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-What does responsibility mean?
-What does it mean to take responsibility?

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-What are you responsible for?
-How can you take responsibility at school and at home?

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This book shows what it would be like to live in a world where no one followed the rules.  What if you littered, talked all at the same time, never cleaned up?

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Book #1- What if Everybody did That? by Ellen Javernick

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Book #1- What if Everybody did That? by Ellen Javernick

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Book #2- Franklin Wants a Pet by Paulette Bourgeois

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Book #2- Franklin Wants a Pet by Paulette Bourgeois

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Franklin wants a Pet has our favorite turtle learning a lesson and showing that he is responsible.  Franklin wants his parents to let him get a pet. He shows his family that he is ready for a pet by being responsible for a stuffed animal.

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Book #3- The Pigeon Wants a Puppy by Mo Willems

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Book #3- The Pigeon Wants a Puppy by Mo Willems

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This is a great story to teach how much responsibility a pet entails.  Throughout the story, the pigeon is telling all of the “responsible” things he will do with his new puppy.  He will water it once a month, take a piggyback ride on it, or play tennis with it. In classic pigeon form, he gets very angry and throws a tantrum and then realizes he doesn’t really want a puppy after all.

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Book #1- But It’s Not My Fault by:  Julia Cook

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Book #1- But It’s Not My Fault by:  Julia Cook

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Join Noodle on his journey as he learns not to blame others or try to find fault; but instead practices accepting responsibility, and turns his very rough day into a very good NEW day!

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This book is about a child who rises before the sun, loads up his delivery bag, and sets off on his appointed rounds with his dog by his side. It teaches the importance of responsibility in a way that shows kids it is not only rewarding but nice to feel responsible for something.

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Book #3- Train Your Dragon To Be Responsible by Steve Herman

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Book #3- Train Your Dragon To Be Responsible by Steve Herman

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In this book, the pet dragon learns that mistakes aren't bad, as long as he learns from it. The dragon learns to own his mistake, learn from it, and take responsibility.

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This children's book defines responsibility as a character value and demonstrates how it can be used in daily situations.

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Book #5- Tell the Truth BB Wolf by Judy Sierra

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Book #5- Tell the Truth BB Wolf by Judy Sierra

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The Big Bad Wolf has reformed himself, so when he's asked to speak about his past actions, he finds it hard to own up to the truth. The tale teaches kids about taking responsibility for your actions, telling the truth, and that people can change.

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Book #6- David Gets in Trouble by David Shannon

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Book #6- David Gets in Trouble by David Shannon

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In this story, David has an excuse for everything when he gets into trouble.  Nothing is ever his fault. Eventually, all of the excuses make David feel guilty and he ends up apologizing for all of the things he actually did.

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Book #4- Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes

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Book #4- Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes

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Lilly, a small white mouse loves everything about school and she loves her cool teacher Mr. Slinger.  Lilly brings some things to school one day, and disrupts her class. Her things are taken away by her teacher and Lilly becomes furious, so furious that she writes him a mean letter.

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Book #5- The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone

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Book #5- The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone

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The Little Red Hen is the responsible one of her friends.  She does all of the work with taking care and growing wheat, even though she asks all of her friends to help her.  One day, she gets fed up with doing everything that she tells her friends that they can not enjoy the benefits since they didn’t help her. She eats the cake that she made all by herself.

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The Good Egg lives in a carton with a bunch of bad (behaving) eggs.  The Good Egg is responsible and always makes good choices. The Good Egg puts so much pressure on himself, that he literally cracks.  He decides to go on a journey of self care and discovery and finds his true self along the way.

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The bunnies go on a shopping trip to buy their grandma a birthday present. The two decide on what they want to buy her, but before they purchase it, they spend their money on lunch and other items. They realize they don’t have enough money for the gift, so they end up buying her something else before Max spends the rest of their money!

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Book #8- It Wasn’t My Fault by Helen Lester

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Book #8- It Wasn’t My Fault by Helen Lester

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Murdley Gurdson is clumsy and often has accidents.  In this circle story Murdley has something happen to him which begins a chain-reaction of blame shifting between a bird, an aardvark, a pygmy hippo, and Murdley. Murdley realizes it was all his fault and accepts the responsibility.

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Book #9- Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst 

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Book #9- Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst 

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Alexander is given $1.00 from his grandparents, he WANTS to save it, to put toward a new radio, but somehow he keeps finding other things that he wants to buy.  He can’t figure out how his money has disappeared. This book is great for teaching responsibility and the concept of saving vs spending.

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-Create different scenario cards for students. As a class, read the scenarios to students and have them determine if that scenario is being responsible or not being responsible. Have students sort the cards and glue them onto a chart paper.
-Have students get their writing journals out. Have them write one sentence stating 1 way they can show responsibility. Have students draw a picture of them showing responsibility. (Drawing needs to match the sentence)

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-Create a poster and divide it into 4 squares. Label each section “At Home”, “At School”, “To Myself”, “To the Environment”. In each section have the class brainstorm on ways they can show responsibility. After writing down ideas, have each student share one way they are going to take responsibility at school and at home.
-Students can create coupons for tasks/chores they will do at home to help their families. Have students draw and decorate 5 coupons to take home with specific tasks written on them. After students complete tasks/chores, have them share as a class how their family members felt about them helping out at home.

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How will children’s literature to be able to serve as a catalyst to help children to engage in conversations around Taking Responsibility?

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How will children’s literature to be able to serve as a catalyst to help children to engage in conversations around Taking Responsibility?

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I decided to chose taking responsibility as my big idea because I feel that this is an important topic for students. If students learn this idea now, then it will be easier for them to work through their mistakes and become a stronger individual. I think all of these books teach students a lesson about taking responsibility. Reading a book to students is much more meaningful and engaging rather than just talking about a topic. Meaningful conversations about responsibility can occur after a book is read. Each of these books will allow students to start to form their own opinions about responsibility. I believe that students will enjoy hearing each of these books being read and they will be able to learn about an important characteristic as I am reading. The students will get the information they need to know from the books and this will help them successfully complete each of the activities to follow.