Teaching Good Manners

Table Manners Lesson Plan

Oct 11, 2006

Table Manners Lesson plan geared for primary and junior students. It is important for students to be taught good manners in school.

Manners are first developed in the home. Different cultures, parenting styles and much more will dictate the style of manners learned by the student. Students usually eat snacks and lunch at schools and it is important that good school table manners are presented and modeled for the students.

Table Manners Lesson Plan

Kindergarten-Grade 8

Students brainstorm good table manners with the teacher. The teacher records the information on chart paper.
Students brainstorm poor table manners with the teacher. The teacher records the information on chart paper.
Teacher divides the class into groups to create a presentation on good table manners. Students are to use good table manners in the presentation but the teacher will give them a secret poor table manner to be used in their presentation for the other students to identify.
Teacher will model this first with her students and ask the students to identify the good table manners and the one poor table manner.
Teacher will walk around assisting students in their drama presentation.
Students will perform the drama presentation to the class.
This lesson can be used to grade drama, oral language, and teamwork.

Manner Activities

Create a poem on manners
Write a short story on manners
Create a cartoon on manners
Keep a journal on manners
Draw pictures on good and bad manners
Interview parents and family on their manners
Create a song on manners

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