Decision-making & Responsible Behavior- 3rd-5th Grade

Demonstrate decision-making skills and responsible behaviors in personal, school, and community contexts.

Consider ethical, safety, and societal factors in making decisions. Recognize that decisions should follow Catholic teachings, especially social teaching.

Apply decision-making skills to deal responsibly with daily academic and social situations. Recognize how your faith guides your decision making.

Contribute to the well-being of one’s school and community. Recognize that service is an integral part of our Catholic Faith.

Identify examples of ethical behavior.

Identify physical sensations and emotions that indicate a threat or danger. 

Avoid dangerous situations (e.g., unsupervised sports, walking in areas where they feel unsafe, biking without a helmet, hanging around with peers who use drugs).

Analyze the consequences of lying.

Recognize the consequences to oneself and others of dishonest behavior. 

Identify and evaluate conflicting points of view in making a decision.

Evaluate how others influenced their decisions (e.g., family, friends, church, team members). 

Analyze what it means to be responsible with regard to one’s family, friends, school community. 

Describe how the Commandments and Beatitudes affect your decisions. 

Describe ways to promote the safety of oneself and others. 

Demonstrate the steps of a decision-making process. 

Apply a decision-making model to solve an interpersonal problem; an academic challenge; or an unwanted behavior. 

Apply a decision-making model to a faith-based situation, e.g., going to Church on Sunday, keeping a Lenten promise, going to confession, etc. 

Describe what they learned about their school or community from a recent service project. 

Analyze the rights and responsibilities of a member of the school community.

Participate in making and following classroom rules.

Brainstorm ways they could contribute to their community (e.g., help a neighbor, contribute to community safety, help keep their neighborhood clean).

Develop a plan with classmates to address a school or community issue or need. 

Evaluate and make recommendations on how they would improve a plan that addresses a community issue.

List ways to serve the Church/Parish Community.

Tell how you serve others at home, in the neighborhood, and in the community.

Define the problem.

Say how you feel.

Identify contributing factors.

Set a goal.

Identify alternative solutions and the consequences of each.

Select the best solution.

Evaluate the results.