DAY 5 

Subject:  Anti-Bullying Program 

Unit:  Day 5 

Grade:  Kindergarten 

Lesson Title:  Listening + Politeness 

Objectives:  To give Kindergarteners a deeper understanding of the importance of 

listening and politeness in relationships  

Materials &  ● Friendship tree 

Resources:  ○ Precut 6x6 green construction paper (1 per student), 
brown construction paper for tree trunk 
● Friendship Song lyric sheets (class set) 

Anticipatory Set:  Introduce and define the themes of Listening and Politeness. 

Input:  “Can anyone tell me what they know about Listening and Politeness?” 

Model:  Students will play the game “Telephone” to understand the 

importance of listening.  

Check for  Students will give examples of being polite. 

Understanding:   
Students will be asked to identify the purpose of the “Telephone” 
game. 

Guided Practice:  Craft​: friendship tree 

- Each student will cut out a hand-shaped leaf with their name 
and decorate it to show what friendship means to them. The 
leaves will then be used to create a class friendship tree. 

Closure:  - “Make New Friends” song 

- Ask Kinders what value do they think is most important to  

Independent  - Demonstrate good listening skills to others 

Practice:  - Demonstrate politeness to others 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Day 5 
REVIEW​ (2 min) 
 
Does anyone remember the two words from friday? (sharing and honesty) 
Raise your hand if you feel like you learned about sharing and honesty! Each of you will be 
getting a sticker, so keep your hands held up high! 
 
 
INTRO​ (10 min) 
 
Today, we will be learning about Listening and Politeness. Can anyone tell me what they 
know about ​listening​? 
 
*receives answers from kinders* 
 
Great answers! Listening is paying attention someone or something.. 
 
It is important to know is that listening is not just with your ears, but with your ​entire body​. 
When someone else is talking, you use your eyes to look at the person talking, you use your 
mouth by remaining quiet, you have quiet hands and feet, and your entire body is turned 
towards the person you are listening to.  
 
Listening is important to friendships because it helps strengthen your communication and 
relationships with other people by showing them interests, care, respect, and 
understanding.  
 
Today, we will also be learning about ​politeness​. Can anyone tell me what they know about 
politeness?  
 
*receives answers from kinders* 
 
Great answers! Politeness is showing good manners towards others.  
 
You can show politeness through your speech and behavior towards others ​and​ yourself. 
Being polite is saying “please” and “thank you” to others, opening the door for others, and 
even cleaning up after yourself.  
Can anyone else give me an example of being polite?  
 
*receives answers from kinders* 
 
Politeness is important because when you are polite to other people, you are making them 
feel respected. And when they feel respected, they feel appreciated and cared for as a 
person. Also, others will know that you are empathetic and don’t just care about your own 
needs but their needs as well.   
 
INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY​ (5 min) 
 
TELEPHONE​: 
Today, we are going to play a game of telephone! So first, let’s form a big circle! Everyone, 
please stand up and hold hands with the person right next to you so we can form a circle! 
Perfect, now you can all sit down. Okay so one person is going to whisper a word or phrase 
into the ear of the person sitting on their right. Then that person will continue to whisper that 
phrase to their neighbor until it reaches the last person. Then the last person will say out 
loud what their neighbor told them, and the first person will reveal what they said in the 
beginning.  
 
It is very important that you ​whisper​ the phrase to your neighbor, so it is kept a ​secret​. 
 
Post Game Questions: 
Can anyone tell me what they learned from playing this game?  
- Importance of using your listening skills to hear what people are really saying 
- Gossip and rumors should not be believed or spread because it probably is not true, 
it is not polite and it can hurt others feelings 
- Importance of getting information from the original source 
 
 
CRAFT​ (10 min) 
 
To end our program, we will be creating a class friendship tree!! Each of you will be 
receiving a green square of paper, where you will be tracing your hand on it! On your leaf, 
you will be writing your name on the palm of the leaf and you can decorate to show what 
friendship means to you. You can add hearts or even a picture of you and your friends. Then 
you will cut out your hand and give it to me.  
 
 
CLOSING​ (2 min) 
 
So today was the final day of our program! Can anyone tell me what they think is the most 
important value for friendships? 
 
To end our program, we will be singing “Make New Friends” for the last time! Are you ready? 
On the count of three, we’ll start. ONE, TWO, THREE!!!!