Cool Tool of The Month Keeping Hands and Feet to Yourself
School-wide Expectation : Be Respectful, Be Safe Purpose of the lesson?
Why it is important:
1. To teach students that keeping their hands and feet to themselves shows respect to others.
2. To create a safe and secure educational environment for students and staff members.
Teaching Examples:
1. A girl is in line at the water fountain waiting to get a drink. A boy squeezes in front of her and she is about to push him out of the way, but she stops and remembers that she should keep her hands and feet to herself so she uses her words to tell the other student how she feels.
2. A 5th grade boy is in PE class and hears another boy saying something mean about him to someone else. At first the boy is sad but quickly becomes angry. His hand is clenched into a fist and he is about to walk over to that boy to hit him. He stops and remembers that he is expected to keep his hands and feet to himself, so he walks over to a recess monitor and talks about how he feels.
3. You are in the lunchroom and your table has been dismissed. You are walking down to empty your tray when one of the students sitting at the table sticks their foot out and you trip, spilling your tray. You start to get mad, but you STOP AND THINK. I don’t want to get in trouble – I didn’t do anything. Just then a supervisor comes over and you tell her what happened. The student who tripped you gets sent to the office and you go back to class.
Activities/Role Plays:
1. Have students list and discuss different kinds of feelings and in what kinds of situations they have these feelings.
2. Teach students how to verbally express themselves by using “I fell…because…” statements.
3. Role-play situations that might have led to physical contact but didn’t because students were able to express their feelings.
Follow-up/Reinforcement Activities:
1. Staff members should model using “I feel…because…” statements.
2. Verbally praise and give Feathers to students who are keeping hands and feet to themselves.
Cool Tool Reflection: Keeping Hands and Feet to Yourself
1. Why should we keep our hands and feet to ourselves?
2. When you get pushed by another student, even if it’s an accident, how does that make you feel?
3. Give some examples of when physical contact is appropriate at school.
4. Classroom goal for the next 4 weeks (ex: Zero referrals for physical contact)
School-wide Expectation : Be Respectful, Be Safe Purpose of the lesson?
Why it is important:
1. To teach students that keeping their hands and feet to themselves shows respect to others.
2. To create a safe and secure educational environment for students and staff members.
Teaching Examples:
1. A girl is in line at the water fountain waiting to get a drink. A boy squeezes in front of her and she is about to push him out of the way, but she stops and remembers that she should keep her hands and feet to herself so she uses her words to tell the other student how she feels.
2. A 5th grade boy is in PE class and hears another boy saying something mean about him to someone else. At first the boy is sad but quickly becomes angry. His hand is clenched into a fist and he is about to walk over to that boy to hit him. He stops and remembers that he is expected to keep his hands and feet to himself, so he walks over to a recess monitor and talks about how he feels.
3. You are in the lunchroom and your table has been dismissed. You are walking down to empty your tray when one of the students sitting at the table sticks their foot out and you trip, spilling your tray. You start to get mad, but you STOP AND THINK. I don’t want to get in trouble – I didn’t do anything. Just then a supervisor comes over and you tell her what happened. The student who tripped you gets sent to the office and you go back to class.
Activities/Role Plays:
1. Have students list and discuss different kinds of feelings and in what kinds of situations they have these feelings.
2. Teach students how to verbally express themselves by using “I fell…because…” statements.
3. Role-play situations that might have led to physical contact but didn’t because students were able to express their feelings.
Follow-up/Reinforcement Activities:
1. Staff members should model using “I feel…because…” statements.
2. Verbally praise and give Feathers to students who are keeping hands and feet to themselves.
Cool Tool Reflection: Keeping Hands and Feet to Yourself
1. Why should we keep our hands and feet to ourselves?
2. When you get pushed by another student, even if it’s an accident, how does that make you feel?
3. Give some examples of when physical contact is appropriate at school.
4. Classroom goal for the next 4 weeks (ex: Zero referrals for physical contact)