Talcott Elementary
Character Education Program
We are SMART Kids!
A SMART Beginning!
• Grant
Ø Team
Ø SMART
S – Service
Ø Logo
M – Manners
A – Attitude
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Elementary
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R – Responsibility
Service
T – Trustworthy
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Trustworthy
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Personnel are Getting SMART!
Service
Manners
Attitude
Responsibility
Trustworthy
• All school personnel are involved in the program
Ø Training With Other
Teams in Charleston
Ø Book Study on
Fish Book
Thank
you!
Ø Training on SMART
Lessons and Character
Counts Training
Ø Role Modeling
We start each year off with a
SMART Kickoff!
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Elementary
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Service
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Manners
• Introduction of SMART
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Attitude
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Responsibility
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Trustworthy
We start each year off with a
SMART Kickoff!
• Introduction of SMART • Games & Activities
Program
We start each year off with a
SMART Kickoff!
• Introduction of SMART • Games & Activities
Program
• Food
We start each year off with a
SMART Kickoff!
• Introduction of SMART • Games & Activities
Program
• Food
• Door Prizes
SMART is an Integrated Program
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Elementary
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Integration in the Subject Areas
AND
Integration of activities that
you do in a typical elementary
school
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Attitude
R
Responsibility
T
Trustworthy
Integration of Character
Education in All Subjects!
• Language Arts
Ø Reading to Serve
Spelling List
Ø Writing in Journals, Writing Essays, &
Generating Spelling Words about Character
Traits
Ø Writing Thank You Letters to Speakers
Polite
Loving
Honest
Helpful
Obliging
Ø Jr. Great Books – Discuss how
character is displayed in the individuals in
the stories
Ø Read to Me Day!
Loyal
Integration of Character
Education in All Subjects!
• Language Arts
• Science/Math
Ø Recycling – Science & Math
ØReading to Serve
Math – Circumference
Math - Graphs
Integration of Character
Education in All Subjects!
• Language Arts
• Science/Math
• Social Studies
Ø Student Council Election
Ø Veteran’s Day Celebration
Ø Making Christmas Cards
Integration of Character
Education in All Subjects!
• Language Arts
• Science/Math
• Social Studies
• Art
Ø Painting Character Trait Teeshirts
Ø Posters & Bumper Stickers
Ø Making Decorations for the Nursing
Home
Ø Bracelets
Ø Scrapbooks
Integration of Character
Education in All Subjects!
• Language Arts
• Science/Math
• Social Studies
• Art
• Music
Ø Sing Songs for Nursing Home
Ø Drama Performance
Integration of Character
Education in All Subjects!
• Language Arts
• Science/Math
• Social Studies
• Art
• Music
• PE/Health
Ø ESPN All Stars Basketball Game
Ø Good Sportsmanship, Sharing, SelfControl, Honesty, and Leadership
Integration of activities that you do in a
typical elementary school!
• Stressing the Character Traits with fun!
Ø Wear the color of the trait day!
Ø Crazy sock day!
Ø Crazy hair day!
Integration of activities that you do in a
typical elementary school!
• Classroom Rules
Ø The Golden Rule
Ø Be Responsible
• Recognition Awards
Ø Character Education
Virtue of the Month
Ø Responsibility Awards
Ø Token Store
Do to others as
you want others
to do to you!
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Parent and Community Involvement!
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Service
Manners
Responsibility
Trustworthy
Community Speakers
Community Character of the
Month Award
The Kickoff activity for
Parents and Students
•
Adopt-a-Child for Christmas
•
Read to Me Day
•
Attitude
Awareness Presentations
to the Community
Talcott Elementary
Character Education Program
We are SMART Kids!
SMART – that’s who we are!
Talcott
Elementary
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Service
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Manners
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Attitude
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Responsibility
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Trustworthy