Life Principles Quotes 09-10

Character Word of the Week with Quotes and Literature

S. Tulp 2009-2010

Respect

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West Field…Giving honor to another.

Wild Cats!

Respect

Showing consideration for others.

Never judgeFlexibility

Being humble, not arrogant

another man…

Courtesy

The ability to wait calmly.

until you have

walked aHumility The ability to wait calmly.

mile in his

moccosins.Patience The ability to wait calmly.

Word of the Week

Week 1 Aug. 18-21

School Code / School Creed

The Four R's: Respect yourself; respect others; respect your school; respect the law.

Related Literature: The Elephant and His Son (L:32), No One Like You by Jillian HarkerChrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

Week 2 Aug. 24-28

"Politeness costs nothing and gains everything." - Lady Mary Montague

Related Literature: The Pelican and the Crane (L:35), Clifford’s Manners by Norman Bridwell, Please found in the Book of Virtues on pg. 24

Week 3 Sep. 2-4

"If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Related Literature: The Peacock’s Tail, The Principle’s New Clothes by Stephanie Calmenson, Humble Pie by Jennifer Donnelly

Week 4 Sep. 8-11

Our patience will achieve more than our force. - Edmond Burke

Related Literature: The Goose and the Golden Eggs (P:50), Duncan and Delores by Barbara Samuels, Thy Friend Obadiah by Brinton Turkle

Week 5 Sep. 14-18



Week 6 Sep. 21-25




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GE Tenet: Climate of Mutual Respect

Responsibility


Westfield…Responsibility

"The choices we make dictate the life we lead." - Unknown

Wild Cats!

Self-Discipline

You haven'tPerseverance

failed…

Resiliency

Doing your best in an endeavor. If better is possible, good is not enough.

until you've

stop trying.Problem Solving

Effort

Word of the Week

Week 7 Sep. 28- Oct. 2

Taking credit, or criticism, for your own actions.

Related Literature: The Lark and Her Children (P:23), I Lost My Bear by Jules Feiffer, Pigsty by Mark Teaque, Livingston Mouse by Pamela Edwards

Week 8 Oct. 5-9

The ability to choose and control one's own actions.

Once a task has begun, never quit until it's done. Be the labor great or small, do it well and do it all.

Related Literature: The Pig and the Candy Store (L:31), Salt in His Shoes by Deloris Jordan, Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall

Week 9 Oct. 12-14

The ability to persist, or continue striving, to the end.

Success lies in the finishing, not the dreaming or the starting. - Unknown

Related Literature: The Tortoise and the Hare (P:19), I Can’t Get My Turtle to Move by Elizabeth Lee O’Donnell, The First Bear in Africa by Satomi Ichikawa

Week 10 Oct. 19-23 Related Literature: The Grasshopper and the Ant (P:12 Y:13), Walking Through the Jungle by Debbie

Harter, Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar by Bonnie Lass

Week 11 Oct. 26-30

Creating solutions and finding answers.

Learn from the mistakes made by others. You won't live long enough to make them all yourself.

Related Literature: The Hen and the Apple Tree (L:11), Tiger is a Scardy Cat by Joan Phillips, Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell

Week 12 Nov. 2-6

Recovering from or adjusting easily to misfortune or change.

There are no victories without conflict; no rainbows without storms.


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Effort

GE Tenet: Climate of Mutual Respect

Fairness


Fairness

Playing by the rules.

This is aJustice

team effort.

if you can't putGratitude

Act of being grateful, thankfulness

someone up…

Common Sense

please don't put

them down.Tolerance

Respecting the differences of others.

Week 12 Nov. 2-6 Related Literature: The Oak and the Reeds (P:80), Comet’s Nine Lives by Jan Brett

Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret Mahy

Word of the Week

Week 13 Nov. 9-13

This above all: To thine own self be true. And it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. - Shakespeare

Related Literature: Looking After Louis by Lesley Ely & Polly Dunbar, Mine! by Kevin Luthardt, One Grain of Rice by Demi

Week 14 Nov. 16-20

Being fair, right, and upholding what is right.

"The ones that you should try to get even with arethe ones who have helped you."

Related Literature: The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing (P:22), Cuddley Duddley by Jez Alborough, What if Zebra’s Lost Their Stripes by John Reitano

Thanksgiving Nov. 23-24

"The most important prayer in the world is two words long: thank you." - Meister Eckehart

Related Literature: The Wolf and the Crane (P:69), Thanksgiving Day by Gail Gibbons,Bernstein Bears: Count Their Blessings

Week 15 Nov. 30 - Dec. 4

Thinking before acting; using good judgment.

