Bullying FREEBIE and Bundle

Bullying is something that goes on far too often in our schools today.  It's a topic that I feel needs to be addressed and taught every year no matter what the age group.

Each year I have always shown my students a great video about bullying on United Streaming, and they seem to really enjoy it.  After the video's over, we talk about our feelings, and we make connections by relating it to our own lives and what we've seen on television.

As I became more familiar with Depth and Complexity, I decided to create a frame on bullying.  When I revisited my old Depth and Complexity frame, I realized it could use some updates, and before I knew it, I had created a whole bundle of frames, games, and activities all about bullying.

Apply the Prompts of Depth and Complexity

In the bundle, you will find three different Depth and Complexity frames with 12 different prompts all about bullying!  These frames are included with and without embedded cooperative learning structures.  More information on how to use these cooperative learning structures is included in my "Depth and Complexity in Math" blog post and in my "Back to School Freebie" post.  Along with the frames, task cards which mimic the prompts, can also be found.  These can be used instead of the frames, or as a way for students to work collaboratively beforehand in order to discuss each prompt.  Furthermore, task cards can be used in cooperative learning structures such as Quiz-Quiz-Trade, which is enjoyable for the students because they get to move about the classroom and talk to each other.

Be Creative

Many different activities regarding bullying are also part of this bundle. Students will draw and write about how to make their school bully free and how one person can change another person's life.  Kids can walk around the room during a Mix-Pair-Share, stopping to talk to their peers about things like: cyber-bullying, making personal connections to bullying, proving to others how destructive bullying can be, and more.  They'll design their own t-shirt and/or pennant using the Depth and Complexity icons and Content Imperatives (a chart is included which explains the meanings or helpful verbs associated with each icon).  Why not give small groups a particular bullying behavior and have kids create some kind of presentation about the behavior?  Bullying behaviors and a presentation page for students to fill out are included.  Students can produce a public service announcement, a short skit, or even something on the computer or iPad (if they have one).  They can design posters, or even write some type of song!  Allow your students to explore their creativity!

Hold Students Accountable

I think sometimes our children don't know they're being mean and lots of times haven't had anyone teach them what's appropriate and what's not.  Hold a discussion with your kiddos about what it means to be different.  When you're different, does that mean you're weird?  Talk about being unique using the "Differing Depths" page.  There's even an activity called "Is it Bullying?" in which students must circle a thumbs up or thumbs down picture and explain why each scenario is or isn't considered bullying.  Students will also role play "What would you do" type scenarios to prepare themselves should those situations ever arise.  Teach students the impact bullying can have on its victims as they look for details, patterns, and changes over time after reading two short student descriptions.

Build Up Self-Esteem

Three activities are included to aide in class building and self-esteem.  One allows students to choose three students to receive a special award who have shown special qualities or characteristics or for doing something positive.  They then get to read what they wrote to each of the three students and even give the student the award if time permits.  The second activity is a way for your class to write kind things to as many different students in the class as possible for as long as you'd like!  Each student will leave school with a paper full of warm fuzzies.  Your students will even banish negative self-talk in order to build a positive growth mindset using the "Banish Bullying...Yourself" page.  You can find this bundle by clicking the link below.  It is also offered without the Depth and Complexity frames, task cards, and games which you can find below too, or there's a set with only the frames and task cards which you can find in my store.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bullying-Depth-and-Complexity-Frames-Games-and-Activities-2746111

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bullying-Depth-and-Complexity-Activities-Only-2752686

FREEBIE

Along with the bundle, I also created a freebie which includes the "What Do You Do" cards with real life situations in which kids must explain what they would do if they were in that situation/scenario (as mentioned above).  For example, "While walking home with a friend, you witness a physical fight.  Your friend tells you to record it with your cell phone.  What do you do?"  This allows kids to role play tough situations where they have to make decisions about bullying and/or peer pressure.  Additionally, the freebie also includes a ribbon for the kids to decorate in honor of standing up to bullying.  I've included two different sets of directions for this activity.  One set asks students to use one or more Depth and Complexity icons or Content Imperatives to make a creative statement or slogan.  The other set of directions doesn't mention using the icons (in case students aren't familiar with Depth and Complexity yet).  You can find this freebie below.  I hope you enjoy it!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bullying-Scenarios-and-Depth-and-Complexity-Activity-Freebie-2790630

What do you like to do to teach students about bullying?

