Virtues of Ma'at

When you see your friend about to do something wrong and you talk them out of it, you are practicing

• Recipriocity

• Righteousness

• Balance

• Order

When you see two of your groupwork partners getting angry at each other and you respond by getting them to calm down and get back into rhythm you are practicing

• Truth

• Balance

• Harmony

• Justice

My best friend shared that she didn’t think the way I performed my poem was good at first but it made me work harder at it. My best friend was practicing

• Balance

• Justice

• Harmony

• Truth

Last time I was working on my math homework and needed help, my best friend logged on to help me. Now that he needs help with his English homework I am logging on to help him. My best friend and I are practicing

• Reciprocity

• Justice

• Balance

• Order

Sometimes when I am feeling really low, my cousin calls to try to cheer me up. My cousin is practicing

• Harmony

• Truth

• Balance

• Reciprocity

When my Nana calls me and my siblings in to tell our story one by one  when something goes wrong and makes a decision about consequences when she hears everybody’s side of the story, Nana is practicing

• Order

• Balance

• Righteousness

• Justice

When I make a to do list at the beginning of each week, I am practicing 

• Order

• Justice

• Reciprocity

• Balance

When I decide to go play my video games because that's what I want to do instead of going to play football because my friend wants to, I am practicing

• Reciprocity

• Truth

• Order

• Balance

When we make sure that we all take an even amount of turns when we play games with our friends we are practicing

• Balance

• Order

• Truth

• Justice

When I help to clean the dishes after my grandmother cooks the meal, we are practicing

• Truth

• Balance

• Reciprocity

• Righteousness