Do not go through life like a leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told. - Socrates

Related Literature: The Sick Lion (P:64), The King’s Wish by Benjamin ElkinThe Rooster, The Mouse, and The Little Red Hen

Week 16 Dec. 7-11

We must all learn to live together as brothers (and sisters) or perish alone as fools. - Martin L. King, Jr.


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Tolerance

Cooperation

Working together.

GE Tenet: All Children Can Learn

Trustworthiness


Trustworthiness

You've got brains

in your head,Honesty

Truthfulness in words and actions.

you've got feet in

your shoes…Integrity

The keeping of a promise or pledge. Go put your creed into your deed. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

you can steerCommitment

yourself any

Week 16 Dec. 7-11 Related Literature: The Crayon Box That Talked by Shane DeRolf,

The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill

Week 17 Dec. 14-18

I believe the welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all. - Helen Keller

Related Literature: The Rooster and the Eagle (P:37), Don’t Wake Up Mama! By Eileen Christelow, A Cloak for the Dreamer by Aileen Friedman

Word of the Week

Week 18 Jan. 4-8

Keeping your word; doing what is right for yourself and others.

If you can't trust a person at all points, you can't truly trust him at any point.

Related Literature: The Boy Who Cried Wolf (P:11), Miss Malarkey Won’t Be in Today by Judy Finchler, The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Bob Hartman, The Dog Who Cried "Woof" - Clifford

Week 19 Jan. 11-15

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. - Ghandi

Related Literature: The Mermaid and the Woodcutter, Jamaica’s Find by Juanita Havill, Berestain Bears and the Truth

Week 20 Jan. 19-22

Related Literature: The Travelers and the Bear (P:67), Kiss Goodnight by Amy Hest, I’m Not Going to Get Up Today by Dr. Seuss

Week 21 Jan. 25-29

Acting according to a sense of right and wrong.

In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock. - Thomas Jefferson

Related Literature: The Travelers and the Gold Coins (P:75), Hey, Little Ant by Phillip Hoose, Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott


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direction you chose.Loyalty

Faithfulness to another.

GE Tenet: Teacher Knowledge & Skill

Citizenship


Citizenship

Serving the needsPatriotism

Love for or devtion to one's country

of others…

Service

is the light that

brightens each day. Esprit de Corp

Week 22 Feb. 1-5

I will speak ill of no man and speak all the good I know of everybody. - Benjamin Franklin

Related Literature: The Shepard and the Wolf (P:52), What Do You Love? By Jonathan London, The Little Red Hen

Word of the Week

Week 23 Feb. 8-12

Behaving in a responsible manner as a citizen of a community.

"Ask not what your country can do for you, but rather ask what you can do for your country." - J.F. Kennedy

Related Literature: The Summer My Father Was Ten by Pat Brisson, A Castle on Viola Street by DyAnne DiSalvo, America's White Table by Margot Theis Raven

Week 24 Feb. 15-19

"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" - Nathan Hale

Related Literature: The Bundle of Sticks (P:53), We the Kids by David CatrowThe Pledge of Allegiance photo journal by Scholastic

Week 25 Feb. 22-26

Giving of one's time and energies to help others.

"Serving the needs of others is the light that brightens each day." - Douglas Lawson

Related Literature: The Young Rooster (L:37), Hedgie’s Surprise by Jan BrettMrs. Toggle’s Zipper by Robin Pulver

Week 26 Mar. 1-5

Devotion among members of a group for each other and purposes.

"In this classroom we care about each other. We don't use put downs or sarcasms. We help each other do our best. We sink or swim together."


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Esprit de Corp

Propriety

GE Tenet: High Expectations

Citizenship (continued)


Leadership

"A leader is a dealer in hope." - Napoleon Boneparte

Excellence…Courage

"There can be no courage without fear."

is never an Initiative

Taking action; originating new ideas.

accident.

Week 26 Mar. 1-5

Related Literature: Earth Day - Horray! by Stuart J. Murphy, Three Pebbles and a Song by Eileen Spinelli

Week 27 Mar. 8-12

A standard of what is socially acceptbale in conduct & speech.

"Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential." Will Cuppy

Related Literature: The Fox and the Stork (P:46 Y:21), Mice Squeak, We Speak by Tommi de Paola, The Red Sweater by Peter Maloney

Word of the Week

Week 28 Mar. 22-26

Inspiring others to excel by the courage of your example.

Related Literature: Stephanie's Ponytail by by Robert N. Munsch and Michael Martchenko, Class President by Johanna Hurwitz, The Ballot Box Battle by Emily Arnold McCully

Week 29 Mar. 29 - April 2

Strength to act even when afraid or uncertain.

