1 Product, 10 Ideas – Character Trait Flowers
 Character Trait Flowers 1 Product, 10 Ideas: Idea 6 – Character Trait Flowers Build self-esteem and self-awareness by having students create character trait flowers. In the center, write “I am” and then use the petals to write character traits. Students can put their names on the leaf (if there is one). Display the flowers on a bulletin board or window as part of your spring classroom decor. We took the Poppin’ Patterns Spring Flower 6-inch Designer Cutouts and came up with 10 different ways that you could use them in the classroom. Read on to find activities that range from math to language to crafts for Mother’s Day that all use this one versatile product. Math Matching Game <–Previous Idea Next Idea–> Mother’s Day Craft |
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Commented On March 10th, 2012 10:33 pm
This activity is so cute! I am going to use this in my classroom!
Commented On March 11th, 2012 7:52 pm
With spring just around the corner, and a week full of parent-teacher conferences- this will be perfect to do with my kids at the end of the week. Its important to remember whats special and important about each one of them; a lot of times I feel like they don’t get that attention at home so allowing them to shine in the classroom is super important to me as their teacher!
Commented On March 11th, 2012 7:55 pm
This is such a cute idea! I have been looking for ways to build my students self esteem. Modification idea: Let students create petals for each other, instead of “I am” you could do “John is…” with words around the side that their peers wrote for them. It really makes them think in the positive, and kids can see how special they are to one another!
Commented On March 11th, 2012 7:57 pm
Love this – great way to practice character traits for the spring.
Commented On March 11th, 2012 7:58 pm
Can’t wait to try this with my class.
Commented On March 11th, 2012 8:02 pm
What a great idea! You could also use these for describing character traits for characters in books.
Commented On March 11th, 2012 8:07 pm
These will go right along with our unit on character traits. My first graders look for character traits in the books we read, so having them turn around and describe their own character traits would be a nice tie-in to our social skills lessons.
Commented On March 11th, 2012 8:09 pm
I am always looking for great ideas to incoorporate into my classroom..I like this one! Thanks
Commented On March 11th, 2012 8:10 pm
I love this activity. Teaching character traits is so important in my class. I will totally use this with my kiddos.
Commented On March 11th, 2012 8:15 pm
I love these! Thanks for the great idea! Would love to win those baskets too
Commented On March 11th, 2012 8:31 pm
This is a Great idea!!! I am going to use this and also use it as a writing prompt!!!
Commented On March 11th, 2012 8:49 pm
This would be great with our S.S. unit for citizenship. We have students write “responsibility” in the center of a worksheet flower and then write various ways they are responsible in each petal. This would be so much more colorful and uniform instead of students cutting out their flower.
Commented On March 11th, 2012 9:07 pm
I’ve seen this done with classmates writing adjectives about each other to help 1)build self esteem and 2)think positively about each other. I really like the bright colors of the shapes too!
Commented On March 11th, 2012 9:17 pm
What a great way to build self-confidence, self-awareness, and learn some character trait words! Great idea and perfect for spring!
Commented On March 11th, 2012 9:17 pm
We have been spending a lot of time discussing attributes of objects as part of our math curriculum. This activity will serve as a wonderful way to help my students begin to see that character traits are also a type of “attribute” as they help you describe a person by their behavior! Can’t wait to try it out!!
Commented On March 11th, 2012 9:19 pm
A great idea! Could also have other students write descriptors for their classmates about the strengths they see in their peers. Makes a nice, colorful spring display as well!
Commented On March 11th, 2012 9:40 pm
How cute! Great idea.
Commented On March 11th, 2012 10:13 pm
This sounds like a wonderful project for my class. I think I will start it tomorrow so it will be up for parent conferences on Thursday! They could use a good boost using their report cards as incentive as to their accomplishments. Thanks for the great spring idea!
Commented On March 11th, 2012 10:17 pm
Cute activity for any grade!
Commented On March 11th, 2012 10:27 pm
This is a wonderful way to help students be positive and supportive of one another!
I like the Reading Comprehension aspect, too.
Commented On March 11th, 2012 10:49 pm
This is a great idea for my 5th graders to use to describe characters in their novels. With spring quickly approaching they will make a very colorful bulletin board!!!
Commented On March 11th, 2012 10:50 pm
What a cute idea! My students really would benefit from this lesson
Commented On March 12th, 2012 5:05 pm
Some of my favorite posts are when people share ideas for a product. I get caught up in using something one way, and then I see others ideas, and have a whole new outlook for extending its use. I am often able to apply those ideas to another product as well. Thanks!
Commented On March 12th, 2012 8:24 pm
Our school is active in PBS (Positive Behavior System) and I am using this flower idea to reinforce this month’s character trait. Instead of making a poster to be displayed, we used the flower design to put the character trait in the middle (responsibility) and then put synonyms on each petal. This also reinforced our writing skill for vocabulary (so we got two lessons in one!)
Commented On March 12th, 2012 8:25 pm
A great way for students to express themselves.
Commented On March 12th, 2012 8:26 pm
This would be a wonderful addition to our study of adjectives. Definitely would love to try this in my classroom. Very cute!
Commented On March 12th, 2012 9:37 pm
I love this idea. Of course, I would revamp it for Middle Schoolers.
Commented On March 25th, 2012 10:00 am
We did something very similar to this a few weeks ago. Only each person had a flower on their desk that the other students came by to write on. Their directions were to write their favorite character trait for that person, thus it had to be positive. This was a great way to combat bullying and encourage a classroom community! (Not to mention teaching them about character traits!)
Commented On March 25th, 2012 12:23 pm
My students have a hard time accepting what is different about them or others. This is a great way for students to display what makes them unique! Could also have the other students write about that student.
Commented On May 10th, 2012 8:51 am
I love the idea to use the leaves and flowers to make a ” I am” flower. Super idea for beginning of school year….
Commented On November 18th, 2012 6:30 am
I love this idea. This is a great tool to get students discussing character traits instead of just saying the character is good or nice.