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SCHOOL-WIDE EXPECTATION: BE RESPECTFUL
NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT AUTHORITY-ACCEPT DECISIONS MADE,

WITHOUT COMMENT
PURPOSE OF THE LESSON/WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:
1. To prevent further consequences from being issued

2. To make for a positive student-teacher relationship and a positive learning
environment
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. Your teacher assigns you to a group for an activity. Even though you would
rather be with your friends, you accept her decision without comment.
2. During class, you ask your teacher if you can go to your locker for your colored
pencils. She tells you no. You accept her decision without comment and decide
to make an extra effort in the future to have everything you will need for
class before it begins.
KID ACTIVITIES/ROLE-PLAYS:
1. Negative: A student is talking in class. The teacher asks the student to stop
talking. The student responds by saying, “I’m not the only one; he was talking
to me first.”
2. Positive: A student asks to go to the bathroom. The teacher asks for his
agenda; the student does not have it. The teacher informs the student that
he will not be able to leave the room. The student sits down without
commenting.
FOLLOW-UP/REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES:
1. Pre-correct behavior before students enter and leave the classroom.

2. Give positive reinforcement any time a student is being respectful. Use verbal
praise, coupons, or coveted placement in lines.
3. Use respect activities from the Life Skills Binder.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT AUTHORITY-ADULTS IN THE BUILDING
1. To show respect for building adults who are responsible for your educational
experience
2. To learn how to listen and care for the feelings of others
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. A secretary in the office asks you to have a seat and wait. You do as she asks.
2. The morning supervisor decides to bring students into the building on a snowy
day. You and your friends would rather play in the snow, but you respect his
decision and come inside.
1. Negative: A custodian tries to talk to a student about her hallway behavior.

He asks the student to stop and give her name. She keeps walking and ignores
him. Later she is called to the office and must explain her behavior.
2. Negative: 7th grade students are walking down the hallway disturbing class.
An 8th grade teacher asks the students, “Where are you supposed to be? You
need to quiet down.” A student responds, “I don’t need to listen to you; you
are not my teacher.”
3. Positive: 7th grade students are walking down the hallway disturbing class. An
8th grade teacher asks the students, “Where are you supposed to be? You
need to quiet down.” Students respond, “Sorry. We will try to keep it down.
We are headed back to class.”
1. Be out in the hallway, actively supervising.

2. Pre-correct behavior, then reward with praise, coupons.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT AUTHORITY–ADULTS IN THE BUILDING
1. To show respect for those in charge

2. To improve communication skills
3. To emphasize the important life skills of discussion and compromise
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. Yesterday in the cafeteria, the lunch supervisor said your table could go first
today, but she has called another table to go first. How can you plead your
case respectfully?
2. During class your teacher reads your name as not having turned in today’s
assignment. You think you turned it in. You check your binder to be sure, then
raise your hand or see the teacher after class to politely discuss the issue.
3. You forgot your P.E. clothes. What is the best way to handle this situation?
1. Negative: Your teacher assigns you to a group for a project. There is a

student in the group that you don’t like. You complain and try to get the
teacher to put you in another group.
2. Positive: Your teacher assigns you to a group for a project. There is a student
in the group that you do not get along with. You talk to the teacher privately,
at an appropriate time, to discuss a change in groups or strategies to make
your group work well in spite of your differences.
1. Compliment students who raise their hands at appropriate times and wait to be
recognized before speaking.
2. Compliment students who solve problems in ways that are not disruptive to the
class.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT AUTHORITY-BUS DRIVERS
1. So bus drivers can safely transport students
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. Your friend is sitting four seats ahead of you on the bus. You need to talk to
her about your plans for this weekend. The bus driver asks you to stay in your
seat. You comply without comment. You call your friend on the phone later to
discuss your plans.
2. The bus is approaching a railroad crossing. As the driver stops he asks all
passengers to have voices off. Everyone becomes quiet immediately. The bus
driver listens carefully for approaching trains.
1. Negative: A student is loud and obnoxious, not sitting down. The bus driver
asks the student to sit down and use a softer voice. Instead, the student yells
a vulgar response, “Shut up, you #?@&%.” Nearby students laugh.
2. Positive: Directions are given over the CB that an accident is ahead on the
roadway. The bus driver cannot hear. He asks the students to quiet down and
stay in their seats. Students comply, the bus driver hears instructions and
safely avoids the situation.
1. Remind students of correct bus behavior.

