Monthly Themes:

August/September: Safe and Caring School

October: Healthy Choices

November: Caring People

December: Respect Yourself and Others

January: Bullying

February: Cooperation

March: Getting along with Others

April: The Power to Choose

May: Follow Your Dreams

Classroom Guidance Lesson Plans:

Kinder – McLean, Johnson:

SEPTEMBER: Safe and Caring School

  • Week 1: Introductions, Ice-breakers. Group Juggle is a name game that helps disclose group dynamics while learning names.
  • Week 2: Kelso’s Choices- Intro to what Kelso’s Choices are-using them to solve small problems. The difference between small problems and big problems. Reporting to an adult when it is a BIG problem. Book: Understand and Care. Letters to parents go out- providing info on what Kelso’s choices are.
  • Week 3: The Nine Choices for Behavior to appropriate situations. Activity: Small and Big problem book pages. Continued this into the next week.

OCTOBER: Healthy Choices

  • Week 4: Red Ribbon Week -activity Booklet, Pledge to be Drug Free Certificates-Hung up on K-5 teacher’s doors. 3 Screens assembly, Review questions about assembly, BOOK: Reach Out and Give.
  • Week 5: Finished up with discussion questions about the assembly GENEROUS and VOLUNTEERING, began discussing November’s theme of caring students. Read: Reach Out and Give.

NOVEMBER: Caring People

  • Week 6: Read: I Feel Silly – Played “Guess the feeling card game.” Students look at each feeling card, understand the feeling word and feeling face and match it with the appropriate feeling.
  • Week 7: Safe Touch Curriculum- Bicycle Safety/Gun Safety.

DECEMBER: Respect Yourself and Others

  • Week 8: Safe Touch Curriculum-Say NO,-Dealing with Strangers.
  • Week 9: Safe Touch Curriculum- Asking First, Getting Permission.

1st Grade Hoover, Kidwell

SEPTEMBER: Safe and Caring School

  • Week 1: Introductions, ice-breaker-Group Juggle-is a name game that helps disclose group dynamics while learning names.
  • Week 2:Kelso’s Choices Review- Intro to what Kelso’s choices are-using them to solve small problems, the difference between small and big problems. Reporting to an adult when there is a BIG problem. Book: Julia Cook- Making Friends& I accept you as you are.
  • Week 3: Our Safe and Caring School- Students will create a Poster that displays rules of the school, classroom and what makes our school safe and caring.

OCTOBER: Healthy Choices

  • Week 4: Red Ribbon Week -activity Booklet, Pledge to be Drug Free Certificates-Hung up on K-5 teacher’s doors. 3 Screens assembly, Review questions about assembly, BOOK: Reach Out and Give. Pencils and Bracelets handed out.
  • Week 5: Students completed Red Ribbon Booklets.

NOVEMBER: Caring People

  • Week 6: Read: Reach Out and Give and discussion about Three Screens assembly.
  • Week 7: Read: I Feel Silly – Played “Guess the feeling card game.” Students look at each feeling card, understand the feeling word and feeling face and match it with the appropriate feeling.
  • Week 8: Safe Touch Curriculum-Bicycle Safety/Gun Safety.

DECEMBER: Respect Yourself and Others

  • Week 9: Safe Touch Curriculum-Say NO-Dealing with Strangers.
  • Week 10: Safe Touch Curriculum-Asking First, Getting Permission.

2nd Grade-Severence, McLean

  • Week 1: Introductions, ice-breaker-Group Juggle-is a name game that helps disclose group dynamics while learning names.
  • Week 2:Kelso’s Choices Review-Kelso’s Choices- Intro to what Kelso’s choices are-using them to solve small problems, the difference between small and big problems. Reporting to an adult when there is a BIG problem. Book: Julia Cook- Making Friends& I accept you as you are.
  • Week 3: Our Safe and Caring School – Students will create a Poster that displays rules of the school, classroom and what makes our school safe and caring.

OCTOBER: Healthy Choices

  • Week 4: Red Ribbon Week -activity Booklet, Pledge to be Drug Free Certificates-Hung up on K-5 teacher’s doors. 3 Screens assembly, Review questions about assembly, BOOK: Reach Out and Give. Pencils and Bracelets handed out.
  • Week 5: Students completed Red Ribbon Booklets.

NOVEMBER: Caring People

  • Week 6:Book: Discovering our feelings – I Feel SillyActivity: Safe and caring words, traceable words and matching feelings to faces.
  • Week 7: Finishing Safe and caring words, matching feelings to faces game.

DECEMBER: Respect Yourself and Others

  • Week 8: Book- Be Polite and Kind,Good Friends care activity- students will learn how to identify good qualities in a friend.
  • Week 9: Best Friends activity sheet – students will gain a better understanding of how to treat friends in respectful ways.

