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Give a sincere compliment to one of your classmates.
Put the “random” in Random Acts of Kindness by having your students roll a die to determine which RAK they will perform. This download includes two different RAK pages and a student reflection sheet. The first RAK page features quick and easy RAKs. The second sheet (with the gray border) features RAKs that will take more time and may also require more thought and effort. Here are a few suggestions for use:
• Use the first RAK on a daily basis. Have each student roll a die each morning to
determine which RAK he or she will try to perform during the school day. Studentsget a new RAK the next day, whether or not they have completed the previous one.
• Allow students to roll the die to select a new RAK as soon as they finish the previousone. In this way, some students may perform several in a day, while others may take afew days to perform even one. Students could each have their own RAK sheets and a
die at their desks, or you could set up an RAK center.
• Have each table group roll once so they are all doing the same RAK. Leave time atthe end of the day for the groups to discuss how it went.
• Roll once for the entire class. What kind of an impact can your students make in yourroom and at your school when they are all doing the same RAK? Be sure to leave
time at the end of the day for discussion.
• Have students use RAK page 2 before a weekend. Then they can report back aboutwhat they did on Monday. You might also want to send a copy of RAK 2 home.
• Use the reflection sheet after student have performed several RAKs from eithersheet (though you are likely to get better responses if you use the second RAK
page).
• While some teachers like to give rewards for performing RAKs, I feel that this trainschildren to expect a reward every time they do something nice and it makes it harderfor students to feel good just because they have done something good. Doing goodfor others should be its own reward! However, I do think that verbal praise (praisethe act, not the student: “That was really nice of you” not: “You are a really nice
person.”) and pointing out how the RAK has benefitted someone is a goodthing to do. It is also a good idea to teach your students to notice andcomment on their classmates’ RAKs.
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