Related Literature: The Lobster and the Crab (L:8), All Stuck Up by Linda HaywoodGoggles by Ezra Keats, Will You Forgive Me? by S. Grindley and P. Dann

Week 30 April 5-9

"You've got brains in your head, you've got feet in your shoes, you can steer yourself any direction you choose." - Dr. Seuss

Related Literature: The Crow and the Pitcher (P:72), The Big Fire with King’s WishChester’s Way by Kevin Henkes


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Ambition

Strong desire to achieve your best.

GE Tenet: High Expectations

Caring


Caring

Compassion

We make a living

by what we get…Generosity

Freely giving of time or resources. Giving is a rich way of living.

Week 31 April 12-16

How high I am, how much I see, how far I reach, depends on me. -OR- Don't be content with being average. Average is as close to the bottom as it is to the top.

Related Literature: The North Wind and the Sun (P:16), Just the Way You Are by Max Lucado, Oh, The Places You’ll Go! By Dr. Seuss

Word of the Week

Week 32 April 19-23

Sharing, valuing, and caring about each other's feelings.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. - Mother Teresa

Related Literature: The Boy Who Went Swimming (P:65), Farm Flu by

Teresa Bateman, Dogger by Shirley Hughes

Week 33 April 26-30

The ability to share another's feelings or ideas.

Kindness is a language heard by deaf men and seen by blind men. - Mark Twain

Related Literature: The Children and the Frogs (P:74), Hug by Jez AlboroughIf You Hold My Hand by Jillian Harker

Week 34 May 3-7


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Generosity

and a life byHumanitarianism

Helping other humans

what we give.

Optiminsm

Friendship

Caring for and trusting one another.

GE Tenet: Positive Self-Esteem

Trustworthiness : blue Think: "True Blue"Be honest • Don’t deceive, cheat or steal • Be reliable — do what you say you’ll do • Have the courage to do the right thing • Build a good reputation

• Be loyal — stand by your family, friends and country

Respect : yellow/gold Think: The Golden RuleTreat others with respect; follow the GOLDEN RULE • Be tolerant of differences • Use good manners, not bad language • Be considerate of the feelings of others

• Don’t threaten, hit or hurt anyone • Deal peacefully with anger, insults and disagreements

Week 34 May 3-7 Related Literature: The Poor Old Dog (L:25), Baa, Baa Black Sheep by Iza Trapani

The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant, The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Week 35 May 10-14

As small as it may seem, a good deed is always worth doing. - Spark Matsunaga

Related Literature: Androcles and the Lion (P:28), The Kissing Hand by Audruy PennAll You Ever Need by Max Lucado, Berenstain Bears: Lend a Helping Hand

Week 36 May 17-21

To anticiapte the best possible outcome

There are two ways of exerting one's strength; one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. - Booker T. Washington

Related Literature: The Cat and His Vision (L:19), The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, Smudge’s Grumpy Day by Miriam Moss

Week 37 May 24-28

Tart words make no friends. A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. - Benjamin Franklin

Related Literature: The Lion and the Mouse (P:41 Y:7), Harold Finds a Friend by Liza BakerMy Teacher’s My Friend by P.K. Hallinan, Best Friends by Steven Kellogg

Remember that people with good character are terrific: T R R F C C

T rustworthiness R espect R esponsibility F airness C aring C itizenship


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Responsibility : green Think: being responsible for a garden or finances; for example an oak

Do what you are supposed to do • Persevere: keep on trying! • Always do your best • Use self-control • Be self-disciplined

• Think before you act — consider the consequences • Be accountable for your choices

Fairness : orange Think: sharing an orange in equal sectionsPlay by the rules • Take turns and share • Be open-minded; listen to others • Don’t take advantage of others • Don’t blame others carelessly

Caring: red Think: A heartBe kind • Be compassionate and show you care • Express gratitude • Forgive others • Help people in need

Citizenship : purple Think: Regal purple as representing the stateDo your share to make your school and community better • Cooperate • Get involved in community affairs • Stay informed; vote • Be a good neighbor

• Obey laws and rules • Respect authority • Protect the environment

Possible Quotes for Life Principles 2001-2002

Month Life Principle Possible QuotesAugust Citizenship Ask not what your country can do for you, but rather ask what you can do for your country. - John F. Kennedy

Initiative/Ambition

If you are not afraid to face the music, you may someday be the leader of the band.The reason some people don't recognize opportunity is because it usually comes disguised as hard work.Don't be content with being average. Average is as close to the bottom as it is to the top.

September Service Serving the needs of others is the light that brightens each day. - Douglas Lawson

To do more for the world than the world does for you --- that is success. - Henry Ford.

Esprit de Corp

Courage Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There is no courage unless you're scared. Eddie RickenbackerLife maroons the hesitant but inspires the brave. - Thomas DooleyCourage is fear that has said its prayers.

