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29 MARCH 2017
Elementary Respect
Note to the teacher
century learning skills
OUR children are riding the great wave of technology today. They now have facts and procedures at their fingertips. Teachers have to equip their students with a new set of skills that allow them to thrive in today’s global economy. The activities in The Star’s Newspaper-in-Education pullout combine literacy skills with content to build this set of skills. The key below indicates the skills integrated into the activities in this pullout.
golden rule
HOW would you like to go to a school or live in a community where people are nice to you? When people treat you with respect, the world becomes a better place to live in. How do we achieve that? There’s one golden rule and it’s about treating people the same way you wish to be treated.
NiE Activity 1 Creative thinking ● Imagine ● Connect ● Brainstorm ● Invent
It doesn’t matter if we live in a diverse nation that’s made up of different cultures, languages or backgrounds. Being with people who are different makes for variety. Life becomes more interesting! But in order to get along with people, we need to respect each other. Everyone wants to be treated nicely! The board
below lists a few ways you can learn to treat people better but a keyword has been removed from each sentence. Scan The Star for an appropriate word to fill in. Finally, check your answers with the suggested ones. Discuss all your answers as a class with your teacher – you’ll never know how much more you can discover!
• Don’t make ____________ of people. • __________ to others when they speak. • ____________ other people’s opinions.
● Identify
• Be __________ of people’s likes and dislikes.
● Reason
• Don’t __________ people.
● Measure ● Organise
● Imagine ● Brainstorm ● Connect ● Invent
Problem solving
Suggested answers:
Creative thinking
fun / Listen / Value / considerate / tease
Critical thinking
NiE Activity 2 Critical thinking
● Identify ● Reason
Creative thinking
Problem solving
● Imagine ● Brainstorm ● Connect
● Question ● Recreate ● Present
Learn something from the other person.
Communicating ● Oral
Show interest and appreciation for other people’s cultures and backgrounds.
There are also many other ways we can show our friends that we respect them. Think of one way you show your respect to someone. Volunteer some of your answers in class. You can read many such stories in The Star, too. In pairs, look through the newspaper for a suitable story or picture that depicts how this learning point is being shown. Share some of your findings as a class.
Don’t practise prejudices and racist attitudes.
● Question ● Research ● Recreate ● Present
Communicating ● Oral ● Non-verbal
Paste picture or headline of story here
Paste picture or headline of story here
Paste picture or headline of story here
● Written ● Aural
Collaborating ● Listen ● Contribute respectfully ● Compromise ● Attain goal nie editorial manager: SHARON OVINIS senior nie executive: ROWENA CHUA writer: S. SIVAM layout designer: SHOBA illustrator: HASSAN BAHRI To order The Star for NiE lessons, call: Sundarrajan 03-7967 1388 ext 1437 or 016-288 3682 We welcome feedback; write to: Star-NiE, Star Media Group, 15 Jalan 16/11, 46350 Petaling Jaya or e-mail us at: starnie@thestar.com.my