2. Talk to/monitor bus driver problems with students.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT AUTHORITY-CAFETERIA WORKERS
1. To keep the number of disciplinary actions down

2. To provide a pleasant, orderly environment in which to eat
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. You brought a check from home today to pay for your lunches this month. The
cafeteria cashier tells you that you will have to wait until all lunches are served
before you can pay. You go to the back of the line without comment and wait.
2. One of the cafeteria workers asks the group at your table to please quiet
down. You lower your voices and have conversations with students sitting near
you.
1. One of the cafeteria workers asks you to pick up the fries under your seat.
They are not yours. You react in a negative, disrespectful way and receive a
consequence from the teacher in charge.
2. One of the cafeteria workers asks you to pick up the fries under your seat.
They are not yours. You handle the situation in a mature, respectful way.
1. Pre-correct cafeteria behavior.

2. All cafeteria personnel supervise lunch.
3. Praise students who are respectful to cafeteria personnel.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT AUTHORITY-FOLLOW DIRECTIONS OF ALL

ADULTS IN THE BUILDING
1. To form positive adult-student relationships

2. To learn how to listen and care for others’ feelings
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. Students are in the hallway in between classes. One student is running down
the hall. A teacher asks him to stop and come stand by her. He stops running
and continues down the hall. What is wrong with this scenario?
2. A student complies when asked by an adult to give his name.
3. A custodian tries to talk to a student (unknown); the student talks respectfully
to the custodian.
1. Negative: An adult tries to stop negative behavior in the hallway; the student
argues, “You ain’t my teacher.” The student is written up.
2. Positive: A student walking to class is stopped by an adult; he responds
appropriately, giving his name when asked. The adult thanks him.
3. Positive: An adult asks arguing students to follow her to a quiet area; they
comply. The three of them settle the problem peacefully.
4. Positive: Students are pushing in the hallway. The teacher asks them to stop.
The students move on down the hallway keeping their hands to themselves.
1.2. Be out in the hallway, actively supervising.

3. Pre-correct behavior, then reward with praise, coupons.
Praise and thank students for respectful behavior.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT AUTHORITY-FOLLOW DIRECTIONS THE

FIRST TIME THEY ARE GIVEN, WITHOUT
COMMENT
1. So class can be productive for all students

2. To maintain high expectations for behavior and achievement
3. To maintain a positive student-teacher relationship and positive learning
environment
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. The students walk into the room, receive entry assignments, sit down and begin
working. They complete the task and quietly wait for further instructions.
2. The students are sitting in their seats. Two students are becoming disruptive
by talking loudly with each other. The teacher asks one of the students to sit
in the desk at the front of the room. The student moves without comment.
1. Negative: The teacher asks students to open their books; one student just
sits and does not. She redirects the student to open his book. He says, “This
is bogus.”
2. Positive: The teacher is instructing the class. Three students begin making
faces and throwing paper wads at each other. The teacher stops the class and
reiterates what good listeners look and sound like: their voices are off, they
pay attention, they raise their hands to ask questions. The teacher continues
with the lesson. The three students do a much better job listening.
1. Have daily announcements about being respectful.