Leadership I am the captain of my fate; I am the master of my soul. - Wm. Earnest HenleyMen are born to succeed, not to fail. - Henry D. ThoreauGenius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. - Thomas Edison

October Respect The Four R's: Respect yourself; Respect others; Respect your school; Respect the law.Respect, whether given or received, is its own reward.

Patience Consider the egg. You get your chicks by hatching them, not by smashing them.Self-control is the gift of patience.Our patience will achieve more than our force. - Edmond Burke

Common Sense Do not go through life like a leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told. - SocratesTake time to think through important decisions.Swift decisions are not sure. - SophoclesThose who stand for nothing fall for anything. - Alex Hamilton

Kindness Politeness costs nothing and gains everything. - Lady Mary MontagueWherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness. - Senecca

You've got brains in your head, you've go feet in your shoes, you can steer yourself any direction you choose. - Dr. Seuss

One thing I know is the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. - Albert Schweitzer

In this classroom we care about each other. We don't use put downs or sarcasms. We help each other do our best. We sink or swim together.

Every person has a built in need to be heard, understood and respected. The key is to remember that respect is a sword that cuts two ways. What we need most comes to us as we give it away to others.


Month Life Principle Possible Quotes

November Caring Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. - Mother Teresa

Compassion Kindness is a language heard by deaf men and seen by blind man. - Mark TwainWhen we share pain, we share in the triumph over pain.

Generosity Giving is a rich way of living.

December Humanitarianism As small as it my seem, a good deed is always worth doing. - Spark MatsunagaWe make a living by what we get, and a life by what we give. - Winston ChurchillHe stands tallest who stoops to help another.

Friendship Friendship uses things and loves people.Pick your friends, but not to pieces.A friend is a gift you give yourself. - Robert Louis Stevenson

Tart words make no friends. A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. - Benjamin FranklinMake new friends, but keep the old; one is silver and the other gold.You can enlarge your happiness by enlarging your circle of friends.

January Fairness Never judge another man until you have walked a mile in his moccasins. - Native American Proverb

Justice

Tolerance We must all learn to live together as brothers (and sisters) or perish alone as fools. - Martin L. King Jr.

Cooperation Umojo Umojo means we work together. In sunshine, in rain time, in all kinds of weather.I believe the welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all. - Helen Keller

February Responsibility How high I am, how much I see, how far I reach, depends on me.The choices we make dictate the life we lead.

Perseverance Success lies in the finishing, not the dreaming or the starting. - unknownNothing feels better than a job well done.Consider the postage stamp. It sticks to one thing until it gets there.

Self-Discipline The only one you can effectively change is yourself.If we were supposed to talk more than we listen, we'd have two mouths and one ear. - Mark TwainOnce a task has begun, never quit until it's done. Be the labor great or small, do it well and do it all.Anger is a stone cast into a wasp's nest. - Millibar ProverbIt is easier to leave angry words unspoken than to mend a heart those words have broken.

This above all: To thine own self be true. And it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. - Shakespeare


Month Life Principle Possible Quotes

March Effort If better is possible, good is not enough.Good, better, best never let it rest. Till good is better and better is best.

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. - Theodore RooseveltBuild the good that you are into the best you can be.The only thing you can get without working is hungry.Gardens are not made by singing, "Oh Beautiful" and sitting in the shade. Rudyard Kipling

Problem Solving It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem. - G.K. Chesterton

What we're saying today is that you're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem. - Eldridge CleaverWell done is better than well said. - Benjamin FranklinThe voyage of discovery lies not in finding new landscapes, but in having new eyes. - Marcel ProustLearn from the mistakes made by others. You won't live long enough to make them all yourself.Worry is like sitting in a rocking chair. It will give you something to do but it won't get you anywhere.

Curiosity Some people see things and ask, "Why?" I see things and ask, "Why not?" - John F. KennedyDevelop a yearning for learning.Happiness is discovering the world around us.

April TrustworthinessCommitment Go put your creed into your deed. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Flexibility There are not victories without conflict; no rainbows without storms.

Honesty Half the truth is often a great lie. - Benjamin FranklinTruth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it. - Mark TwainSeek the truth. Then speak the truth.Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. - Henry David Thoreau

May Loyalty I will speak ill of no man and speak all the good I know of everybody. - Benjamin Franklin

Integrity No one can take away your self-respect unless you give it to them. - GhandiCharacter is higher than intellect. - Ralph Waldo EmersonIn matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock. - Thomas JeffersonHold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. - Henry Ward Beecher

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. - Oliver Wendell Holmes


Month Life Principle Possible QuotesHonor is more important than honors.

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