Activities

·     The Writers' Workshop from the Scholastic website gives students an opportunity to write a biography along with Patricia McKissack and her husband, Frederick McKissack.  They use an example from one of their first collaborative efforts, a biography of Frederick Douglass, to demonstrate the difference between fact-telling and story-telling.  There is even a link that students can publish their work online!

·   Click on the link to find a Word Search about honesty.  Ask the students which actions Libby displayed during the book.

·   Designed for First Grade students, this website presents different scenarios and then asks the students to select the honest response.  The text is read aloud to the students and can be used by other grade levels.

·   Have the students create an "Honesty" recipe!  Model the format for recipe writing and then talk about the "ingredients" that are necessary to be an honest person.  Encourage the students to be creative as they add measured amounts of truth, kindness, etc.

·   Watch the video, Honesty (PRO 170.44 HON) from the The Book of Virtues series.  During the video, Zach tries to coverup that he broke his father's camera. Plato helps him understand the importance of being honest by telling him the stories.

·   For a funny and outrageous tale of what can happen when the truth is not told, share the book Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big ( E BRE ) with your class!

·   Use this website on Honesty to find simple definitions and an assortment of quotes that can be used as discussion starters.  The site includes a list of activities plus a book list of other books on honesty to support the topic!

•   Here is another list of quotes about honesty.  Let your intermediate students select one   as a story starter!

·         Intermediate students will enjoy making decisions in It's My Life - To Cheat or Not to Cheat!  Students will follow a day in the life of an undersea school student!  Students will choose their own answer and find out the consequences!

• Tie this book of the month into your classroom study of Abraham Lincoln when you read the book Learning About Honesty From the Life of Abraham Lincoln (BIO LINCOLN).  Suitable for kindergarten and primary students.