Guidance Lessons by Grade

 
  
     We're off to a good start in the lower grades with guidance lessons 
focusing on getting along. The lessons I've covered so far this semester are 
as following:

Kindergarten           "Elmer, the Elephant"  (Accepting our differences)
 (Monday)              Lesson 1 Getting Along Series (Don't Laugh at Me)
                       Lesson 2 Getting Along Series (When You're Bossy) 
                       Lesson 3 Getting Along Series (Clean Up Your Own Mess)
                       Lesson 4 Getting Along Series (Bully, Don't Push Me
                                                      Around)
                       Lesson 5 Getting Along Series (Take Care of My Things) 
                       Lesson 6 Getting Along Series (Playing co-operatively)
                       Lesson 7 Getting Along Series (Accepting Differences)
                       Lesson 8 Getting Along Series (Do You Fight?)
                       Lesson 9 Getting Along Series (Playing Too Roughly)
                       Lesson 10 Getting Along Series (Sharing)
           
                       Dealing with Death "The Tenth Good Thing about Barney"
                       Dealing with Fear "Harry and the Whatzit"
                       Dealing with Anger "Angry Dragon"
                       
                       Child Protection Lesson "Officer Buckley and Gloria"
                       "Snail Started It"
                       

                                                     



Grade 1                "Facts About Friends" 
 (Wednesday)           Lesson 1 Getting Along Series (Don't Laugh at me)
                       Lesson 2 Getting Along Series (When You're Bossy)
                       Lesson 3 Getting Along Series (Clean Up Your Own Mess)
                       Lesson 4 Getting Along Series (Bully, Don't Push Me
                                                      Around)
                       Lesson 5 Getting Along Series (Take Care of My Things)
                       Listening Skills  - "Howard B. Wigglebotton Learns to
                                              Listen" 
                                            "Listen Buddy"
                       Lesson 6 Getting Along Series (Playing Co-operatively)
                       Lesson 7 Getting Along Series (Accepting Differences)
                       Lesson 8 Getting Along Series (Do You Fight?)
                       "Sippi, the Canine with Character" Lessons 1 & 2
                       "Sippi, the Canine with Character" Lessons 3 & 4
                       "Sippi, the Canine with Character" Lessons 5 & 6
                       
                       Learning About Respect Video 
                       Child Protection Lesson
                       "The Stinky Fish Game" Choosing Appropriate Behavior
                       Feelings Bingo
                       
                       


Grade 2                Friendship Fables "Making Friends"
(Wednesday)            Friendship Fables "Teasing"
                       Friendship Fables "Angry Feelings"
                       Friendship Fables "Accepting Differences"
                       Kindness "Louie" and "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters"
                       Who Do We Hold in Our Heart?
                       
                       Kevin Henkes Unit "Feelings Wheel" "Owen"
                       Kevin Henkes Lesson 2 "Wemberly Worried"
                       What Makes Me Worry
                       Lesson 3 "Chrysanthemum"   "A Porcupine Named Fluffy"
                                 (The Power of Kind Words)
                       Lesson 4 "A Weekend with Wendell" "Cousin John is
                                 Coming"
                                 (Cooperation and Conflict)
                       Lesson 5 "Chester's Way" "Odd Velvet"
                                 Accepting Differences in friendships
                       Lesson 6 "Lily's Purple Plastic Purse"
                                 Respecting Others
                   
                       The Stinky Fish Game - What is appropriate behavior?
                       Potter Pig in Control - Harmful and Helpful Self-Talk
                       Potter Pig in Control - Fair Fighting
                       Potter Pig in Control - Learning about Empathy

                       Child Protection Class- Keeping Myself Safe
                  
                       Potter Pig in Control - Conflict Resolution
                       Applying Conflict Resolution Skills


Grade 3                Conflict Resolution  "Using I Statements"
 (Bi-weekly Tues.)     Conflict Resolution "Fighting Fairly"
                       Conflict Resolution "How to solve a puzzle"
                       Conflict Resolution Strategy Wheel
                       Conflict Resolution Communication skills
                       Conflict Resolution Calming Down
                       
                       Child Protection Class - Keeping Myself Safe 
                       
                       "Seven Spools of Thread"
                       "One City, Two Brothers"    Stories about conflict
                       "The Seven Chinese Brothers"   resolution

4A & 4B                  "I Didn't Know I Was a Bully"
(Tues & Thurs)         Excluding and Being Bossy
                       Teasing and Controlling
                       Cyberbullying and Standing Up
                       Changing Behavior - Making a Sincere Apology
                       Changing Behavior - Making an Action Plan; "What Should
                                           You do in this situation?"
                       Everyone Feels Sad Sometimes - "Tough Boris"
                       Strength in Numbers - "Swimmy"
                                             "The Bully-Blockers Club"
                       Peacemaking  What Makes Me Angry?
                                    Strategies for getting along
                       How to be a better friend
                       Characteristics of a good friend
                       Rules of Conversation
                       Child Protection Lesson
                       Actions, Reactions and Interactions
                       Empathy
                       Argument vs Discussion
                       
                       
                       


5A & 5B                What is Stress ?  Where do I feel it?
(Monday)               What stresses me at school?
                       Positive and negative ways to deal with Stress
                       Procrastination - What is it and why do we do it?
                       Procrastination  10 Ways to deal with it
                       Procrastination 10 More ways to deal with it and 
                                        realistic goal-setting
                       "Cliques,Phonies, and other Baloney" Unit
                                         Lesson 1 "What is a clique?"
                                         Lesson 2 "Phonies"
                                         Lesson 3 "What's Popularity?"
                       "Everyone is Included" Discovering Common Interests
                       Child Protection Lesson
                       Child Protection Video
                       The Power of Words - Wrinkles in my heart
                       Transition to Upper School
                       
                       
                        

6A & 6B                Stress in my life
                       Ways to deal with stress 
                       Team building activity Animal Toss
                       Team building activity Marshmallows and 
                                                Spaghetti Structures
                       Team Building - How are we Alike/Different?
                       What are my values?  How do I want to be remembered?
                       Cliques
                       Phonies
                       Other Baloney
                       Child Protection Lesson
                       


7A & 7B                Team Building - How are we  Alike/Different?
                                       Marshmallow Spaghetti Structures 
                       What are my values?  How do I want to be remembered?
                       Forgiveness, Grudges and Moving On
                       Responsibility (Stories from different cultures)
                       Child Protection Lesson
                       "Mr. Peabody's Apples"  Spreading Rumors