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    My Trust Team!

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    Subject: SEL (Social-Emotional Learning)

    Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins

    Topic: Trust

    Grade Level: 4, 5, 6

    Standards / Framework:

    Brief Description: Students will illustrate people in their lives that they trust and can confide in.

    Know Before You Start: Students should have an understanding of the term trustworthy.

    Hook:

    • Ask students how they know they can trust someone.
    • Let students voice their ideas. Write them on a large piece of paper with the title “Our Trust Team Must…”  Students' answers could include:
      • They don’t lie to you. 
      • They don’t tell your secrets.
      • They support and cheer you on.
      • They listen and give advice.
      • They show empathy and sympathy.
      • They follow through on promises and commitments.
      • They communicate honestly with you.
      • They make you feel safe.
    • Explain that they are going to create a comic about their trust team — a group of people in their lives that they can rely on. A Trust Team member can be an adult, a friend, a family member; or anyone in their life that they trust and who has the qualities on the “Trust Team” list.

    Activity:

    • Using the sample comic as a guide, students will create a comic about their Trust Team. 
      • Select three or four people that have Trust Team qualities.
      • Each panel should include an avatar along with a caption describing who they are and why they are trusted. 
      • Students can use speech bubbles to share something that person would say.

    Closure:

    • Students can share their Trust Team in a digital gallery or print them to present to the class.

    Differentiation:

    • Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.

    • Provide sentence starters (e.g., "I trust ____ because _____.").

    • Allow extra time to brainstorm with a peer or teacher.

    • Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.

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