I love using children’s literature to help students understand a concept. One of my favorite books to share with my students at the beginning of the year to help them transition to school and how we should act is How Full Is Your Bucket? (affiliate link)
This is a great
story to introduce how we should interact with our classmates and why. In this story, a little boy named Felix is taught
about an invisible bucket. His grandfathers share with him that when your
bucket is dipped, you feel bad but if your bucket is filled, you feel
great. Throughout the story, you follow Felix and see
different bucket dippers and bucket fillers.
I love this story because students are able to relate to it.
In our
classroom, we then talk about bucket dippers and bucket fillers. We brainstormed a list of things we could do to fill our friends bucket. It is also a great story to refer back to and
revisit throughout the year if necessary.
I have also
created a bucket filler and bucket dipper sort for students to complete
independently.
It is a great review for students of different ways that they can be bucket fillers and bucket dippers in the classroom.
You can
grab that free sort here: How Full Is Your Bucket Sort
I hope that you enjoy this story as much as my students and I do!
