Activity: Students view the video. The teacher guides them in an empathy activity. The teacher reads a description of a typical emotional experience a student could have, and asks for a volunteer to act it out. The other students try to label the emotions the student might be experiencing in that situation, and they offer suggestions about what could be done to show they care. Materials needed: the video; a list for the teacher of situations that provoke different emotions (see below)EMPATHY ACTIVITYWhen I call on you, stand up and show us what might happen in this situation - show us with your face, actions, and words. I’ll tell you the situation, and I’ll call on a volunteer to act it out: Situation #1: a new student is feeling shy and nervous on their first day of school (feeling nervous and afraid)Situation #2: a student falls down and has a bloody knee (feeling hurt and in pain)Situation #3: a student is being teased by a bully (feeling angry and scared)Situation #4: a student wins a race (feeling excited)Situation #5: a student’s best friend is moving away (feeling sad)Situation #6: a student is trying to write their name but it’s really hard (feeling frustrated)Directions: Explain: “Can you tell how someone is feeling when you look at their face, notice how they are moving around, or hear what they are saying? Show me what a person’s face looks like when they are sad. Mad. Scared. Happy. Frustrated. Today we’ll read a story about how to look for clues that tell you how another person is feeling. We’ll also talk about how to show you care about someone else. This story will help us understand how to have empathy, which means, how you show you care about others.” Show the resource video and invite students to circle time to discuss it. Tell students that they will be actors now, and you will call on them to act out different stories. Read situation #1. Ask for a volunteer. Tell the volunteer to stand up and show by actions, words, and facial expression how the person in the story is feeling. Ask students to describe the emotion (s) that go with the acting. Then ask if they can think of anything they could do or say to show the student they care. Go through all the scenarios and add new stories to act out. Wrap it up: Say: “When you can ‘read’ someone’s feelings in their words, actions, and facial expression, you are looking at clues about how to respond in a way that will help them. This helps us to be there for one another in good times and in more difficult times. Let’s try our best to show that we really care.”
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Activity: Students view the video. The teacher guides them in an empathy activity. The teacher reads a description of a typical emotional experience a student could have, and asks for a volunteer to act it out. The other students try to label the emotions the student might be experiencing in that situation, and they offer suggestions about what could be done to show they care. Materials needed: the video; a list for the teacher of situations that provoke different emotions (see below)EMPATHY ACTIVITYWhen I call on you, stand up and show us what might happen in this situation - show us with your face, actions, and words. I’ll tell you the situation, and I’ll call on a volunteer to act it out: Situation #1: a new student is feeling shy and nervous on their first day of school (feeling nervous and afraid)Situation #2: a student falls down and has a bloody knee (feeling hurt and in pain)Situation #3: a student is being teased by a bully (feeling angry and scared)Situation #4: a student wins a race (feeling excited)Situation #5: a student’s best friend is moving away (feeling sad)Situation #6: a student is trying to write their name but it’s really hard (feeling frustrated)Directions: Explain: “Can you tell how someone is feeling when you look at their face, notice how they are moving around, or hear what they are saying? Show me what a person’s face looks like when they are sad. Mad. Scared. Happy. Frustrated. Today we’ll read a story about how to look for clues that tell you how another person is feeling. We’ll also talk about how to show you care about someone else. This story will help us understand how to have empathy, which means, how you show you care about others.” Show the resource video and invite students to circle time to discuss it. Tell students that they will be actors now, and you will call on them to act out different stories. Read situation #1. Ask for a volunteer. Tell the volunteer to stand up and show by actions, words, and facial expression how the person in the story is feeling. Ask students to describe the emotion (s) that go with the acting. Then ask if they can think of anything they could do or say to show the student they care. Go through all the scenarios and add new stories to act out. Wrap it up: Say: “When you can ‘read’ someone’s feelings in their words, actions, and facial expression, you are looking at clues about how to respond in a way that will help them. This helps us to be there for one another in good times and in more difficult times. Let’s try our best to show that we really care.”
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