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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:

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

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Welcome!

It's a new school year and I can't wait to get started! Welcome to the sixth grade. I hope your year at Salt Creek in the hallway is the best ever. Work hard, laugh loudly, and smile a lot. Great times are straight ahead!


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Argumentative Essay

Pick an issue you care about and argue your point. The assignment is to write an argumentative essay. The key is to have facts to back up your opinion.

1. Pick a topic question from the lists below.
2. Begin with a topic sentence/introduction that shares your opinion.
3. Research the issue and find at least two sources with facts that support your position.
4. Find and rewrite three or more of the best facts that support your opinion. These will be the topic sentences for the paragraphs in your body.
5. Write supporting details for each of these facts. These should not be opinions, thoughts, or ideas.
6. Write a conclusion that restates your opinion, gives an interesting fact/point/idea about the topic, and wraps up the essay.
7. Read the essay aloud to find mistakes/areas that are not clear.

Argumentative Essay Topics

• Using cell phones make people more/less connected
• Social media and texting hurt/improve the lives of teenagers
• Violent video games cause/don't people to act out violently
• Reading online is better/worse than reading a book
• Helicopter parents help/harm their children
• Recycling really makes/does not make a difference
• Schools should/should not have vending machines that sell sodas, candy, and other "bad" snacks
• Cell phones should/should not be banned in schools for both students and teachers
• Students should/should not wear school uniforms
• Students should/should not be held back for bad grades
• Using animals for scientific research is/is not inhumane
• Fast food, soda, chips and other unhealthy food should/should not be heavily taxed
• Watching TV is good/bad for children
• Athletes caught using steroids should/should not be banned from professional sports for life
• Students should/should not have to learn cursive writing
• Parents should/should not monitor what their kids are doing online
• Social life is/is not more important than academics
• Home schooling is more/less effective than public schools
• Charter schools are more/less effective than public schools
• Social media improves/reduces students reading skills
• Social media improves/reduces students writing skills
• Violent sports like boxing and MMA should/should not be banned
• Sports involving animals should/should not be banned
• Violent movies increase/do not increase teen violence
• Lotteries should/should not be banned
• Sports betting should/should not be legal
• Carrying a concealed weapon should/should not be legal
• Gun control reduces/does not reduce crime
• Praying in school should/should not be legal
• Youtube should/should not be legal under 18 years old
• Cigarette smoking should/should not be banned

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