3rd Grade-VanAusdol,StaleySEPTEMBER: Safe and Caring School

  • Week 1: Introductions, ice-breaker-Group Juggle-is a name game that helps disclose group dynamics while learning names.
  • Week 2: Kelso’s Choices-Kelso’s Choices- Intro to what Kelso’s choices are-using them to solve small problems, the difference between small and big problems. Reporting to an adult when there is a BIG problem. Book: Julia Cook- Making Friends& I accept you as you are.
  • Week 3:Our Safe and Caring School – Students will create a Poster that displays rules of the school, classroom and what makes our school safe and caring.

OCTOBER: Healthy Choices

  • Week 4: Red Ribbon Week -activity Booklet, Pledge to be Drug Free Certificates-Hung up on K-5 teacher’s doors. 3 Screens assembly, Review questions about assembly, BOOK: Reach Out and Give.
  • Week 5: Book: Discovering our feelings – I Feel SillyActivity: Safe and caring words, traceable words and matching feelings to faces.

NOVEMBER: Caring People

  • Week 6:Steps to Respect Curriculum Lesson 1: Friendship Calls for Respect- Students will discuss the benefits of friendship, define respect and identify respectful, friendly behaviors. A take home handout will be distributed for parents.

DECEMBER: Respect Yourself and Others

  • Week 7: Steps to Respect Curriculum Lesson 2: Finding and making friends- Identifying and practicing friend making skills. Book-Cliques just don’t make Cents.
  • Week 8: Steps to Respect Curriculum Lesson 3: Joining in a Group-Practicing joining a group, identifying and evaluating both successful and unsuccessful group joining strategies.

4th Grade- Loomis SEPTEMBER: Safe and Caring School

  • Week 1:Introductions, ice-breaker-Group Juggle-is a name game that helps disclose group dynamics while learning names. Student interests, My Ideas do Count Worksheet.
  • Week 2: Our Safe and Caring School – Students will create a Poster that displays rules of the school, classroom and what makes our school safe and caring. Book- Accept and Value each other .- Circle of Hands activity.
  • Week 3: Book: Discovering our feelings – I Feel SillyActivity: Safe and caring words, traceable words and matching feelings to faces.

OCTOBER: Healthy Choices

  • Week 4: Red Ribbon Week -activity Booklet, Pledge to be Drug Free Certificates-Hung up on K-5 teacher’s doors. 3 Screens assembly, Review questions about assembly, BOOK: Reach Out and Give.
  • Week 5: Finished up with discussion questions about the assembly GENEROUS and VOLUNTEERING, began discussing November’s theme of caring students. Read: Reach Out and Give.

NOVEMBER: Caring People

  • Week 6: Steps to Respect Curriculum Lesson 1-Friendship-Students will learn a process for clarifying intentions, explore why trust is important in friendship and determine ways to build trust in a friendship. A take home handout will be distributed for parents. Book- Cliques just don’t make Cents.
  • Week 7: Steps to Respect Curriculum: Continue with Lesson 1, finish identifying friendly behaviors.

December: Respect Yourself and Others

  • Week 8: Steps to Respect Curriculum Lesson 2: Finding and making friends- Identifying and practicing friend making skills.
  • Week 9: Steps to Respect Curriculum Lesson 3: Joining in a Group-Practicing joining a group, identifying and evaluating both successful and unsuccessful group joining strategies.

5th Grade-Farrand,Coombe SEPTEMBER: Safe and Caring School

  • Week 1:Introductions, ice-breaker-Group Juggle-is a name game that helps disclose group dynamics while learning names.
  • Week 2: Student interests, My Ideas Do Count worksheet.
  • Week 3Our Safe and Caring School- Students will create a Poster that displays rules of the school, classroom and what makes our school safe and caring.

OCTOBER: Healthy Choices

  • Week 4: Red Ribbon Week -activity Booklet, Pledge to be Drug Free Certificates-Hung up on K-5 teacher’s doors. 3 Screens assembly, Review questions about assembly, BOOK: Reach Out andGive.
  • Week 5: Finished up with discussion questions about the assembly GENEROUS and VOLUNTEERING, began discussing November’s theme of caring students.

NOVEMBER: Caring People

  • Week 6:Steps to respect Curriculum-Friendship-Students will learn a process for clarifying intentions, explore why trust is important in friendship and determine ways to build trust in a friendship.
  • Week 7: Steps to Respect Curriculum Lesson 2: Finding and making friends- Identifying and practicing friend making skills.

DECEMBER: Respect Yourself and Others

  • Week 8: Book: Cliques just don’t make Cents-Steps to Respect Curriculum Lesson 3: Joining in a Group-Practicing joining a group, identifying and evaluating both successful and unsuccessful group joining strategies
  • Week 9:

Parents Please Note:

This is just a tentative guidance schedule for Classroom Guidance lesson. If certain issues arise in the classroom I will tailor my lesson plans to fit the needs of the students and teachers. Please contact me if you have any questions or would like to view the curriculum. The entire curriculum is research based with added activities.

Lessons also get shifted due to assembly schedules and other school interruptions. The specials schedule is set up where I am in each classroom and grade at least twice a month.