Compassion – Bucket FillingApril Lesson #1 Compassion

Olweus Connection: Identifying and building key qualities of a healthy classroom community.Objective: We will discuss compassion and caring. Product: I will talk with a partner and explain one thing I can do to fill someone’s bucket.

Materials Needed: Computer Chart paper Markers

Lesson Description:Compassion is caring deep enough about the trouble of other people that you do something to help them.

Activity: Read aloud and discussion of the book:

o Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud:o http://www.oldbridgeadmin.org/files/805645/have%20you%20filled

%20a%20bucket%20today.pdf Conduct a class discussion using the ‘Think About It’

questions following the read aloud which are located on the pdf.

Prior to lesson, create an anchor chart: (see attached pictures)

o Choose either the COMPASSION acrostic poem or the Bucket Filling Classroom anchor chart that is

appropriate for your classroom and conduct a discussion with it.

Have students talk with a partner and explain one thing they can do to fill someone’s bucket.

Compassion Community Circle April Lesson #2 Compassion

NOTE: There are two different lessons for grades Pre-K – 2 nd and 3 rd -5 th for Lesson #2.

Pre-K – 2 LessonOlweus Connection: Establishing our community circle and discussing a key concept that builds the classroom community. Objective: We will discuss compassion and how it contributes to our classroom community. Product: I will write and sketch a picture of how I can fill someone’s bucket.

Materials Needed: Bucket Fillers writing paper (attached) Crayons/colored pencils Construction paper for buckets (see attached pictures) Small cut out hearts for decorations (see attached pictures)

Lesson Description:Compassion is caring deep enough about the trouble of other people that you do something to help them.

Activity: Conduct a brief discussion about the prior lesson on

compassion.

Have students complete the Bucket Fillers writing. Create a bucket filler collage as shown in the attached

pictures and display them in the hallway of your school.

Compassion Community Circle

April Lesson #2 Compassion

NOTE: There are two different lessons for grades Pre-K – 2 and 3-5 for Lesson #2.

3 rd – 5 th Lesson Olweus Connection: Establishing community circle and discussing a key concept that builds the classroom communityObjective: We will discuss compassion and how it contributes to our classroom community. Product: I will talk with the group and explain what I could do to fill the bucket of someone I do not know.

***PRIOR TO LESSON and ONLY for teacher viewing:Under the Surface: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ-pU7ozt3g

Materials Needed: Experience card strips (attached; need to be printed and cut

apart)

Lesson Description:If you had knowledge of other people’s experiences; What they see…What they hear…What they feel…Would it change how you respond to individuals?

Activity Write the lesson description on the board. Read the lesson description aloud and tell students that you

are going to give each of them an experience card strip that they are to read silently and will then share with the class.

Give each student an experience card strip and allow them a few minutes to reflect on what it says.

Have each student stand and read aloud their experience card strip.

After reading all experience card strips aloud, refer back to the lesson description and have students reflect for a few minutes.

Bring the class into the Community Circle and facilitate a discussion using the following guiding questions

o What feelings did you have during the class activity?o What lessons can we learn from this activity? o What could you say if I do not know someone but

want to fill that person’s bucket?

I do not have any food at home so I am always happy to come to school to get breakfast and lunch.

My dad lost his job last week.

My mom is really sick and has been in the hospital for two weeks.

My parents just told me we are moving to a different state.

I have worn the same clothes for two days. I hope no one notices.

My parents argued last night and my dad said he was leaving.

I have to go home and take care of my siblings because my parents are at work. I am being bullied by another student at school but I am afraid to tell an adult because the other person said they would hurt me if I told. I had to go live with my grandmother because my parents could not take care of me.

I want to play football but my parents said they don’t have time to take me to practices or games.

I want to be friends with these girls at school but they keep laughing at me and telling me to go away.

I am so stressed out about the STAAR test that I am having trouble sleeping at night.

I feel very sad and lonely all the time and I don’t know why.

My dad does not come home at night and I don’t know why.

I can’t have a birthday party because my family does not have the money for one.

I don’t have anyone to help me with my homework when I get home.

My grades are getting worse at school and my parents don’t even notice and don’t ask why. My parents always say that I am their lazy child. I wish they would stop saying this to their friends because it really bothers me. I don’t want to be “more like my brother”, I want to be me. Why can’t my parents understand that?

My teacher doesn’t even know how to spell my name correctly.

I am not good at math and that is why I always want to leave class to go to the bathroom or the nurse’s office.

There is a student in my homeroom class who has been making inappropriate comments about me to other kids.

