15–30
minutes
GE NE RO S IT Y B IG B uddy S ession 3 :
Reflections
To wrap up their exploration of the topic, students meet in their home classrooms to talk about the game and the buddy experience. Review what happened in the game. You may want to ask one or two of these questions and then have students do the reflective journal writing activity below: • Is it always possible—or important—to share equally or fairly? Can you name a situation when you might not share equally? • Do you always need to share or give away all of your things? Why or why not? • What are some of the benefits of being generous? Ask students to think about what they have learned about being generous. To help them gather their thoughts, you may want to first allow time for reflection through journal writing and drawing. Ask students to recall or imagine a situation where they had to decide how to share something with a group of friends and write or draw about it. Ask a few volunteers to share their story. This is also a good opportunity to check in with students about how things went with their buddies and strategize solutions for any problems that arose. Follow up with individuals who did not have a good experience.
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82 Big Buddy Session: Arthur’s Giving and Keeping Game
