This story is about a boy who learns that we all have invisible buckets that determine how good or bad we feel throughout the day. People can cause another person's bucket to have a drip or a drop based on their words and actions.
A drop is when someone adds to another person's bucket in a friendly way. Some examples include: a compliment, praising someone for a good job at school answering a question, for a goal in soccer, great ideas in class, being a good friend to someone, helping someone when they are hurt or scared, picking up papers that someone drops, cleaning up a mess without being asked, keeping your room tidy, helping to set the table, being honest- even when it's hard telling the truth.
A drip is when you take from someone's bucket. This can be "hands on:" e.g. kicking, hitting, grabbing, etc., name calling, leaving someone out of the group, gossiping about people, laughing at people when they make a mistake or do something wrong, cheating, telling on someone to get them in trouble (this doesn't include when someone is hurt), not standing up for people (the by-stander), cheating, lying, not listening to parents and teachers, etc.
In class we created our own "buckets" (pocket cards). Students are very excited to start writing positive messages to classmates. At times they may be given a student's name by the teacher to write a message to a classmate, or, they can take it upon themselves to write a positive message to classmates.
The drip and drop terminology will be used in class to discuss concerns and situations that arise. We all can use more drops in our lives!
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