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-Teaser: This is a brief poem on what not to do in the classroom and at home.
-Teaching Idea: Read the poem to the students and ask them to add to the poem or to create their own poem on manners. Then post what the children wrote on the walls to remind them of good manners!
-Link to Teaching Idea: http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poem.aspx?PoemID=77&CategoryID=28

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-Author: Pfister, Marcus
-Illustrator: Pfister, Marcus
-Publication Date:
-Genre: Children's Book (illustrated)
-Appropriate Level of Interest: Preschool- Third grade
-Appropriate Text Level: AD410L (Lexile)
-Teaser: Rainbow fish refuses to share his beautiful scale with one of his friends in a rude way.  His friends do not want to play with him and he goes to get advice from an octopus.  Rainbow fish learns it is better to share and be selfless then selfish.
-Teaching Idea: Have the children make their own scales and then stick them on to clothespins.  Through out the day encourage children to share their scales with other children by sticking their clothes pins on to others!
-Link to Teaching Idea: http://www.readingconfetti.com/2012/04/3-activities-for-rainbow-fish.html

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-Teaser: It is important to reward students, when they are showing good behavior in the classroom.  This is a certificate for good manners.
-Teaching Idea: At the end of each week I will reward a student with a certificate of good manners!
-Link to Teaching Idea: https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrB8pnT0ihYc3sA8eE2nIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTBsZ29xY3ZzBHNlYwNzZWFyY2gEc2xrA2J1dHRvbg--;_ylc=X1MDMTM1MTE5NTcwMgRfcgMyBGJjawNmZ3BlbnU5YzBmM2cxJTI2YiUzRDMlMjZzJTNEbHYEZnIDeWhzLWlyeS1mdWxseWhvc3RlZF8wMTEEZ3ByaWQDcDV6dm5YNktRNldDT3IwNGUzOGxYQQRtdGVzdGlkA251bGwEbl9zdWdnAzEEb3JpZ2luA2ltYWdlcy5zZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tBHBvcwMwBHBxc3RyAwRwcXN0cmwDBHFzdHJsAzI3BHF1ZXJ5A21hbm5lcnMgZm9yIGtpZHMgY2VydGZpY2F0ZQR0X3N0bXADMTQ3OTA3MTA0NgR2dGVzdGlkA251bGw-?gprid=p5zvnX6KQ6WCOr04e38lXA&pvid=FDIYADY5LjH4ZdfyWAeOAQVbMTM4LgAAAADq8Chz&p=manners+for+kids+certficate&fr=yhs-iry-fullyhosted_011&fr2=sb-top-images.search.yahoo.com&ei=UTF-8&n=60&x=wrt&type=mcy_dnldstr_15_34&hsimp=yhs-fullyhosted_011&hspart=iry#id=2&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ophelialewis.com%2Fwp%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F11%2FGMA_Certificate.jpg&action=click

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-Teaser: This is a guideline sheet that I will have on the wall in my classroom.  It shows children how to behave when they are with adults or with their friends!
-Teaching Ideas: Go over this guidelines with my student and then have the students make other posters and add more guidelines to it and hang it up in the classroom!
-Link to Teaching Ideas: https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0LEV7vL0ihY7UEAjx8PxQt.?p=manners+for+kids&fr=yhs-iry-fullyhosted_011&fr2=piv-web&hspart=iry&hsimp=yhs-fullyhosted_011&type=mcy_dnldstr_15_34#id=3&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thirtyhandmadedays.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F03%2Fmannersforkids.png&action=click

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-Teaser: Mandy Manners is a girl who loves to share and loves to show how to share. In this short episode, Mandy tells us how sharing is a great feeling!
-Teaching Ideas: Before starting the day, I would play this for my students and then discuss with them what something is that they might share with one of their friends or family members today, in a large group setting.
-Link to Teaching Ideas:https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0LEVu_70ChYJkIAzSsPxQt.?p=songs+on+sharing+for+children&fr=yhs-iry-fullyhosted_011&fr2=piv-web&hspart=iry&hsimp=yhs-fullyhosted_011&type=mcy_dnldstr_15_34#id=2&vid=e1e342b00777162d253c75979afe842c&action=view

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-Author: Flaschner, Emily
-Illustrator: Hines, Anna
-Publication Date: 2012
-Genre:
-Appropriate Level of Interest: Preschool- first grade
-Appropriate Text Level: AD500L Lexile Measurement)
-Teaser: George received a thank you letter in the mail.  The letter made him so happy he decided to write thank you cards to everyone he is thankful for.
-Teaching Ideas: After reading the book, the students and I will discuss how to write a thank you card. I will then have the students practice writing thank you cards to their guardians.
-Link to Teaching Ideas: https://kolettehall.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/img_3029.jpg

