Mrs. Crabtree's Counseling Corner

I feel like last week's lesson with the K-1 students went really well.  This week, however, I want to be sure they are able to implement it.  In this activity, students will have to Synergize to decorate a Christmas Tree.  This is such a simple lesson, but I needed it to be in order to watch them practice working in a group. I'll have to show you the finished pieces later in the week!  I think this will be a fun, low maintenance lesson, and I don't know about you, but I need that this week!  Below is the Lesson plan. Feel free to click on the plan for the digital version of this plan.

I love using videos to re-enforce the habits!  The kids get a kick out of it too.  Here are just a few of the videos on my playlist that I have used.  I sometimes pick videos tbat are not good examples of a habit and they have to guess which habit the character should have used.  Seek first to Understand  Be Proactive Synergize

I stumbled upon this great book the other day and it was just what I was looking for to help me review Synergize.  What makes it so great is that it's got a Holiday feel to it,  so it was perfect for this time of year.  When I teach Synergize, I feel it's really important that the students understand that we all have different abilities and that using all of our special abilities together makes for a more fabulous result.  Here's the lesson plan with guiding questions. ENJOY!

I don't know about you, but this time of year is crazy!  I feel like I can't keep my classes on the same Guidance Lessons, and if you know me at all, you know that I have to be able to do this in order to stay sane.  It's important that all my classes get the same content.  Therefore, I use December as a time to reflect on what we've learned so far, review, and create culminating projects that go along with what we've learned. Game for Grades 2-5 Seven Habits of Happy Kids Game Set I use these with Grades 1-5.  Kindergarten kids aren't reading yet, so I do this as a whole group using the document camera.  You can purchase it at Amazon.com Culminating Project This is a time of year that I use my older kids to help me with my lesson planning.  (See, its all about utilizing your resources!  LOL)  Anyway, I have the kids develop scenarios and questions for games such as I made above.  I give each group a habit, and have ...