Teach and sing the following songs with your class: “What I Do” and “I Affect Others” 

Lesson objective: children should know that actions are the things that we do and the things that we say. 

• • What we do with our bodies are some of our actions. Ask the children to do some of the following (or come up with your actions for them to do): Jump up and down, stomp feet, clap hands, shake hands, run in place, make a silly face, smile, frown, sit down, lay down, stand up etc.  
  • What we say with our mouths are also some of our actions. Ask the children to say some of the following (or come up with your own statements for them to say): please, thank you, I love you etc.

Vignette: read the associated comic page (Page 1) with your class aloud, then use the following suggested questions to lead a brief discussion. 

• • • What did Phil say?  
    • What did  Phil do?  
    • What did  Ben say?  
    • What did  Ben do?  

Role Play: Have your characters act, think, or feel. Ask the children each time if the character is acting through doing or saying? 

• • Make Phil sing a few lines of a song.
    • Ask the class, was Phil doing or saying something? After they identify that he was in fact doing or saying something, have the class identify what he was doing or saying (singing). 
  • Tell the class that Mel feels sad but don’t have her do anything other than sit or lay.
    • Ask the class if she is doing or saying something. Have the class identify what she was doing (Laying or sitting, if the children say she was feeling sad remind them that we are not identifying feelings but actions things that Mel is doing or saying). 
  • Make Lin run and jump around.
    • Ask the class if she was doing or saying anything. If they identify that she was doing something, have the class identify what she was doing (running and jumping). 
  • Tell the class that Vivie is thinking about a big juicy ripe strawberry but don’t have her do anything other than sit or stand. 
    • Ask the class if she is acting by doing or saying anything and have them identify what she was doing (sitting or standing, if the class says that she is thinking about a strawberry, remind them that we are not identifying her thoughts but actions what she is doing or saying).  
  • Make Ben read a line from a book. 
    • Ask the class if Ben is doing or saying anything. Have the class identify what he is doing or saying (Reading).

Read aloud with your class from the following selections:

Once again to close out the lesson, sing the following songs with your class: “What I Do” and “I Affect Others”