4th GRADE
In 4th grade, learners will increase their communication skills, with primary areas of focus including problem-solving, relationships skills, and building a toolbox of strategies that they can use when in a variety of situations. Learners will also explore ways to manage their time and stay focused in class. Students will also develop and utilize a wellness plan to nurture self-care skills. A continued focus on emotional regulation will further refine these skill areas.
Some of the specific ACP opportunities that all 4th-grade learners will engage in include:
CARE: Learners will explore various ways that they can care for themselves and regularly complete a survey that helps them reflect on their self-care and wellness
Self-Management - Problem Solving: Learners will be focus on a framework for helping them determine how urgent a problem is, and focus on how you respond differently to problems of different "size" (urgency)
Self-Management - Problem Solving: Learners will explore and practice different ways that you can solve problems
Self-Management & Executive Functioning - An Overview: Learners will be introduced to executive functioning, what types of skills are executive functions, and why these types of skills help us be successful
Self-Management & Executive Functioning - Staying on Task: Learners will explore their different strategies to help them stay focused and use time in class wisely
Self-Management & Executive Functioning - Ignoring Distractions: Learners will explore different strategies to help them refocus when they feel themselves becoming distracted
Responsible Decision Making - Goal-Setting: Learners will review what makes a goal a "SMART" goal
Self Awareness - Learning Styles: Learners will explore different ways they can study based on different modalities of learning (visual, auditory, hands-on)
Self-Management - Emotion Management 101: Learners will focus on identifying various emotions within themselves, and identify ways that they can manage their feelings
Relationship Skills 102: Learners will explore and discuss proactive and healthy ways to interact with each other
Self-Management - Coping Skills Cafe: Learners will build their self-care toolbox by practicing different coping skills that they can use to regulate their emotions
Self- Management-Test Taking Escape Room: Learners will practice their problem-solving and coping skills
Self- Awareness - Careers 102 (Parts I and II): Learners will investigate different types of careers
How Parents Can Get Involved in ACP at School
Discuss how your child is performing on standardized tests and in course standards
Attend Parent-Teacher Conferences
Engage in discussions with your child about their strengths and interests, and how these connect to different classes and careers
Know the goals that your child has set
Discuss online safety with your child, and encourage them to speak to you if they see or hear something that doesn't seem right to them
Discuss how you recognize different emotions in yourself, and what types of strategies you like to use when you feel different emotions