Back to School Depth and Complexity FREEBIE

Returning back to school can bring forth so many mixed emotions.  There's the anxiousness and the overwhelming feeling of having so much to do.  There's the excitement of meeting your new class and decorating your classroom.  There's the nervousness of the unknown and wondering how your students will behave and abide by your rules and procedures. Instead of worrying about behavior, you can incorporate your class rules and procedures into the "Back to School Depth and Complexity Frames Freebie!"  This freebie is part of two of my other packs.

Here's What's Included in the Freebie:

Box 1--Rules

In the top portion, your students will need to think about some of the rules they think should be established in your class (you could also add in procedures if you'd like).  This gives the kids buy-in because they're actually part of the process.  In the future, you could even remind them about their part in the process.  "Danny, remember we decided to listen while the teacher is speaking?" Ha ha!  

The freebie includes two frames which have the same prompts of Depth and Complexity, but one of the frames is embedded with cooperative learning structures.  It's up to you to choose whether or not you'd like to use the structures during this activity.  I truly prefer to use these cooperative learning structures because the kids get to work together and verbalize their ideas.  

If you do use this embedded frame, the students would start off in a Round Robin fashion, which means all students would take turns answering the prompt one at a time, and then writing their answers down.  These directions are also included in the packet.

Box 2--Language of the Discipline

In the next section of the frame, students would need to think about language both a teacher and student may need to use in the classroom (lips icon).  You can be creative on this part.  Maybe they're listing words like "please" and "thank you" or maybe these are words having to do with curriculum.  Whatever you do, discuss each prompt with the children first because as you know, sometimes they come to be a little lost when we don't explain things to them!  Using the embedded frame would instruct the kids to work with a partner in a Rally Robin ping pong fashion, in which they'd list their answers by sharing back and forth, back and forth and writing down answers after each partner takes a turn.

Box 3--Details

For the next part, I like to have students jump directly across to the details icon (flower).  Now students need to write down details that their teacher should know about them.  This information can be really helpful because we all need to get to know our students!  On the embedded cooperative learning frame, this can be performed using a Give One Get One fashion or a Mix-Pair-Share.  If you feel like this may be too personal for students to share, you could have students use these structures during the bottom portion instead.

Box 4--Multiple Perspectives

Finally, students work in the bottom section of the frame to think about multiple perspectives (glasses icon).  They'll need to write about what both a teacher and student need to do to make the classroom a great place to be.  I think this may be one of the most important questions of all because it takes every person in the room to make the classroom special.  We want our students to feel safe when they come to our classrooms and also to want to be there too.  If using the embedded frame, this box can be done independently, or you could have kids work with a group or partner.

Task Cards

This freebie also comes with two sets of task cards which match the prompts from the frame.  Suggestions for how to use these cards are also included in the "Suggestions for Use" page.



Here's the link:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Depth-and-Complexity-Frames-Freebie-2646559

I hope you like it!  In my other packs, I offer two more frames (and two more embedded frames) which also feature some of the Content Imperatives and the new prompts of Depth and Complexity.  Additionally, you'll receive many activities such as:

• Create and write about your dream classroom and teacher (something I do every year the first week of school)
• A note taking page on rules and procedures 
• Task cards for all frames
• A class building activity featuring Mix-Pair-Share
• A design your own Depth and Complexity t-shirt page
• A chart featuring the icons and imperatives with their meanings
• A game about the icons where students need to match different prompts and scenarios to the icons
• A board game (in black and white or color)
• A two page questionnaire/inventory to get to know your students better (questions about home life and educational needs are included) 
• Goal setting pages 
• A page to assist students with planning a presentation on a particular rule or procedure for your classroom

Here's the link if you'd like to check it out:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Depth-and-Complexity-Frames-Games-and-Activities-Pack-2645396

Enjoy, and thanks for visiting!  Let me know what you think by commenting below or on Teachers Pay Teachers.   Please feel free to also ask any questions!  I'm always happy to hear from you!