K-5 Classroom Guidance Lessons this week have had students practicing how to effectively communicate with others. Communicating passively often keeps people from being heard or taken seriously. Communicating aggressively often makes others mad, starts fights, or keeps people from liking you because it’s disrespectful.
Although it’s not always easy, assertive communication is the best way to communicate what you want or need at school. Assertive communication is when you hold your head up and shoulders back, you look at the person you are talking to, you use a calm, firm voice and respectful words to say what you want or need.
Pictures – students in Mrs. Ruhnke’s 5th grade guidance classes partnered up to show one of the communication styles. One student was the “sculptor” while the other was the “clay”. Students sculpted their clay into a pose to demonstrate one of the styles of communication.
