Mean Jean has a reputation for being... well mean along with so many other traits. These traits were listed on a white board for the children to look at all day. It was not discussed until that afternoon. The children noticed the board and several made comments but the teachers did not comment. It is common for me to display something for a day or so and let the children wonder or think about it first. This particular lesson idea came from a wonderful website called Erase Meanness which I modified to work with our Unthinkable Mean Jean. In the afternoon, the term 'reputation' was talked about after watching a short video on bullying. We defined reputation to mean 'How people think of or remember us based on our actions or words.' A reputation can be either positive or negative. Mean Jean's reputation is negative and gives people red thoughts. As we gathered around the board I asked if any of the words were unfamiliar. I explained the words that the kids were unclear about. I then switched out the word meanness for the thought bubble thinking, " How I want to be remembered." I had each child come up and erase one word and replace it with a word they want to be remembered by. This took two days . I was attempting to illustrate that changing or building a reputation takes time. | Once each child had taken their two turns erasing and writing , they were given a grid to write the traits or actions they would like to be remembered by. Once a teacher checked for understanding and spelling the children made their personal page which will be shared and posted for the next lesson. |
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