Bullying Lesson Plan

School Counselor: Hinckley, Kanjee, Peck

Activity: Tattling vs Telling
Grade(s): 4, 5, 6
Date: September 2016
ASCA Mindsets and
Behaviors

Learning Objectives

Materials
Procedure
35 min

Demonstrate critical thinking skills to make

informed decisions
Demonstrate ability to assume responsibility
Demonstrate ethical decision making and social
responsibility
Students will
Be able to distinguish between tattling on
someone and telling an adult when someone is being
bullied
Be able to correctly verbalize to an adult if
someone is being bullied.

Is Julie Tattling or Telling script

Pen/Pencil and Paper

1. Classroom discussion about what tattling means

and what telling means.
a. Tattling is trying to get someone
into trouble (no one is being hurt and no rule is
being broken).
b. Telling is trying to get someone
out of trouble (getting help when there are
unsafe behaviours).
2. Read the lesson script Is Julie Tattling or
Telling?
http://www.peelregion.ca/health/bullying/pdfs/FebruaryK-LPRF.pdf
a. The situations and questions help
students understand the difference between
tattling and telling.
3. Students work with a partner to write down the
sentence they could or would say to an adult if they saw
someone being bullied.
a. Each pair of students will come up
to the teacher at the front of the class and share
what they wrote.
b. Teacher/Counselor will alter their
sentence if needed and/or provide positive
feedback

Plan for evaluation

Process Data: All 4th, 5th, and 6th grade

students will participate
Perception Data: Students will take post test
after lesson plan to measure their knowledge.
Results Data: 25% decrease in disciplinary
incidents

Follow Up

Students will continue to participate in bullying

related activities throughout the year to maintain

knowledge and skills
Resource:
http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/teaching-students-to-prevent-bullying.html
http://www.peelregion.ca/health/bullying/pdfs/February-K-LPRF.pdf