2. Pre-correct students as they enter the room.
3. Give positive reinforcement when a student is respectful.
4. Use respect activities from the Life Skills Binder.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT AUTHORITY-GUEST TEACHER S
1. So the guest teacher will have a positive experience

2. So the guest teacher can accomplish the job she is asked to do
3. Because students should be helpful, not hurtful when a guest teacher is
teaching
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. The students enter the room and see a guest teacher. They begin sitting in
seats that are not assigned to them. What is wrong with this?
2. A student is not following the guest teacher’s directions. She asks the
student his name. He refuses to give it. What is wrong with this?
3. The guest teacher is reviewing with the students for a test they will take the
next day. A student does not understand the information so he raises his hand
to ask a question. When called upon, the student explains his problem. The
teacher asks another student to help with answering the question. The
information is re-explained, helping all the students understand the
information better.
1. Brainstorm ways students can help class run smoothly with a guest teacher.
2. The guest teacher asks for clarification from the students in the class on
what they covered the day before. Role-play a negative and then a positive
ending to this scenario.
1. Pre-correct behavior when you know there is going to be a guest teacher.

2. Praise students who do a good job when a guest teacher is present.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT AUTHORITY-GUEST TEACHER S
1. Because everyone deserves respect

2. So Lombard’s reputation will be enhanced
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. You enter a classroom and are greeted by a guest teacher. The teacher asks
you questions about daily classroom routines. You answer honestly and
2. helpfully.
The guest teacher cannot find the materials he needs to use in order to teach
3. the lesson. You assist the teacher in finding them in a timely manner.
The guest teacher changes the regular routine (added rules). You accept the
teacher’s directions without negative comment.
1. Ask students to list ways they could assist a guest teacher with classroom
routines (attendance, supplies, etc.).
2. Have students discuss changes in rules a guest teacher may implement. Praise
specific good comments and actions.
1. Pre-correct before you leave if you know you are going to have a guest teacher.
2. Praise students who were helpful to guest teachers.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT IN THE AUDITORIUM/ASSEMBLY
1. To allow the teacher/adult to conduct the assembly more efficiently

2. To allow students to learn from and enjoy the assembly
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. You enter the assembly and sit quietly, waiting for the assembly to begin.
2. While the program is taking place you listen, clap at appropriate times, and
KHFOOTY.
3. When the assembly is over, you wait patiently until you are told to exit.
1. Negative: As students enter the auditorium, some are pushing each other.
They talk loudly and bounce around as they wait for the assembly to begin.
2. Positive: Students enter the auditorium calmly and speak quietly, to their
neighbors only, while waiting for the assembly to begin.
3. Negative: While a presenter is speaking at the assembly, some students
choose to behave disruptively, visiting instead of paying attention.
4. Positive: Students in the assembly focus on the presenter and clap
appropriately at the end of the presentation.
1. Practice going into the auditorium and displaying appropriate behavior.

2. Pre-correct before assemblies.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT IN THE CLASSROOM-LISTENING WHILE

THE TEACHER IS SPEAKING
1. To save time as the teacher does not have to stop during the lesson due to
disruption
2. To make for a more positive learning environment
3. To decrease negative consequences given for disrupting
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. While the teacher is giving directions, Brad and Daniel, sitting near the back
of the room, begin a whispered conversation. What is wrong with this?
2. The teacher is giving directions. Almost immediately, Leya interrupts irritably,
“This is stupid. It doesn’t make any sense.” What is wrong with this?
3. Students are working in groups and are quietly talking about the task at hand.
The teacher walks around the room to answer any questions the groups may
have. They listen carefully. Why is this important?
1. Negative: The teacher is teaching a lesson. Kevin remembers he was absent

Monday and needs to turn in that day’s assignment. He begins looking through
his folder for it.
2. Make posters that promote listening skills.
1. Make announcements about being respectful and being a good listener.

