The Reading Workshop

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

See Someone Being Kind? Share it!

Make our world a better place. Take care of your classmates and our school. When you see someone else being kind, share it. The tree in the hallway is bare. Fill it with leaves (Post it Notes). Share all the acts of kindness that you see in the hallway at SC.

Here are some ways you can be kind:

Ask “How may I help you?”
Listen to someone carefully and without interrupting.
Say “I’m sorry.”
Be polite.
Say ‘Please’ and ‘Thank you.’
Offer to carry a person’s book bag.
Buy a box of cookies and offer them around to strangers.
Buy someone a gift from the dollar store
Offer your seat in the cafeteria.
Ask someone to sit by you in the cafeteria that you haven't sat with before.
Write someone a letter or note.
Invite someone to play at recess.
Smile.
Give someone a handwritten card.
Pick up some trash.
Return a misplaced or lost item.
Tell someone about the best part of the day you just spent with them.
Keep that sigh to yourself.
Use a kind voice even if you have to fake it.
Listen for the feelings behind the words.
Buy a stranger an extra at lunch.
Let someone go first through a door.
Hold a door open for someone.
Respect someone’s wishes.
Write Post-It notes with encouraging messages and leave them in someone's tub or bookbag.
Write a thank you note.
Let people through in hallway traffic.
Thank someone when they let you pass in the hallway.
Use a compost bin and recycle as much as possible.
Acknowledge someone else’s kindness to you.
Tell someone how wonderful they are.
Tell someone how happy you are to have them in your life.
Pay a compliment.
Volunteer.
Write a notes and put it in someone's lunchbox.
Share your knowledge with someone who needs it.
Help someone with their homework.
Help someone that is confused in class.
Welcome new people to the school.
Donate your “read” books to the library.
Express your empathy.
Smile at every stranger in the hallway.
Be patient when you want to yell.
Point out when someone’s shoe is untied or their backpack zipper is open
Greet your neighbours when you see them
Say hello to a classmate you don’t normally talk to
Invite a schoolmate sitting on their own to join in your game
Say something nice about someone, just because
Smile at everyone
Eat lunch at a different table with people you don't know that well
Sit with someone eating alone at lunch
Count to 10 in your head to avoid yelling at someone when you get angry
Give positive feedback in class when someone is making a presentation or answers a question
Smile more often.
Talk to someone that is shy.
Stop complaining for a week.
Listen to someone that has a problem.
Compliment someone you don't know in the hallway.
Hold your tongue and don't say something mean
When you hear someone starting drama just walk away.
Compliment someone in front of others.