Quest
4 Character Chapter Content
There
are six chapters in the Kindergarten curriculum and nine chapters in
years 1-6. Each chapter consists of one word and opens with a
working definition of that word. Below you will find all of the
contents within each chapter and a quick bulleted description of how
to use them. The content is meant to be rich and robust so that you
can immerse the class in the value.
What
Is It and Why Is It Important?
Read
this section to enrich your own background thinking regarding the
subject.
Read
and highlight portions to read to your students.
Read
and highlight portions to discuss with your students.
How
Do We Demonstrate It?
Read
this section to enrich your own background thinking regarding the
subject.
Read
and highlight portions to read to your students.
Read
and highlight portions to discuss with your students.
Discussion
Questions
Life
Applications
The
Life Application provides you with five extra real-life activities
that you can use as a practice for the day, the morning or the next
hour.
They
also include some activities that can be done at home to involve
parents and children. You might follow-up with a discussion the
next day.
Four
Activities
Each
activity stands alone and both are self-evident. They enhance both
the understanding and the experience of the value.
They
do not have to be done in sequence though you may want to open each
word with the coloring activity. This will help students develop a
simple ritual and routine.
You
may want to close each day with an added little activity called a
circle share on the subject of, “What was the most special thing
you learned about (the value) today?”
Two
Stories
Each
story highlights the value word. You may want to read them to your
students or copy them and hand them out for a class reading.
Notice
that the questions at the end of each story are both specific to
the story as well as self –reflective.
Four
Mentors and Models
These
are the everyday heroes, both past and present, who can be used as
real-life examples of living the values.
Let
your school librarian know what word you are working on, as well as
who the mentors and models are for the word, so she or he can pull
other books of interest on these and other people.
Six
Great Quotations
These
can be copied on brightly colored paper and put on the bulletin
board to enhance class immersion in values.
Please
note the many ways to use these quotes as listed in the ‘Activities
for the Great Quotations’ section of the introduction.