National Bullying Prevention Week

To coincide with National Bullying Prevention Awareness week, our class took a closer look into the national epidemic of bullying. We read Stop Picking on Me and Giraffes Can't Dance, role-played, and wrote about friendship. We practiced some different techniques to use when dealing with a bully including;

1. Walk away
2. Tell an adult
3. Change the subject
4. Say "I don't like it when you_____! Please Stop!"

It is also very important that you are having conversations about bullying at home. I always will see an increase of students who think that they are being bullied after we have this discussion, so keep that in mind. I also wanted my students to understand how important it is to stand up for someone that they see being bullied. Bullying could be cut by 80% if other students would intervene and take a stand! It is key to not only talk with your child about to do if they are being bullied, but what to do if they see it happening.

Here are some great books on the topic: