Student of the Month for March: Responsibility

Your goal for earning Student of the Month for March is to practice responsibility.  Responsible students do what they are supposed to do.

Responsibility means a lot of things, because when you are in fourth grade, you have lots of different responsibilities.  They include:

1. Doing your homework
2. Bringing your homework to school
3. Doing your classwork
4. Bringing home your homework to do
5. Organizing your papers into the correct folders
6. Following classroom rules
7. Reading your notes to study for tests
8. Wearing sneakers on gym day
9. Bringing your recorder on music day
   
10. Bringing your lunch or money and coat with you at lunch time
11. Bringing pencils to school
12. Getting a paper to start your morning work
13. Treating everyone with respect all the time

Responsible students do all of those things. 

The secret is, before they leave home, the classroom, or school, they stop and think, "What do I need to bring with me?"  When they get papers or other materials they stop and think, "Where should I put these?"  Before they say or do something to someone they stop and think, "Should I really say that?"

If you want to be more responsible, all you need to do is stop and think, and make a good choice. 

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