Solving problems in peaceful ways

Broken Pencil

One student notices that another needs help and quickly and quietly provides assistance.

Students are writing down points made by a teacher as she talks about how to re-tell key events in a story. During the lesson, the teacher observed that when one child’s pencil broke, another student quickly shared her one pencil with the other student. They quietly passed the pencil back and forth between them as the lesson continues uninterrupted.

The student has demonstrated that she can identify a situation when others need support and provide it.

Partner Play Plans

Children work in pairs to make, implement, and reflect on partner play plans for lunch recess.

Each child has been paired up with a ‘daily partner’ who changes each day. The daily partner strategy involved creating ‘daily partner plans’ that provided an opportunity to get to know classmates they did not typically choose to work or play with.