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-Author: Ricci, Christine
-Illustrator: Mawhinney, Art
-Publication Date: May 2006
-Genre: Fiction
-Appropriate Level of Interest: Preschool- Kindergarten
-Appropriate Text Level: 2.4 (A.R.)
-Teaser: In the book, Dora and Diego team up to help a mother wolf find her child. Dora and Diego show how to talk nicely to one another, problem solve, and to help others by going on an adventure to save the baby wolf.
-Teaching Ideas: I will have my students go into groups and then do problem solving activities. I would reference how Dora and Diego used problem solving in the book and then have my students do the problem solving and follow a map to end up at the treasure.  Once at the treasure, in order to earn it, the children would need to discuss how to work with others.
-Link to Teaching Ideas:
http://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t2-m-1677-year-5-problem-solving-treasure-hunt

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-Author: Bourgeois, Paulette
-Illustrator: Clark, Brenda
-Publication Date: 1993
-Genre: Bedtime Stories Series
-Appropriate Level of Interest: Kindergarten- second grade
-Appropriate Text Level: 2.5 (A.R)
-Teaser: Franklin only wants to play games that he wants to do and does not consider what his friends Bear, Duck, and the rest of them want to do.  In the end, Franklin's friends showed him how not to be bossy and to give his friend's ideas a chance too.
-Teaching Ideas: I would write down on the board words or actions that have happened in the student's life where they were bossy.  Then, we will write or draw what should have happened instead and how not to be as bossy.  The link below shows a list of bossy words, which is basically what we would do as well.
-Link to Teaching Ideas: https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0LEVvYmnB9Y7jMAaMMPxQt.?p=teaching+kids+not+to+be+bossy+activities&fr=yhs-iry-fullyhosted_011&fr2=piv-web&hspart=iry&hsimp=yhs-fullyhosted_011&type=mcy_dnldstr_15_34#id=3&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia-cache-ec0.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F34%2F74%2Ffa%2F3474fa854e6b1649092c77496bd14987.jpg&action=click

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-Teaser: The sharing song shows children singing about sharing and what to do. The song is very catchy and easy to memorize!
-Teaching Ideas: Sit around in a circle at the end of the week sing the sharing song and discuss/share our highs and lows of the week.
-Link to Teaching Ideas:
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-iry-fullyhosted_011&hsimp=yhs-fullyhosted_011&hspart=iry&p=songs+on+sharing+for+children#id=1&vid=9b493ba52f524cf4d103bc11d86b3ac7&action=click

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-Author: Bourgeois, Paulette
-Illustrator: Clark, Brenda
-Publication Date: 1991
-Genre: Bedtime Stories Series
-Appropriate Level of Interest: Kindergarten-Second grade
-Appropriate Text Level: 2.5 (A.R.)
-Teaser: Franklin decides to tell a lie because his friends are bragging about all the things that they can do.  Once his friends ask him to prove it he learns that fibbing is no good and to always tell the truth.
-Teaching Ideas: Talk with the class about what a fib is and why it can be harmful.  Then, have the children draw an outrageous fib and what they should have said instead of the fib they decided on.
-Link to Teaching Ideas:
http://lifeloveandthyme.com/book-activities-franklin-fibs/

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-Author: Hapka, Catherine
-Illustrator: Character Building Studio and Disney Storybook Artists
-Publication Date: October 23, 2015
-Genre: Fiction
-Appropriate Level of Interest:
-Appropriate Text Level: 2.3  (A.R.)
-Teaser: Sofia the First's stepbrother James and her play in the Tri-Kingdom games and learns the value of being a good sport.
-Teaching Ideas: I will have the class think of times when they were a good sport and write a sentence about it and then have them draw a picture of the incident. I will then have them separate what a good sport looks like and sounds like on a sheet of paper including the picture they drew.
-Link to Teaching Ideas:
https://greatactivitiesonline.com/be-a-good-sport/

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-Author: Scotton, Rob
-Illustrator: Scotton, Rob
-Publication Date: 2012
-Genre: Comedy and Humor
-Appropriate Level of Interest: Kindergarten to Second grade
-Appropriate Text Level: 610L (Lexile Measure)
-Teaser: Splat's mouse friend, Seymour, needs to be cheered up.  Splat decides to say thank you by making his friend a book about all the things he is thankful for their friendship.
-Teaching Ideas: The class will make a thank you book and can either create one for a friend, teacher, parents, etc.  Included in the book will be all the things they are thankful for with that person and images or drawings of the child and person interacting.
-Link to Teaching Ideas:
http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/free-printable/writing-printables/minibook-im-thankful

