Primary Week 1, Day 5

Choose what method of delivery will work, given your circumstance. Options can be reviewed here.

One of our goals with 5 Radical Minutes is to help students gain language and concepts that become a part of an enduring moral compass of kindness. Today, we’re just going to introduce the concept.

Today we’re going to talk about kindness. Who can tell us about a time someone was kind?  

Ring your bell or cymbal to denote the beginning of this sharing time.

Allow students to take turns sharing their perspective. Encourage others to listen respectfully and wait their turn to speak. 

We’ve designed these first couple of weeks with the program to give teachers insights that will be helpful in lowering student anxiety about being back at school.

For these first few days of school, it may pay off to give kids more time to reply. (This could also lead to more discussion times throughout the day as time or need arises.) 

If you’d like to keep this activity to five minutes, consider coaching students on how to respond quickly yet thoughtfully.

Ring your bell or cymbal to denote the end of this sharing time.

Did anybody have a story that was similar to yours?

(Or) How do we feel inside when someone is kind to us?

Ring your bell or cymbal to denote the beginning of this sharing time.

Allow students to take turns sharing their perspective. Encourage others to listen respectfully and wait their turn to speak.

We’ve designed these first couple of weeks with the program to give teachers insights that will be helpful in lowering student anxiety about being back at school.

For these first few days of school, it may pay off to give kids more time to reply. (This could also lead to more discussion times throughout the day as time or need arises.) 

If you’d like to keep this activity to five minutes, consider coaching students on how to respond quickly yet thoughtfully.

Ring your bell or cymbal to denote the end of this sharing time.

Today, let’s pay attention to things others do that are kind and let them know!

Did we have more kindness today? Whether you were the one being kind or had someone be kind to you, how did it make you feel?

Allow for a popcorn type response if all together. If remote learning, consider a text or quick email to each of your students individually.