Feelings

Using kind words

Morning Meeting

• If you use your morning meeting to build your classroom community, this mini graphic about acting kindly can be a great conversation starter.

Whole Group Activity

• Another suggestion is to read “Bad Day!” during a class read-aloud. Once you’ve read and discussed the story together, have children act out the different parts.

Watch the Video (10 minutes)

• This video teaches children about the features of a comic, or graphic novel.
• After watching, draw the features of a comic on chart paper. The features in the video are panels, speech bubbles, and thought bubbles. See if children can tell you what each one is for.

Set a Purpose for Reading (5 minutes)

• Open your magazines to the story. Ask: What kind of story is this (a comic, or a graphic novel)? How do they know?
• Ask children if they’ve ever been in a grumpy mood. What happened?
• Tell children they will read about a girl named Eve who is feeling grumpy. Then she says something that isn’t nice. As students read, they can think about the problem and what Eve should do to fix it.

• Model reading the dialogue with expression. Check comprehension as you read each panel. Children can also turn and talk to discuss what each picture tells them about the story and the characters.
• Then give children a chance to practice reading with fluency and expression. Choose volunteers for reading each part aloud. Encourage children to read with feeling! Repeat with new volunteers.
  
• Discuss the Talk It Out! questions as a class.
  

SEL Focus: Self-Management/Writing (10 minutes)

• Children can practice their writing skills by giving Eve advice with Write to Eve.

Self-Management (10 minutes)

• The I Can Be Kind skills page allows children to engage with the social-emotional content at a lower skills level.