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...
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