2. Pre-correct what it looks like to be a good listener.
3. Reinforce students who are being good listeners verbally and with tangible
rewards.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT IN THE CLASSROOM-NOT BEING DISRUPTIVE
1. To allow students to be more productive in class

2. To show respect to peers and teachers
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. The school secretary comes to the classroom door during first hour. Your
teacher steps out to discuss something with her. It seems like the perfect
time to visit a little, but you know that you are expected to be working. Just
because the teacher isn’t watching doesn’t mean it’s OK to get off task and
distract others.
2. The teacher is teaching a lesson when your pencil breaks. Instead of going to
the pencil sharpener, you use a different pencil.
3. The person sitting across from you starts tapping his desk with his pencil. You
catch his attention and shake your head “no” to remind him not to disrupt
class.
1. Negative: You need help but the teacher is helping someone else. You get
irritated and act out.
2. Positive: You raise your hand because you need help. You see the teacher is
helping someone else. You put your hand down and wait patiently for your turn.
3. Role-play working on a project with one or two friends in the back of the room
during study hall. Remember the goal; TCB without disrupting the class.
1. Provide verbal reinforcement when students make good choices.

2. Pre-correct whenever possible.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT IN THE CLASSROOM-SPEAKING AT

APPROPRIATE TIMES
1. To maximize quality instructional time

2. To show proper respect to others in the classroom
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. You think you know the correct answer to a question your teacher has just
asked. Why should you raise your hand and wait to be called on?
2. During class, you remember you were supposed to pass along information about
volleyball practice to your friend who sits across the room. What is the best
way to handle it?
3. You finish your work in study hall. You would really like to visit with your
friend next to you, but you see some other students are still working and you
don’t want to disturb them, so you get your library book out and read instead.
1. Negative: Two students are talking disruptively as the teacher gives detailed
instructions to the class. She then asks someone to repeat the directions.
2. Positive: The teacher is instructing the class. As she asks questions, students
raise their hands and wait to be called on before answering.
1. Compliment students who speak at appropriate times.

2. Pre-teach behavior expected during a test.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT IN THE CLASSROOM-SPEAKING AT

APPROPRIATE TIMES
1. To give the entire class an opportunity to hear and to learn

2. To give everyone the opportunity to share ideas
3. To show respect to others in the classroom
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. While your teacher is instructing the class, you think of a question you want to
ask. Why should you raise your hand and wait to be called on?
2. A student is giving a presentation. Another student, wishing to comment, waits
patiently for the appropriate time to ask questions before raising his hand. He
may jot down his comment for later reference.
3. During a presentation by your teacher, a student from the other side of the
room makes a comment you do not agree with. You blurt out a response. How
could you respond more appropriately?
1. Negative: A student is giving a presentation. Another student, wishing to

comment, raises her hand and waves it frantically until she is finally called on.
2. Positive: A student is giving an oral presentation in front of the class. A small
group of students behind you is whispering, making it hard for you to hear. You
turn and put your finger to your lips, indicating that the group should quiet.
1. Pre-correct good listening skills.

2. Compliment students who raise their hands at appropriate times and wait to be
recognized before speaking.
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SCHOOL-WIDE EXPECTATION: BE RESPECTFUL/BE RESPONSIBLE
NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT OTHERS-BULLYING

PREVENTION/INTERVENTION
1. To learn the steps to prevent bullying

2. To learn how to help others when they are bullied
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. Review the definition of a bully, e.g. someone who hurts or intimidates others-
this can be physical, social, or verbal. Ask students to give examples of each.
2. Discuss positive options to try if you are being bullied: speak out, ignore it, get
adult help, include everyone.
3. Discuss ways to stop bullying if you see it happening: group together, tell them
to stop, tell an adult, don’t join in, include everyone.
1. Negative: One student is bullying another student. The student being bullied
responds either by hitting the bully or becoming depressed and not telling
anyone.
2. Positive: One student is bullying another. The student being bullied tells the
bully to stop, walks away, and if it continues, lets and adult know.
3. Positive: A group of students sees a bully harassing another student. The
group approaches the bully, tells him to stop, stands by the student being
bullied, and lets a teacher know what is going on.
1. Ask the class if they have seen any bullying happen in the last week, without
using names. Ask if they or anyone else used any of the skills discussed above
to stop the bullying.
2. Ask volunteers to tell their stories about bullying. Discuss which techniques
above might have worked in the situation.
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SCHOOL-WIDE EXPECTATION: BE RESPECTFUL/RESPONSIBLE
NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT OTHERS-DEALING WITH TEASING, RUMORS,

