5th Grade
Unit 3: Empathy & Kindness
Lesson 12: What's the problem? -In this lesson, your child will use empathy to identify problems in their school community and think about how these problems might affect other people. This is an important first step toward making positive change in the community.
Try this at home - Ask your child what problems they see in your neighborhood that affect other people. Point out how empathy helped them notice those problems.
6th Grade
Unit 2: Recognizing Bullying & Harassment
Lesson 12: Standing Up and Staying Safe -In this week’s lesson, your child will evaluate each upstander strategy (speaking up, offering support, and telling a trusted adult) in depth, with an emphasis on safety. They’ll evaluate the safety of each upstander strategy in different situations and consider their own level of comfort with each strategy.
Try this at home - Tell your child about a time you used one of these strategies in your life recently. Tell them how you decided which strategy to use.
7th Grade
Unit 2: Recognizing Bullying & Harassment
Lesson 12: Our Rights and Responsibilities - This week’s lesson will help your child understand how they’re protected from harassment at school and their responsibility not to harass others.
Try this at home - Tell your child about a time you or someone you know had to speak up about something difficult. Ask your child what might make it difficult for people to speak up when they experience or witness negative things like harassment.
8th Grade
Unit 2: Recognizing Bullying & Harassment
Lesson 12: Be Inclusive and Ask for a Change - In this week’s lesson, your child will explore two more strategies—making school more inclusive and asking for a change—to disrupt bullying and harassment.
Try this at home -Continue your discussion from last week with this week’s strategies. Ask your child to share their ideas about what they could do to disrupt bullying and harassment.
