{"id":5381,"date":"2022-07-18T22:46:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T22:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech2\/?page_id=5381"},"modified":"2026-04-16T17:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:17:06","slug":"forgiveness-scratchjr-examples","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/research\/palette-of-virtues-in-practice\/forgiveness\/forgiveness-scratchjr-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgiveness in Practice – ScratchJr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Example #1:<\/strong> A child says \u201cThat\u2019s okay\u201d after a peer accidentally deletes his program.<\/td><\/tr>
Example #2:<\/strong> A child compliments her peer\u2019s program after he tells her that he thinks her program is \u201cboring\u201d.<\/td><\/tr>
Example #3:<\/strong> A child says \u201cI\u2019ll try again tomorrow\u201d when his program does not work as he hoped it would.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Examples of Children Practicing Forgiveness<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Teacher Insights on Practicing Forgiveness<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The following excerpts were taken from interviews with teachers who were asked to describe instances in which their students practiced forgiveness<\/span>, as well as times in which the teacher personally practiced <\/span>forgiveness<\/span> while implementing the Coding as Another Language-ScratchJr curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[Students] being willing to accept that something didn’t go the way you expected, but to dust off, and just forgive yourself and move on.<\/p>\n\u2014 Victor, First Grade Teacher <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A kid didn’t know anything one day, and he was very upset about that, as he would be, because he’s Type A, and I’d say you need to forgive yourself. Everybody in here is making mistakes, even me, all day long… give yourself grace before anything.<\/p>\n\u2014 Elizabeth, First Grade Teacher<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Watch Forgiveness in Practice<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adding Cat Back<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A child apologizes to her partner for deleting Cat and helps her add Cat back to their project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 How does the child convey forgiveness in the example below? Is forgiveness conveyed implicitly? How so?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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