AND GOSSIP
1. To give students positive methods of dealing with teasing and rumors so they
do not get angry and make bad decisions
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. Jane is told that Ellen is talking about her. Instead of getting angry, Jane
politely asks Ellen if the rumor is true. Ellen states that she was not talking
about Jane; their friendship means more to her than that. They decide to
remain friends.
2. A group of boys talking in the hallway after school begin laughing. They look
towards Ray. Ray thinks they are laughing at him. Instead of getting angry
and confronting them, Ray decides to not respond and to take care of business.
He gets on the bus and goes home.
3. Marcy is told by her friends at lunch that Fred has been saying nasty things
about her. After lunch she asks him if he said them. Fred states that he has
been talking bad about her because she thinks she is “all that”. Marcy
apologizes for her preppy behavior and Fred apologizes for talking about her.
1. Play the telephone game. When the last student reports what was said, discuss
how information gets distorted with every person who hears it and reports it
to another.
2. Make a list of positive ways to deal with teasing and rumors.
1. Regularly ask your advisory students if they have recently been the victims of
teasing or rumors. Ask them how they handled the situation.
2. Catch students being respectful to others in and out of the classroom.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT OTHERS-MANAGING ANGER/POSITIVE

COMMUNICATION
1. To promote a safe school environment

2. To promote positive communication between students and faculty/staff
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. Bryan and Andrew are playing basketball in gym. Bryan angrily accuses Andrew
of intentionally shoving him on his way to the basket. Andrew says it was an
accident and apologizes. He offers Bryan a “re-do”.
2. Linda is angry about a rumor. Instead of confronting the person, she seeks
advice from an adult on how to handle the situation. The adult and the two
students meet to resolve the conflict.
1. Melissa overhears a bad rumor about herself. Instead of confronting the

person in a negative manner, she approaches her and asks if/why she made the
comment. Melissa does so in a non-confrontational manner.
2. Keisha and Carly are co-captains of the dance squad. Keisha brings her
favorite CD to use with a new routine. Carly feels angry. She had already
chosen a different CD and felt it was unfair for Keisha to change it. They
meet with their coach and finally agree that Carly can choose the music for
this routine, but Keisha gets to choose the music for the next.
1. Acknowledge proper conflict resolution in front of the class/peers.

2. Monitor student behavior and intervene when appropriate.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT OTHERS-RESOLVING CONFLICTS
1. To teach students how to resolve conflicts with other students

2. To teach students how to resolve conflicts with teachers and staff
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. Ask students to discuss and/or list some common causes of conflicts between
students.
2. Ask students to discuss and/or list some common causes of conflicts between
students and teachers.
3. Discuss appropriate vs. inappropriate methods of solving the conflicts.
1. Negative: Courtney calls Katie a name. Katie responds by calling Courtney a

worse name. The conflict escalates. A teacher intervenes and both girls
receive consequences.
2. Positive: Courtney calls Katie a name. Katie responds calmly, “I feel bad when
you call me names. Please stop.” Courtney apologizes.
3. A teacher gives a reward to Jennifer for being there and being ready. Michael
feels he deserves an equal reward. Instead of speaking out, he calmly asks the
teacher after class why he did not get a reward.
1. Discuss other positive ways students could have handled the above scenarios.
2. When students seem to be dealing with a conflict in a negative manner, stop
them and brainstorm ways to resolve the conflict in a more positive manner.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT RULES IN THE CLASSROOM
1. To get students to follow classroom rules

