Student Contributor: M. O\u2019Neel
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Kindness notes are a great way for students to support one another in the classroom. Students are to draw a name out of a cup and write a nice note towards the other student. This helps students branch out and find new friends within the classroom.<\/p>\n
Kindness notes are a simple and fun way for students to support one another in the classroom. Students are each given a sticky note and asked to pull a stick from the cup. Students draw sticks in order to prevent favorites or having any students left out. This should be once a week or everyday. The important thing about this tool is ensuring that every student gets a sticky note. Therefore as the teacher you should pick up the notes and disperse on their desks during lunch, recessed, or a prep period. This is to ensure every student has received a note, if a student has not then you can write a note to them yourself! I often write a note to a student each day due to absences or other students out of the classroom for extra support. I have implemented this twice a week into my classroom and the students seem to love it! This tool has helped students form new friendships, and reach out to friends they usually wouldn’t.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve chosen to put Kindness Notes within the Supportive category. I think Kindness Notes fit best within this category because it allows students to support one another in a new way. These are little pieces students are able to take home or keep on their desks as reminders. The notes can vary from I like your shirt all the way to you\u2019re a kind and funny friend. Kindness Notes are primarily student-led and can be implemented whenever needed within the classroom. I believe this tool has some relation to the preventive phase as well. Kindness Notes helps prevent students being left out or student cliques, but rather brings students together to build a classroom community. As a supportive tool I believe that this would fit bst under the Student Directed and Collaborative theory. I believe this because this tool is student-led in order to create a supportive classroom community alongside the teacher.<\/p>\n
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\nTool Source: I got the Kindness Notes idea from something similar on our tool website. I saw a tool called Tootling, where students could tattle using a sticky note and posting it on a board. I decided I wanted to use these materials to create a tool that is more supportive and kind for students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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