How Do I Stand in Your Shoes?

This book helps students notice and understand the feelings or difficulties of others. Miranda, the main character in the book, does not understand the feelings of the other students in her class. In frustration, Miranda responds by being impatient, angry and using put-downs toward her fellow students. In order to learn how to stand in someone’s shoes, she asks her neighbor for help. Her neighbor explains that “to show empathy you must either think of a time when you felt the same way as another person, or you must pretend to be the person you are trying to understand.”

The goals of this lesson:

• Empower students to notice, name, and understand the feelings or difficulties of others

• Express and receive empathy from each other.

• Use the tools of bucket filling and the law of the lid to understand and care about others.

• Empathize with those that have received mean and hurtful messages digitally.

Please read the parent letter, watch the book narration with your child and have a discussion about this month’s book. We also encourage you to complete the activity to further extend the message and lessons.

Parent Letter
Book Narration
Book Activity
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