Respect is being courteous, displaying good manners, being polite and considerate around others.  We will be learning about respect so that at the end of the month, we can present the word to the school.  We met Mr. Stanley, who taught us about respect:

We then watched the cartoon short, For the Birds, and discussed if the birds were respectful or not, and read the story of Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes, and also discussed how it feels to be respected and disrespected.  We practiced respecting each other and our classroom and school.  Listen to the story at home and talk about how Chrysanthemum feels throughout the story.  How can we help demonstrate respect at home?