Sometimes I go to bed hungry because we don’t have food at home.

I don’t like the way I look.

Call for Compassion

April Lesson #3 Compassion

NOTE: There are two different lessons for grades Pre-K – 2 and 3-5 for Lesson #3.

Pre-K – 2 LessonOlweus Connection: Identifying and building key qualities of a healthy classroom community.Objective: We will discuss compassion and caring. Product: I will explain in pictures how Clifford was feeling during the story.

Materials Needed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Amr7Xr5Fk “How Does Clifford Feel?” activity sheet (attached) Pencils, crayons, colored pencils

Lesson Description:Compassion is caring deep enough about the trouble of other people that you do something to help them.

Activity: Discuss the meaning of the word down. Explain to students

that down means in a low place or towards the ground. Down also means unhappy.

Read Clifford, We Love You to your students. Preface the read-aloud by telling the class that they will hear a story about a dog who is feeling down. Ask students to listen to how his friends try to make Clifford feel better.

Following the read-aloud, ask students the following:

o What do we mean when we say that Clifford is feeling down? (We mean that Clifford is sad.)

o What do you think might have happened to make Clifford so upset? (Answers may vary.)

o What did Emily Elizabeth do first to cheer up Clifford? (She served his favorite foods.)

o What did Clifford do when Alison brought him flowers? (He sneezed.)

o Why did Clifford start crying? (The witch tried to push the girl and the boy into the oven during the puppet show.)

o What are some nice things Emily Elizabeth said about Clifford in her song? (He is always by her side; he is the one children love the most; he takes Emily for a ride; he waits for Emily after school; he makes every day so fine; he’s the best dog of all.)

o What idea finally cheered up Clifford? (Emily Elizabeth wrote a song and sang it to Clifford.)

Have students complete the “How Does Clifford Feel?” activity sheet as a whole group activity.

Call for CompassionApril Lesson #3 Compassion

NOTE: There are two different lessons for grades Pre-K – 2 and 3-5 for Lesson #3.

3 rd – 5 th Lesson Olweus Connection: Identifying and building key qualities of a healthy classroom community.Objective: We will discuss compassion and caring. Product: I will explain in writing what I would do in a scenario with my deaf neighbor.

Materials Needed: Activity scenario; print a copy for each student or show to

the whole class using an Elmo

Lesson Description:Compassion is caring deep enough about the trouble of other people that you do something to help them.

Activity:

A teenage neighbor is responsible for you while your parents go to a movie. Your teenage neighbor wears a hearing aid because he is partially deaf. Tonight, he tells you his hearing aid isn't working very well. The telephone rings, but your neighbor doesn't hear it, so your parents' answering machine takes a message. When your neighbor isn't watching, you play the message back. The message is from your parents. They had forgotten to tell your neighbor your bedtime. You realize you can get away with staying up later. When your parents find out, they'll blame your neighbor for not getting the message.

Ask students to answer the following questions in writing:o What thoughts go through your head? o What do you do?

Collect their responses and read over them. Prepare and facilitate a discussion the following week on

compassion based on their responses.

Compassion Community Circle

April Lesson # 4 Compassion

NOTE: There are two different lessons for grades Pre-K – 2 and 3-5 for Lesson #4.

Pre-K – 2 LessonOlweus Connection: Establishing community circle and discussing a key concept that builds the classroom communityObjective: We will discuss compassion and caring and how it contributes to our classroom community. Product: I will explain in writing how I can cheer up a classmate who is feeling down.

Materials Needed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Amr7Xr5Fk “I Will Cheer You Up” writing activity sheet (attached)

Lesson Description: Compassion is caring deep enough about the trouble of other people that you do something to help them.

Activity: Refer to the previous week’s reading of Clifford, We Love

You. Review how Clifford felt at various times during the story. Have students complete the “I Will Cheer You Up” activity

sheet.

Compassion Community Circle

April Lesson # 4 Compassion

NOTE: There are two different lessons for grades Pre-K – 2 and 3-5 for Lesson #4.

3 rd – 5 th Lesson Olweus Connection: Establishing community circle and discussing a key concept that builds the classroom communityObjective: We will discuss compassion and caring and how it contributes to our classroom community. Product: I will talk with my classmates about how I can be compassionate to others.

Materials Needed: Student’s written responses from Lesson #3 activity

Lesson Description: Compassion is caring deep enough about the trouble of other people that you do something to help them.

Activity: Refer to Lesson #3 writing activity student responses. Facilitate a discussion about compassion with your students

based on their responses.