2. To teach students to accept teachers’ decisions about student behavior
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. You go to class with gum in your mouth. The teacher asks you to spit it out, so
you do. What should you have done to begin with?
2. In P.E. you don’t feel like dressing for class. The teacher gives you directions
to get dressed. You dress for class without comment.
3. You don’t feel like participating in advisory today. The teacher directs
everyone to participate in the activity. You do so without comment.
1. Choose a classroom rule (no gum, sit in assigned seat, dress for P.E…) and make
a top ten list of reasons for the rule. Start with silly reasons, but end with
the real ones.
1. Compliment students who follow classroom rules regularly without being

reminded.
2. Thank students who do as they are asked without comment.
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SCHOOL-WIDE EXPECTATION: RESPECT
NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT RULES IN THE HALLWAY
1. To avoid injury and promote safety

2. To maintain order
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. Your table is called last at lunch and you are afraid of being late for class, so
you start running down the hall. You remember that it’s not safe to run, so you
slow down and walk calmly to class.
2. You are grabbing your books from you locker when your friend comes by and
smacks you on the back of your head. As you raise your hand to “tag” him back,
you remember KHFOOTY and decide to ignore his rude behavior.
3. You see your friend three doors down in the hallway and decide you want to
make some after-school plans. You start to shout to her. Then you realize you
should wait to talk to her until you are closer because yelling is rude.
1. Have a group of students demonstrate how to walk down the hall on the right
from class to class.
2. Make a top-ten reasons list for KHFOOTY in the hall. Start out with silly
reasons, but end with the real reasons.
3. Practice talking in quiet voices. Model a quiet voice in class.
1. Actively supervise the hallways.

2. Compliment/reward those who are following hallway rules.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT RULES ON CAMPUS
1. To avoid starting your day with conflict

2. To follow school-wide expected behaviors
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. Bob and Tom are chasing each other around on the playground. Tom catches
Bob and shoves him to the ground. What is wrong with this scenario?
2. A group of girls are visiting with each other and waiting for other friends.
They meet by the bike rack and upon hearing the bell, move toward the
building. What school-wide expectations are being followed?
1. Negative: The bell rings for breakfast and students try to enter the building.
The door is locked, so they begin pounding on the door.
2. Positive: Role-play an appropriate way to handle the scenario above.
3. Positive: As a group of students begin to arrive at school, they start a soccer
game. Even though they are running and playing, they listen for any directions
from the supervisor and enter the building quietly when the bell rings.
1. Have a game day in advisory to practice listening to directions of the

supervisor and entering the building appropriately.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT SCHOOL PROPERTY-BOOKS
1. To allow all students the use of quality books

2. To show respect for your school
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. When you get your book out of your backpack in the morning, you notice pencil
marks all over it. You ask your mom to buy you a pencil case so your pens and
pencils don’t mark up your books in your backpack or in your locker.
2. Your teacher assigns questions 1-3, 5 and 8 from the book for homework. You
start to mark the questions on the page, then remember that the book doesn’t
really belong to you and must be used by other students for several years. You
write the numbers assigned in your agenda instead.
3. At the end of class you put your papers away in your binder instead of stuffing
them all in your text book.
4. You don’t kick your books around and you are careful when you put your books
in your locker.
1. Negative: You are in a hurry to get to lunch. You rush to your locker and cram
your Math book inside. The cover catches on your locker and rips. You have to
explain what happened to your teacher. She informs you that you will have to
pay to have the book re-bound.
2. Positive: Class is over and you are in a hurry to get to your next class. You
start to stuff your papers in your book, but you remember that too many
papers in your book will damage the binding, so you do the right thing.
1. Pre-correct about the treatment of books as they are passed out to students.
2. Make book covers in advisory to help keep text books in good shape.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT SCHOOL PROPERTY-CLASSROOM