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-Author: Larsen, Kirsten
-Illustrator: Zalme, Ron
-Publication Date: 2007
-Genre: Fiction
-Appropriate Level of Interest: Preschool-Kindergarten
-Appropriate Text Level: 2.4 (A.R.)
-Teaser: Dora needs some helps from her friends in order to make it to her Abuela's house to celebrate sharing day.
-Teaching Ideas: The students will bring an item to class and describe what their item is in a show and tell fashion and then pass it around the room from one student to the next.
-Link to Teaching Ideas:
http://www.brighthubeducation.com/preschool-crafts-activities/50106-teaching-kids-to-share/

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-Author: McCafferty, Catherine
-Illustrator: Baker, Darrell
-Publication Date- June 1994
-Genre: Fiction
-Appropriate Level of Interest: Kindergarten- Third grade
-Appropriate Text Level: 2.1 (A.R.)
-Teaser: Rabbit is being grumpy and feels that things are not going his way so he decides to take matter in to his own hands and say sorry!
-Teaching Ideas: We will write on a poster piece of paper what it takes for a good apology.  I will ask children what they think and write down the children's ideas.  Then make it into a check list to make sure they include all the parts they listed (like a chore chart).
-Link to Teaching Ideas: http://meaningfulmama.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1-hospitality-teaching-kids-character-development-004.jpg

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-Author: Chanda, Justin
-Illustrator: Levy, David
-Publication Date: 2007
-Genre:
-Appropriate Level of Interest: Kindergarten- Third grade
-Appropriate Text Level: 2.1 (A.R)
-Teaser: Green puppy accidentally breaks Magenta's favorite crayon.  The Green puppy feels very bad and Blue and her friends help her say her sorry.
-Teaching Ideas: The children and I would do an acting activity where someone would break a  toy on accident of another child and then say sorry and writing a nice letter to their friend!
Link to Teaching Ideas:
http://www.education.com/magazine/article/helping-children-solve-conflicts/

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-Author: Fremont, Eleanor
-Illustrator: Baker, Darell
-Publication Date: 1996
-Genre: Fiction
-Appropriate Level of Interest: Kindergarten- Third grade
-Appropriate Text Level: 2.1 (A.R.)
-Teaser: Pooh and his friends teach Tigger that roughhousing is not a good way to play.
-Teaching Ideas: After reading the book, I will read a social story on what it takes to be a good friend (knowing time and place for roughhousing).
Link to Teaching Ideas: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Being-a-Good-Friend-social-story-2370870

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-Author: Zoehfeld, Kathleen
-Illustrator: Cuddy, Robbin
-Publication Date: September 2001
-Genre: Fiction
-Appropriate Level of Interest: Prekindergarten-Kindergarten
-Appropriate Text Level: Not available
-Teaser: Pooh cannot wait until the party starts.  His friends show him to be patient until it is the right time!
-Teaching Ideas: The color mixing activity would include for the child and I to patiently wait as the colors mix together and form another color!
Link to Teaching Ideas: https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.Mac53dcbed862012b4a72e6d032546db9o0&pid=15.1&P=0&w=157&h=152

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-Author: Brown, mark
-Illustrator: Brown, mark
-Publication Date: April 2011
-Genre: Fiction
-Appropriate Level of Interest: Kindergarten-Third grade
-Appropriate Text Level: 2.9 (A.R.)
-Teaser: D.W. shows off her perfect manners to her big brother.
-Teaching Ideas: Manners checklist, self test in back of the book on manners
Link to Teaching Ideas:
https://cdn.shptrn.com/media/mfg/1725/media_document/8976/YourMannersWeeklyChecklist.pdf?1402350569

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-Author: Grimes, Nikki
-Illustrator: DiCicco, Sue
-Publication Date: May 1993
-Genre: Children's Fiction Picture Book
-Appropriate Level of Interest: Preschool- 2nd Grade
-Appropriate Text Level: 1.3 (A.R.)
-Teaser: Rabbit grew a wonderful bunch of vegetables in his garden and will not share them.  Pooh and his friends save the day by showing Rabbit to share his yummy vegetables before a frost comes and ruins them.
-Teaching Ideas: Doing an activity with the children after the book such as the activity below of sharing goldfish with all of our friends.
Link to Teaching Ideas:
https://readyrosie.com/video/sharing-goldfish/?svr=true

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-Author and Illustrator:     Bridwell, Norman
-Publication Date:    January 3, 1986
-Genre:
Realistic Fiction
-Approximate Level of Interest:
Preschool- 2nd grade
-Approximate Text Level:
1.9 (A.R.)
-Teaser:
Clifford the big red dog has very good manners and uses them!
-Teaching Ideas:
Make a manner book by writing words we know and taking pictures of polite manners (please, thank you, excuse me, etc.)
Link to Manner Book Idea: