August Manners

Week 1: Polite Responses Say "sir," "ma'am," or an adult's name when responding.
Read about the Native American tradition of respecting elders.
Week 2: Make eye contact.. When someone is speaking, keep your eyes on him or her at all times. If someone makes a comment, turn and face that person.
Use your eyes to spy shapes, numbers and math terms in this presentation from the Library of Congress.
Play on online I Spy game
Week 3: Apologize if you have have done something to hurt someone even if you have done it accidentally. Say "I'm sorry" also to express empathy and sympathy for others.
Play the classic board game, Sorry! online.
Week 4: Congratulate others who win or do well. If applauding, claps should last for 3 seconds with palms meeting to make the appropriate sound.

September Manners

Week 1: Polite Greetings:If you are asked a "how are you" question in conversation, you should ask a similar question in return. It is only polite to show others that you are just as interested in them as they are to you.(Take A Polite Greetings Quiz)

Week 2:Saying Thank You: When someone gives you something, ALWAYS say "thank you" within 3 seconds of receiving it. There is NO excuse for not showing appreciation.(Send a Free Online Thank You Note To Someone You Appreciate!). Learn how to say "Thank you!" in many languages

Week 3*: Answer questions with a complete sentence. Play an Beginner's Complete Sentence Game or play an Advanced Complete Sentence Game

Week 4: Flush the toilet and wash your hands after using the rest room. It's not only good manners, it makes good health sense! Take an online germ quiz . You can also watch a student-made movie about how EASY it is to pass along germs!

October Manners

Week 1: After dining in the cafeteria or elsewhere,be responsible for your trash. Click here to play the Trash Troopers Game. Do you leave your trash for others to pick up? Find out by taking the Personal Litter Evaluation Quiz (Click on the brown Personal Litter Evaluation Quiz link in the upper right corner of the window)

Week 2: When meeting new people shake hands and repeat their names.
Click here to learn how to shake hands correctly.
Can you solve the handshake problem?

Week 3: Take the Golden Rule one step further:
If someone drops something and you are close to it, pick it up.
Practice your picking up skills be playing Nim, a version of Pick Up Sticks against the computer.

Week 4: Hold the door for someone rather than letting it close on them.
Can you solve the The Four Doors of Xanth problem?

November Manners

Week 1: If someone bumps into you, say excuse me, even if it was not your fault; it can make you a happier, healthier and safer person.
Learn the when, why, and how of saying "excuse me."
You can also write yourself a funny madlib excuse letter.

Week 2: On a field trip, enter a public building quietly and compliment the place you are visiting.
You can take online Virtual Field Trip!

Week 3: During an assembly, do not speak or call out to friends. If you like assembly, check out the Junkbot Assembly Game on the Lego website.

Week 4: When returning from a trip, shake the hands of every chaperone and thank each of them. Learn some tips about a good handshake and learn how to play a ice breaker handshake game.

December Manners

Week 1: Tell the teacher if someone is bullying you.Your teacher is here to look after you and protect you. Click here for a huge list of links with information about preventing and dealing with bullying. Play the online Beat the Bully game.

Week 2: Be positive and enjoy life. Some things just aren’t worth getting upset over. Keep everything in perspective and focus on the good in your life.. Read about some tips for staying positive or View an inspirational presentation about the goodness of life.

Week 3: No matter what the circumstance, always be honest. Even if you have done something wrong, it is best to admit it, because people will respect that, and oftentimes, will forget any disciplinary measures because of your honesty.
Access student, parent & teacher honesty resources
Take an Honesty Quiz

January Manners

Week 1: Be the best person you can be. Manners follow naturally when you follow Jesus' way!
Read about why values matter,
find websites and activities about character and ethics , or download a family ethics game.

Week 2: Cover your mouth and nose if you have to sneeze or cough. It's the kind thing to do AND it makes good sense!
Learn how to sneeze left, shake right!
Play the Germ Zappers Game

Week 3: Napkin Use: When you first sit down to eat, immediately place your napkin in your lap. When finished eating, place your napkin loosely on the table to the left of your plate
Print and complete a manners crossword puzzle.

Week 4 : Answer questions with a complete sentence.
Play an Beginner's Sentence Completion Game or play an Advanced Complete Sentence Game

February Manners

Week 1:When eating, keep your elbows off the table.
Take an interactive online timed manners quiz.

Week 2: Use one hand to eat, unless cutting or buttering food.
Learn how to play the Opposite Ettiquette Game.
Take a manners quiz! You ought to be really good at this by now!

Week 3:Chew quietly and with your mouth closed.
It's polite and healthy!
Books, songs, and rhymes about table manners!
Learn about table manners all over the world by watching Don't Gross Out The World!

Week 4: Do not talk with your mouth full, but do have dinner conversations!
Learn some conversation starters here, or see if you can solve a
dinner conversation logic puzzle!

March Manners

Week 1:Do not slurp!
Learn how to eat spaghetti and soup correctly

Week 2: Don't play with your food while eating; it's rude!
You may play with food for art projects or to prepare foods in interesting ways,
Get playing with food out of your system before dinner by playing an online pizza making game!

Week 3: Use utensils to eat except when eating the following foods: pizza, bacon, cookies, bread, corn on the cob, sandwiches, french fries, fried chicken, asparagus, and small fruits like grapes or berries.
Do an online wordsearch about eating out.

Week 4: Thank whoever serves your food and do not complain about it even if you do not like it
Five Ways To Culitivate An Attitude of Gratitude

Week 5: Surprise others by performing random acts of kindness. Go out of your way to do something surprisingly kind and generous at least once a month
Get some ideas for acts of kindness
Dowload and print free "Smile! You've Been Tagged Cards!"
Take an online kindess and compassion quiz.

April Manners

Week 1: Practice ALL your manners on Spring Break!

Week 2: Don't cut in line! Don't let your friends cut into the line. It is unfair to those behind you.The rules DO apply to each of us and if you show respect to others, they will show respect to you.
Read what Jesus said about cutting in line!
Take a respect quiz

Week 3: Don't save seats in the cafeteria. Someone will feel left out. Instead use lunch as a opportunity to make new friends as well as to keep your old ones.
Tell a joke at lunch!

Week 4:Answer the phone in a polite and appropriate manner.
Take a cell phone manners quiz.
Translate a word into a telephone number.

May Manners

Week 1: Stand up for your beliefs! A person of character almost always displays good manners.
Play a free, downloadable board game that helps you decide which of your values are most important!
Read a story about important character traits!

Week 2: Learn from your mistakes and move on. Winston Churchill said," The biggest mistake is not admitting when you make one" because you can't learn from it.
Everyone makes mistakes! Read some funny mistakes in church bulletins!

Week 3: Live so you don't have any regrets!
Read a quote about living with regrets.
Can you solve the logic puzzle of the man who regretted selling his horse?

Week 4: Practice ALL the manners we worked on this year through whole summer!