · Think before you talk · Do only good things · Think about what will happen if you say or do what you want to say or do  · Fix your mistakes. Clean up your own messes · Be a good example · Think of ways to help others · Do your jobs · Do your best · Keep trying · Finish your work before you play

Show the responsibility circle chart (four concentric circles). Explain that we can be responsible in many different areas: self, family, organizations, neighborhood, country, world. Define what each area means and come up with examples. For example: organizations could be scouts, soccer, or swim team. Have students select four areas where they can most easily show responsibility and write them in the circle beginning in the center with the area over which they have the most influence. This can be done individually or as a group.

Teach the Responsibility Cheer

One, two Do your best in all you do! Three, four Do your part then do some more! Five, six Don’t blame others for your fix! Seven, eight Set a good example and be first rate. Nine, ten Make a mistake? So try again!