by boot | Jul 22, 2025
Form a welcome group in your class. Work together and make a plan on how to welcome a new student. Ask your group to make sure that every student is included and doesn’t feel sad or alone. What are some things that your group can do?
by boot | Jul 22, 2025
Ask students: Have you ever moved, or changed schools? If so, how did you feel? Were you scared or nervous? How did you make friends? How did others make it easy to be friends? Suggest that students make a commitment to approach three new people that might become new...
by boot | Jul 22, 2025
Ask students: How would you describe how unique you are? What do you like to eat? What language do you speak? Is there anything unique about your family or your culture? Now, think of someone who is different from you. How are you alike, and how are you different? Do...
by boot | Jul 22, 2025
Zeke is worried that that someone will call him names at his new school. Ask students to choose a partner. Each partner will think of a time when someone teased them or bullied them. Partners will share their experiences with each other and put themselves in the...
by boot | Jul 22, 2025
Go back to the predictions made during the Picture Walk. Ask students if their predictions of what would happen in the story were right or not? Were they surprised?