EQUIPMENT
1. To allow all students the use of quality equipment

2. To show respect for your school
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. You are sharpening your pencil at the electric pencil sharpener. It’s not
working very well and you are starting to get frustrated. You start to hit the
sharpener, but you stop and think that you could break the sharpener. You find
a better solution.
2. You need to figure out a math problem and you don’t have your calculator. You
get a piece of scratch paper out to write on instead of your desktop.
3. When you arrive in science class, there are balances on the desks. You are
tempted to try them out, but you wait until the teacher gives you instructions.
1. Discuss with students the reasons for handling materials carefully. (You might
break the item or ruin it so that no one else can use it.)
2. Role-play scenario #1 above; come up with several solutions.
3. Role-play scenario #3.
1. Remind students about the proper use of equipment.

2. Compliment students who show patience when having difficulty using classroom
equipment.
3. Keep supplies handy so students may clean the tops of their desks when
someone has disrespected the property.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT SCHOOL PROPERTY-GARBAGE AND

GRAFFITI
1. So everyone can enjoy a clean environment

2. To show you care for your school
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. While you are searching through your locker for your assignment, a bunch of
papers fall out onto the floor. You don’t want to be late for class, but you
know your garbage is your responsibility, so you quickly grab them up and put
them back in your locker. Later that day you sort through them and throw
away those you don’t need any more.
2. While walking down the hall, you see paper and broken pencils on the floor.
What should you do?
3. In the restroom you see graffiti or broken appliances. What should you do?
1. Joey sees Tim kicking lockers. He asks him to stop or tells an adult.
2. Sydney is walking down the hall dragging her pencil along the wall, leaving a
mark as she goes. You remind her that we all want to keep our school clean so
we can be proud of it. You get two big erasers and help her erase the mess.
Sydney says, “I’m sorry; I guess I just wasn’t thinking.”
3. You are sharing a bag of donuts with your friends on the playground before
school. You are all in a hurry to finish so you can join a game of football. Role-
play a negative, then a positive end to this scenario.
1. During advisory do a sweep of the playground or halls to pick up trash.

2. Pre-correct about wrappers and graffiti.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT SCHOOL PROPERTY-PLANTS
1. To keep our campus looking beautiful

2. To allow our grass and trees to be healthy
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. It is a beautiful morning and you and your friends are hanging out under a
shady tree, waiting for the bell to ring. You reach up and begin pulling leaves
off a nearby tree branch. You stop and think to yourself, “What if EVERYONE
pulled leaves off this tree? There wouldn’t be any leaves left.” So you stop
pulling the leaves off the tree and tell others to stop when you see them do it
2. also.
After school you and your friends are waiting for your ride home. One of your
friends begins pulling on tree branches. You can see that one small branch is
likely to break off, so you tell him to stop. You don’t want the tree to be
3. damaged.
When you are walking into school, you walk on the sidewalk instead of cutting
across the corner of the lawn where the grass is thin and damaged due to too
much traffic. The grass will have a chance to grow back and be healthy there.
1. Discuss with students why it is important to not pull leaves or branches off
trees or trample grass (You are damaging the plant and destroying someone
else’s property, sometimes beyond repair.)
2. Discuss how important trees and plants are to the environment.
1. Remind students to be respectful of trees and plants.

2. Remind students how important plants are to the environment.
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NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT SCHOOL PROPERTY-RESTROOMS
1. To keep clean and sanitary bathrooms

