12A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL January 13, 2016
© 2016 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 32, No. 5
Bullying makes playgrounds, schools and
even neighborhoods feel unsafe for some
children. This week, in honor of Martin Luther
King’s message of peace, Kid Scoop looks at
ways children can help themselves and others
be safe on the playground.
Have a friend give you each
type of word to fill in the blanks.
Then read the story aloud!
My friend Lawrence had the
hiccups while getting a haircut.
I was joking and teasing with
him about it and said his
haircut made him look like a
_________ _____________.
You can’t tell a bully by his or her
looks. You can tell who is a bully by
the way he or she acts. Here are some
of the things a bully might do:
• Hit, kick or push to hurt people.
• Call others bad names, tease or
scare people.
• Say mean things about someone.
• Grab someone else’s stuff.
• Leave a kid out of a game on
purpose.
• Threaten another kid.
It was only a joke, but it made
him pretty angry. To make it up
to him, I invited him to see the
________________ with my
Bully Clues:
The bully is not wearing a hat. The bully isn’t wearing a striped shirt.
The bully is not wearing glasses. Which kid is the bully?
What else have you seen bullies do?
Standards Link: Health: Identify support systems.
A
E
N
V
“I’m going
to punch
you!”
_____________ ___________
on the trapeze.
Hey, shorty!
Shouldn’t you
be back in
preschool?
Bullying is a problem in schools all
around the world. Kid Scoop found
information from anti-bullying
programs in Scotland, Australia and
Canada as well as the United States.
D
when he saw a _____________
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow written directions.
Standards Link: Health: Make decisions about feelings
and safety issues that support mental and emotional health.
FINISH
family. Lawrence cheered up
“Your
clothes are
ugly!”
Many, many children are bullied
everyday. These children can feel lost
in a maze made up of bad feelings –
sad, stressed, embarrassed, nervous,
depressed, helpless. These feelings can
make it hard to do well
in school and to make
friends. Experts say that
there is something that
can help a child who has
been bullied. To find out
what that is, complete the
maze. The letters along
the correct path of the
maze spell the answer!
START
I
Bullying hurts. It hurts a lot. Bullying can make
kids feel sick. It can make them not want to go to
school. And no one likes to watch other kids
getting picked on. No one likes a bully.
A shiny ____________ drove
Stan is the shortest
boy in the fourth
grade. Greg, the
tallest boy, picks on
him every day. Abby
and Eric are tired of
watching this. What
could Stan do or
say? What could
Eric do or say? What could
Abby do or say? What does
everyone want Greg to do?
out of it. My dad bought us
B
Make a list of people you
can talk to if you are being
bullied. Cut the list out and
keep it with you.
R
F
C
“You can’t
play with
us!”
A
M
K
Anti-Bully
Armor
When you feel
good about
yourself, you’re
less likely to be
hurt by what
others say. Take a
little time to build
up your anti-bully
armor. What is
anti-bully armor?
Feeling good
about yourself!
Look through the
newspaper for
words and
pictures that show
something that is
good about you.
Glue these onto a
sheet of paper
titled: What’s
good about ME!
Post it where
you can see it
everyday.
into the center ring and a dozen
crazy ____________ climbed
each a bag of hot
_____________ and a balloon
shaped like a _______.
When we got home, I
apologized again to Lawrence.
“It’s okay,” he said. “I can’t
stay mad when I think about
the ___________ __________
we saw today!”
Standards Link: Grammar: Understand and
use nouns, adjectives and verbs correctly.
Complete the grid by using all the
letters in the word IGNORE in each
vertical and horizontal row. Each letter
should only be used once in each row.
Some spaces have been filled in for you.
Standards Link: Health:
Develop and use effective
coping strategies.
Standards Link: Health: Identify ways to seek assistance if concerned, threatened or abused.
Pretend not to hear. Instead listen to
your own thoughts and tell yourself,
“That’s their problem, not mine.” and
“I’m OK just the way I am.”
Find a safe person to talk to. Make a
list of people you could talk to about
being bullied or about times you have
seen others being bullied.
Be a buddy. Kids who are alone are
more likely to be bullied. Make a plan
to walk with a friend wherever you
think you might meet a bully.
Don’t bully back. Getting angry and
fighting back sometimes is just what
the bully wants. It’s dangerous too,
because someone could get hurt.
A bully
scribbled over
some of the
words in our
list of tips!
Find the
missing word
or words in
each tip.
fighting
friend
mine
person
times
thoughts
Standards Link: Health: Develop protective factors that help foster resiliency.
PLAYGROUND Find the words in the puzzle,
then in this week’s Kid Scoop
PEACE
stories and activities.
BULLIES
P E F E E L I N G S
HURTS
D N U O R G Y A L P
NERVOUS
THREATEN
L S H N A E M A C D
HELP
I U T H R E A T E N
BUILD
U O A E E S O E A E
FRIEND
B V P C N T T A R I
TEASE
ARMOR
H R A P L R A S M R
GAME
S E I L L U B E O F
FEELINGS
P N P L E H Y G R O
PATH
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognizing identical
MEAN
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Dad told Jeremy not to
tease his little sister.
Try to use the word tease
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family members.
Kids Help Kids
Bullies in the News
Look through the newspaper for an article that
portrays a person or a group of people who are
hurting other people. Could this also be called
bullying? Identify who in the article you think
is the bully and who is being bullied.
ANSWER: Because her class was so bright!
Standards Link: Health: Recognize and respond appropriately
to situations involving destructive behaviors.
TEASE
The verb tease means to
make fun of or annoy.
Have you ever had a
disagreement with another
person? How did you handle
the problem? Tell kids some
helpful things to do to solve
disagreement issues.
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