Fourth Grade ACES

Unit #1: Self-Awareness

Learning Objectives:

Students will learn some basic facts about their brain.
Students will define a brain NETWORK.
Students will understand that our brain is always making new connections or networks which helps us continue to learn and develop.
Students will understand that one way to continue to develop their brain is by setting new goals and working toward achieving them.
Students will be able to identify that good goals are specific, challenging, and doable.
Students will practice developing a goal and working toward that goal.
Students will learn that they need to use their flexible thinking when a roadblock stops them from reaching a goal.

Learning Objectives:

Students will define and understand the function of three parts of their brain: AMYGDALA (guard dog), HIPPOCAMPUS (elephant), and Prefrontal Cortex (owl).
Students will understand what it means to FLIP YOUR LID when you have a strong emotional response to a stimulus.
Students will identify and act out ways to calm the strong emotional response.
Students will define the strategy of RETHINKING and apply it to a given situation.

The Responsive Counselor

SecondStep Curriculum

Learning Objectives:

Students will be able to define PERSPECTIVE.
Students will be able to explain different points of view presented in a given situation.
Students will be able to define EMPATHY.
Students will understand how taking someone else's perspective can help them have empathy.
Students will be able to generate questions a person could ask to better understand someone's point of view when it is hard to empathize.
Students will demonstrate how to ask questions to better understand someone's point of view.
Students will be able to explain how understanding someone's point of view could change their own thinking or actions in a given situation.

Learning Objectives:

Students will be able to define BULLYING.
Students will understand that BOO stands for Being Mean, On Purpose, Over and Over Again.
Students will be able to name the types of bullying and give examples of each type: Physical, Verbal, Social/Emotional, and Cyber.
Students will be able to identify the different roles that each individual plays in a bullying situation.
Students will recognize they each play an important role in preventing and stopping bullying behavior.
Students will learn strategies to use if they are a target of bullying.
Students will define what a BYSTANDER is.
Students will be able to explain how the bystander is supporting the bully or the target.
Students will understand that bullying is never ok.
Students will understand that anyone including a bully can change their behavior and make better, kinder choices.

SEL Sketches

Learning Objectives:

Students will define what an INTERPERSONAL PROBLEM is.
Students will be able to explain what they can do to be a better problem solver.
Students will understand how their knowledge of perspectives can help them solve interpersonal problems.
Students will review and practice the STEP model for solving problems.
Students will be able to think of solutions to a given problem.
Students will be able to evaluate possible outcomes of a solution from each person's point of view.
Students will be able to evaluate which solution best solves a problem from each person's point of view.

Learning Objectives:

Students will be able to define CAREER.
Students will understand that to enjoy the career they select some day they need to know about their own strengths, interests, and values.
Students will understand that selecting a career is like a matching game between what you know about your self and what you know about a career.
Students will compare their job as a student to an adult job to find similarities and differences.
Students will explore some of the reasons people might lose their job.
Students will explore some of the skills needed for a job they might be interested in when they are an adult.

Learning Objectives:

Students will discuss how our words can be used as a helpful tool or as a unhelpful or even hurtful weapon against ourselves and others.
Students will define SELF-ESTEEM and explain how it affects and is affected by our self-talk.
Students will explore their own SELF-TALK to determine if they are giving themselves helpful or unhelpful messages.
Students will be able to explain how our words in the form of gossip or rumors affects other people.
Students will discuss what it means to T.H.I.N.K. before they speak.
Students will learn and practice 4 strategies to help stop the spread of unhelpful words about others.

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