Bibliotherapy
Teachers use bibliotherapy in the classroom to address emotions that are caused by trauma, disability, or poor self-image. No Child Left Behind promotes inclusion in the classroom; some children find it uncomfortable to work with classmates that have disabilities. Bibliotherapy allows the teacher to address the questions and concerns of students that they feel uncomfortable asking an adult, parent, or friend. The link provides a bibliotherapy lesson plan structure that includes pre-reading, guided reading, post-reading discussions, and problem-solving/ reinforcement activities. The students will reflect on the events that occurred in the story according to the characters feelings. Once students are comfortable in the classroom environment, they may share their feelings and experiences with the class.
Obesity
In the recent years, childhood obesity has been an issue that local school systems and the government are working towards improving student health and learning. This link contains the Surgeon General’s Pledge and Checklist for teachers, schools, and parent to implement in their routine to keep students active and eating healthy. An interesting strategy to encourage practicing healthy eating habit is to label the food in the cafeteria slow, whoa, and go. Slow, foods are packed with carbohydrates such as spaghetti. Whoa, foods are items like pizza and hamburgers. Go, foods consist of fruits and vegetables. These labels encourage students to eat healthier during a time where nutritional facts may be hard to understand.
Cyberbullying and Sexting
In a technologically driven world, teachers and parents must keep themselves current with the risk students are facing everyday at school, Social Networking sites, and through their cell phones. In the past Cyberbullying was an issue with school age children, but recently sexting has been added to the list of technological threats facing our nation’s youth. This site provides detailed definitions about sexting, cyberbullying, and cyberbullying prevention. This site also contains powerpoint presentation and external links about cyberbullying and texting.
This has made me realize how important it is to take time and talk to our students.Cyberbullying can be so discrete;and if your student doesn't trust you they may not tell you it's occurring.It's important that your students know you care about them, outside and inside the classroom. Moreover, parents have to be more aware of what there child is exposed to on the internet.I think that by helping a child build confidence in themselves will lessen the effects of cyberbullying.
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