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Character Education in the K-6 Michigan Model®
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Caring: showing compassion and consideration for all others, giving, sharing, showing kindness, loving, affirming each other

Grade K | Grade One | Grade Two | Grade Three | Grade Four | Grade Five | Grade Six

Lesson # Lesson Title Obj# Learning Objective

Kindergarten

I-3 Making Friends I-7 Students will list ways to make friends. (share, listen, help one another, do kind things, have fun)
I-4 We Are Alike and Different I-8 Students will list ways they are the same as other students and ways they are different.
I-5 Similarities and Differences I-9 Students will draw pictures of themselves that represent ways they are the same as other students and ways they are different.
VI-4 Families Work Together VI-6 Students will state their contributions to their families. 
VI-7 Students will name ways family members can help each other.
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Grade One
I-2 People Who Care for Us I-4 Students will state that touch is one way to express caring.
I-5 Students will list people who might express caring through touch.
I-3 Families I-6 Students will name families as primary providers of care and love.
I-8 Students will draw a picture of themselves doing something to help their family.
I-6 More Feelings I-14 Students will demonstrate how to ask how someone is feeling.
I-8 Showing Courtesy to Friends I-17 Students will list ways to show courtesy to a friend.
I-18 Students will draw a picture of something they will do to show courtesy to others.
III-3 Staying Safe III-9 Students will solve a problem by applying the four steps for solving a problem in which someone is offered an unknown substance.
VI-6 Everyone Has Skills and Abilities VI-13 Students will describe skills and abilities of people who are differently-abled.
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Grade Two

I-3 Changes I-6 Students will summarize the ways family members help each other.
I-6 You and Your Friends I-15 Students will develop a plan for making friends.
I-7 Expressing Appreciation I-17 Students will demonstrate how to express appreciation.
IV-5 More Ways to Help the Visually Impaired IV-15 Students will state that visually impaired persons want to be treated as normal, not special.
V-4 Ways to Help the Hearing Impaired V-10 Students will state ways in which a person with a hearing impairment is like a person who's hearing is normal.
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Grade Three

I-4 Keeping Friends I-7 Students will demonstrate ways to keep positive friends.
I-5 Asking for Help I-10 Students will list different ways people help one another.
I-6 Name That Feeling! I-14 Students will predict how someone might feel in different situations.
I-15 Students will summarize the reasons why it is important to identify feelings.
I-7 Deciding What to Say I-16 Students will demonstrate how to express appreciation.
I-12 There's No One Quite LiKe Me or You I-28 Students will list ways people are different and the same.
I-29 Students will compose an ending to a story reflecting acceptance of differences in people.
IV-3 Understanding Others Who Are Differently-abled IV-5 Students will describe the challenges and abilities of differently-abled individuals.
IV-6 Students will describe appropriate ways to interact with differently-abled individuals.
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Grade Four

I-3 Listening Is a Big Responsibility I-6 Students will clarify the benefits of listening.
I-7 Students will summarize the essential listening skills.
I-8 Students will demonstrate effective listening skills.
I-5 Standing Up for What Is Right I-11 Students will describe how ridicule effects people.
I-12 Students will rewrite the ending of the story to reflect how they would confront the ridicule of others.
I-6 A Different Way to Learn I-13 Students will describe how someone might feel because of their unique qualities.
I-14 Students will demonstrate ways to show acceptance for others.
I-7 Friends Are Important, Too I-15 Students will identify characteristics of positive and negative friendships.
I-8 Understanding Our Feelings I-18 Students will describe how to identify their own feelings and the feelings of others.
I-19 Students will state that feelings change and can be expressed in ways that help a person or harm a person.
I-9 The Art of Conversation I-21 Students will demonstrate how to share appreciation.
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Grade Five

I-2 Teamwork in Friendships and Families I-5 Students will compare the behaviors needed for building positive relationships with friends and family with the behaviors needed for working together as a team.
I-6 Students will summarize the skills needed for building positive relationships.
I-3 Communication as a Team I-8 Students will describe effective listening skills.
I-9 Students will demonstrate effective listening skills.
I-10 Students will develop a plan for improving their listening skills.
I-4 Feelings-A Basic Ingredient for All People I-11 Students will predict how someone might feel in different situations.
I-12 Students will describe how to identify feelings in self and others.
I-5 Relationships and Teeter-Totters (Part I) I-15 Students will describe how to express appreciation to others.
I-16 Students will demonstrate how to express appreciation.
I-10 Using What We Know to Deal with Bullies I-27 Students will practice using the five steps for making decisions and solving problems using a situation involving a person being bullied.
I-28 Students will clarify how using the skills of confronting annoying behaviors and listening can be used to defuse a situation involving a person being bullied.
I-29 Students will describe some possible reasons for someone acting like a bully and how that behavior might be avoided.
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Grade Six

I-2 The Challenges and Hazards of Friendships I-5 Students will describe how friendships can involve positive and negative risks.
I-6 Students will demonstrate how to make and keep positive friends.
I-7 Students will practice effective listening skills.
I-3 Checking Out Emotions I-9 Students will demonstrate how to identify emotions in self and others.
I-10 Students will practice listening for and responding to the emotions of others.
I-4 Expressing Emotions in a Positive Way I-11 Students will practice expressing emotions in positive ways.
I-9 But It's Just Teasing!-Part I I-21 Students will identify the underlying dynamics of bullying behavior.
I-22 Students will list the three steps for dealing with a bully.
I-23 Students will practice walking away from a bully.
I-10 But It's Just Teasing!-Part 2 I-24 Students will distinguish between teasing and harassment.
I-25 Students will apply appropriate skills for handling harassment.
I-11 Only One Me...Only One You! I-26 Students will recognize and accept individual differences and similarities.
I-27 Students will examine the impact of a lack of acceptance for individual differences.
I-28 Students will conclude that friendships between people who have differences can be a positive way to learn and grow.
IV-4 Living with Disabilities IV-6 Students will describe what it might be like to live with a disability.
IV-7 Students will identify ways to befriend a person with a disability

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