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Character Education in the K-6 Michigan Model®
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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.
II-4 Helping Friends Stay Safe II-8 Students will practice solving a problem to help a friend stay safe
V-9 Saying "No" to Drugs V-17 Students will demonstrate the skill of saying "No!" to illegal drugs.
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Grade One
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.
I-19 Students will name ways to make friends.
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.
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Grade Two

I-6 You and Your Friends I-15 Students will develop a plan for making friends.
I-8 Confronting Annoying Behavior I-18 Students will demonstrate how to confront annoying behavior effectively.
III-5 Saying "No" to Drugs III-14 Students will name three ways to say "no" to someone offering a drug.
III-15 Students will practice saying "no" to drugs.
III-6 When Saying "No" Is A Must III-17 Students will use the five problem solving steps to solve a problem involving how to keep a friend and stand up for what is right.
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Grade Three

I-4 Keeping Friends I-7 Students will demonstrate ways to keep positive friends.
I-7 Deciding What to Say I-17 Students will demonstrate how to confront annoying behavior effectively.
V-3 Nicotine and Tobacco V-6 Students will practice ways to say "no" to nicotine and tobacco use.
V-4 No Nicotine for Me V-7 Students will use the five problem solving/decision making steps to say "no" to tobacco.
V-8 Students will state that staying out of dangerous situations and situations where drugs may be offered is one way to avoid drugs and stay safe.
V-5 Alcohol V-11 Students will practice saying "no" to alcohol.
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Grade Four

I-5 Standing Up for What Is Right I-11 Students will describe how ridicule affects people.
I-12 Students will rewrite the ending of the story to reflect how they would confront the ridicule of others.
I-7 Friends Are Important, Too I-15 Students will identify characteristics of positive and negative friendships.
I-10 When Cooperation Gets Tough-Avoid the Heat I-22 Students will summarize the benefits of confronting others when feelings are not intense.
I-13 Practice, Practice, Practice I-32 Students will clarify what it means to be responsible to others and to the community.
III-4 Saying "No!" III-9 Students will identify ways to say "no."
III-10 Students will describe situations where it is necessary to say "no."
III-5 I Can Say "No" to Drugs-"Yes" to Health III-13 Students will demonstrate saying "no" to pressure to use drugs.
III-14 Students will clarify what makes an effective refusal strategy.
III-6 Being Part of Positive Peer Pressure III-15 Students will use the steps for solving problems and making decision in a situation involving the use of positive peer pressure to avoid drug use.
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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-7 Students will develop a plan for making positive friends.
I-6 Relationships and Teeter-Totters (Part II) I-17 Students will describe how to confront annoying behaviors constructively.
I-18 Students will demonstrate how to confront annoying behaviors.
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.
IV-3 Tobacco Products: Smokeless IV-10 Students will demonstrate ways to refuse tobacco products.
IV-5 Marijuana IV-16 Students will demonstrate how to respond to people who encourage them to use marijuana.
IV-9 The Positive "No" IV-17 Students will clarify the benefits of saying "No."
IV-18 Students will conclude that saying "No" to negative pressures is the best thing to do.
IV-10 Ways to Resist Pressure IV-19 Students will identify five categories of responses that can be used in resisting pressure.
IV-20 Students will develop responses in each category.
IV-21 Students will demonstrate saying "No."
IV-11 Refusal Skills Practice IV-22 Students will demonstrate a variety of ways to say "No" in different situations.
IV-23 Students will clarify behaviors that make refusal skills effective.
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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-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.
II-3 Getting Out of a Tight Spot II-6 Students will identify situations where skills for standing up to pressure are needed for staying safe.
II-7 Students will identify skills for standing up to pressure from other people.
II-4 Practicing Getting Out of a Tight Spot II-8 Students will practice the skills for standing up to pressure.
II-5 Avoiding Fights and Resisting Gangs II-9 Students will identify skills to avoid fights and resist gangs.
II-10 Students will practice the skills to avoid fights and resist gangs.
III-6 Standing Up to Pressure to Use Drugs III-10 Students will review skills for standing up to pressure.
III-11 Students will apply the skills in situations involving substances.

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