Grade+4+Personal+Responsibility

Personal Responsibility**Submitted By:** Erika Crumley/Dawn Wilcox Grade: 3rd, 4th
 * Standard(s):** Self-Awareness: 1A, 1B, 1D


 * Materials:** //The Ornery Morning// by Patricia Brennan Demuth


 * Time:** 30 minutes


 * Goals:** Children learn about the cause and effect of their actions or lack of action.

1. Read the book //The Ornery Morning//. 2. Discuss with the children the impact of what took place in the book. What was the cause and effect of some of the situations in the book? 3. Ask the children for some examples of situations in their own lives that this could happen. Examples might include things like if I’m not kind to my dog, he might run away or become a mean pet. 4. Using the attached sheet, allow the children to write and illustrate a cause and effect relevant to his/her own life.
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[|PersonalRespWorksheet.doc]