Mrs. Crabtree's Counseling Corner

I was shocked to learn that many of my students did not know what Peer Pressure meant. As if on cue,  I found this awesome book by Julia Cook to help me illustrate it.  The kids really enjoyed it!  I did it with Grades 3-5, and for Grades 1-2 we focused on making friends.  In order to make my life easier, I try hard to stick with the same themes for all the grade levels.  I hope you find this l esson plan  helpful as you move forward in your year.  

I have always felt like I had a good handle on the first Guidance Lesson for the Year.  This just comprises my lesson called " The School Counselor is. .."  Well, I have been doing this for 8 years, and my own daughter whose now a 5th grader told me, "Mom, I've heard that lesson since Kindergarten!"  Crushed, I decided I better spice it up a little.  So in the spirit of spicing it up, and OPGES I decided I'd let the students tell me what they think I do.  Yes you heard me!  I surveyed my students the very first week of school.  Now, let me back up and say that I only did this with 3-5.  I figured they've heard the same spill for years too, but the little guys need to hear my original lesson. I gave each student a post it, and told them to tell me what they think I do.  I explained they could recall a lesson I have taught, or how I've helped them etc.  If they were new, I told them to tell me what they thought I might do, or they were a...