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Character Education - Perseverance
Location:Beaver Ridge Elementary
Grade: K
Language Arts
AKS:
KLA-1 listen attentively to respond to questions and to follow one- to two-step directions (QCC... CE) (KLA_A1998-1)
KLA-10 explore the identification of beginning... middle and end of stories (QCC) (KLA_B1998-10)
KLA-11 sequence events of a story (QCC) (KLA_B1998-11)
KLA-2 repeat words and phrases in poems... stories and songs (QCC) (KLA_A1998-2)
KLA-23 listen to a variety of literature (QCC) (KLA_D1998-23)
KLA-25 express ideas using pictures... letters and words (QCC) (KLA_E1998-25)
KLA-3 use oral language to relate experiences... expand vocabulary and interact socially (QCC... CE) (KLA_A1998-3)
KLA-9 (revised) retell stories and respond to literal... inferential... and evaluative questions about the story (QCC) (KLA_B1998-9)







Type: Regular
Core/Supplemental Materials:
THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD by Watty Piper
SQUIRRELS DON'T READ SHAKESPEARE by Jeffrey Sculthorp
Internet Links:
Assessment Option(s):
Make a "I Think I Can" class book. Students dictate or write end of the sentences and illustrate it.

Activity:
Introduction: Write PERSEVERANCE on the board. Orally define "sticking to a purpose or aim, never giving up what one has set out to do." Ask students to give examples of perserverance. Write down their examples on chart paper. At the end of the week have them do this activity again to see what they have learned.

Activity:
1. Read the story THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD to the large group. Have the children join in on the lines, "I think I can...."
2. Ask questions: How was the Little Blue Engine different from the others?
3. Talk about the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
4. Ask the students to re-tell the story and sequence the events.

Assessment:
Give students drawing paper with the words "I think I can...." Have the students dictate or write the end of the sentence. Then have them illustrate their responses.

Character Education

Perseverance
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