2. To minimize the expenditure of unnecessary custodial time, energy and
resources
TEACHING EXAMPLES:
1. Students report seeing Melanie vandalizing the bathroom. When the principal
confronts Melanie, she knows she’s been caught. The principal gives her
protective gloves and has her clean up the trash on the bathroom floor and
wash the graffiti off the walls.
2. Discuss how students feel about using a dirty restroom. How would they feel
about going into the restroom and finding all of the toilets full, unflushed?
How would it smell?
3. “Don’t be in a rush; make sure you flush.”
4. “If you sprinkle when you tinkle, please be neat and wipe the seat.”
1. Make appropriate educational signage demonstrating proper restroom conduct

and etiquette to hang on the restroom walls.
2. During quiet reading time, Jacob asks the teacher if he can use the restroom.
She signs his agenda and he leaves the room. When he arrives at the
restroom, he finds that it is locked because of vandalism. He has to ask the
school secretary to unlock the door for him. She waits by the door for him to
finish.
1. Make students (wearing protective gloves) pick up trash in restroom if they

are caught vandalizing restrooms or demonstrating improper restroom
etiquette.
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SCHOOL-WIDE EXPECTATION: BE RESPECTFUL

NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT AUTHORITY-ACCEPT DECISIONS MADE,

PURPOSE OF THE LESSON/WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:

1. To prevent further consequences from being issued

1. Pre-correct behavior before students enter and leave the classroom.

NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT AUTHORITY-ADULTS IN THE BUILDING

PURPOSE OF THE LESSON/WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:

1. Negative: A custodian tries to talk to a student about her hallway behavior.

1. Be out in the hallway, actively supervising.

NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT AUTHORITY–ADULTS IN THE BUILDING

PURPOSE OF THE LESSON/WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:

1. To show respect for those in charge

1. Negative: Your teacher assigns you to a group for a project. There is a

NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT AUTHORITY-BUS DRIVERS

PURPOSE OF THE LESSON/WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:

1. So bus drivers can safely transport students

1. Remind students of correct bus behavior.

NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT AUTHORITY-CAFETERIA WORKERS

PURPOSE OF THE LESSON/WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:

1. To keep the number of disciplinary actions down

1. Pre-correct cafeteria behavior.

NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT AUTHORITY-FOLLOW DIRECTIONS OF ALL

PURPOSE OF THE LESSON/WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:

1. To form positive adult-student relationships

1.2. Be out in the hallway, actively supervising.

NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT AUTHORITY-FOLLOW DIRECTIONS THE

PURPOSE OF THE LESSON/WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:

1. So class can be productive for all students

1. Have daily announcements about being respectful.

NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT AUTHORITY-GUEST TEACHER S

PURPOSE OF THE LESSON/WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:

1. So the guest teacher will have a positive experience

1. Pre-correct behavior when you know there is going to be a guest teacher.

NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT AUTHORITY-GUEST TEACHER S

PURPOSE OF THE LESSON/WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:

1. Because everyone deserves respect

NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT IN THE AUDITORIUM/ASSEMBLY

PURPOSE OF THE LESSON/WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:

1. To allow the teacher/adult to conduct the assembly more efficiently

1. Practice going into the auditorium and displaying appropriate behavior.

NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT IN THE CLASSROOM-LISTENING WHILE

PURPOSE OF THE LESSON/WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:

1. Negative: The teacher is teaching a lesson. Kevin remembers he was absent

1. Make announcements about being respectful and being a good listener.

NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT IN THE CLASSROOM-NOT BEING DISRUPTIVE

PURPOSE OF THE LESSON/WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:

1. To allow students to be more productive in class

1. Provide verbal reinforcement when students make good choices.

NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT IN THE CLASSROOM-SPEAKING AT

PURPOSE OF THE LESSON/WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:

1. To maximize quality instructional time

1. Compliment students who speak at appropriate times.

NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT IN THE CLASSROOM-SPEAKING AT

PURPOSE OF THE LESSON/WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:

1. To give the entire class an opportunity to hear and to learn

1. Negative: A student is giving a presentation. Another student, wishing to

1. Pre-correct good listening skills.

NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT OTHERS-BULLYING

PURPOSE OF THE LESSON/WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:

1. To learn the steps to prevent bullying

NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT OTHERS-DEALING WITH TEASING, RUMORS,

PURPOSE OF THE LESSON/WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:

NAME OF SKILL: RESPECT OTHERS-MANAGING ANGER/POSITIVE