Teaching Empathy to Students With a Can of Pop
Every year I had students pushing and jostling each other in line ups for the water fountain, during transitions and at dismissal. Sometimes the pushing and jostling resulted in shouting, swearing and punching each other.
To say these kids had very little impulse control, social skills and empathy was putting it mildly!
If one of the students got pushed from behind, a scuffle would break out. When I got there, the one phrase I would hear over and