Bucket filler

here are 7 tips for first grade teachers for back to school.

If you didn't start out your year (all grade levels) discussing bucket filling, go back... it's not too late! For great anchor chart activity to go with the book: Have You Filled a Bucket Today? Teach your students compassion and empathy.

This post will outline how to create a bucket filler classroom so your students can feel successful and work to build a supportive community!

I love using this management system with my students. I simply laminated these bucket die cuts and added velcro dots. I hot glued velcro dots on the quiet critters to use as the 'fillers' for the buckets.

Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud is a great book to teach young children about caring for others. How our actions and words hurt people around us. The book uses colorful illustration to teach an important lesson, thinking about others. The book describes everyone has an invisible bucket, you might not see it but it is there. The bucket’s purpose is to hold your good thoughts that make you warm and fuzzy.

Ways to be a bucket filler

Many primary teachers love the book "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?"--and for good reason! Learn more ways to use this book with this guest post.

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I love using children’s literature to help students understand a concept. One of my favorite books to share with my students at the beginning of the year to help them transition to school and how we should act is How Full Is Your Bucket? (affiliate link) This is a great story to introduce how we should interact with our classmates and why. In this story, a little boy named Felix is taught about an invisible bucket. His grandfathers share with him that when your bucket is dipped, you feel bad…