Establish a classroom atmosphere that celebrates the sharing of learning. Have opportunity for students to practice new learnings. Make student learning available to the larger community, i.e. books students write are shared with other classes, students report in school paper, student work is displayed at school, etc.

Have the children make coping badges and figure out how they want to award them to each other.

Objective: To come to closure on how we need to learn to cope.

Activity: Have the children make coping badges and figure out how they want to award them to each other.

Assessment: The design of the badges and how they symbolize coping and the meaning of the award procedure.