Artifacts and Characteristics of the Novice Teacher #3

For Characteristic 3, professional, moral, and ethical enterprise, I chose my Character Education lesson from Education 401. I believe that this lesson shows that I want my students to act in a way that is morally and ethically accepted. Throughout this lesson, we discussed ways to show that we care and respect others. The character trait for February in my classroom was Caring. I thought this is a very important trait for kindergarten age students to learn. In my classroom, the students learn that everyone in the classroom is their friend and no one is to be left out. The word friend is used multiple times a day. For this lesson, we read the book, Care Bears Caring Contest by: Nancy Parent. The students loved this book. Throughout the book, different ways the care bears showed they cared about each other were discussed. The students were able to recall this information from the text in a later discussion. Throughout the day and the rest of the month, students were encouraged to show ways that they cared about their classmates. Also, we talked about ways to extend this behavior beyond the classroom. I think that this lesson is particularly important because as teachers, we want our students to grow up and be caring adults. We want our students to be accepting of others, no matter the differences between them. By teaching students to be caring, we are instilling these values within them.