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1. Mrs. Abrar rashed
5th
Grade.

2. The Six Steps of the PPA
1. Define the problem.
2. Gather evidence.
3. Identify causes.
4. Evaluate an existing policy.
5. Develop solutions.
6. Select the best solution.

3. Do you remember how
you made your first friend?
How DODO we make
friends?

4. What ISIS a friend?

5. It seems that some children
have forgotten how to be a
true friend, because we have a
serious issue confronting
children of all ages.

6. BULLYING

7. Problem: More and more
students are victims of a
bullying situation in their
school setting which
negatively disrupts their
learning.

8. Evidence: Bullying is such an issue in
New York State, that The Dignity Act was
signed into law on September 13, 2010
and took effect on July 1, 2012.

9. Existing Policy: The Dignity Act seeks to
provide the State’s public elementary and
secondary school students with a safe and
supportive environment free from
discrimination, intimidation, taunting,
harassment, and bullying on
school property,
a school bus and/or at
a school function.

10. Today we’re going to read Julia
Cook’s Making Friends Is an Art
to discover ways that WEWE can
be part of the solution to the
serious social issue of bullying in
our schools.

11. Your task: You and your group
will create a poster demonstrating
one (or more) ways to be a true
friend and be part of the solution
to the problem of bullying in our
schools.