Monthly Lessons

This month I will be in and out of classrooms getting to know students and checking in with teachers. Next month I will begin visiting each class monthly. We will have a focus word each month, a story, a new breath, and students will have a take home sheet that relates back to the lesson.

Overview of what we'll be learning this year: English and Spanish

This month I will introduce myself as the counselor and talk about my job. I will introduce our 3 big ideas for the year: Be a Good Friend, Do the Right Thing, and Always Try Your Best. Our focus word for this month is compassion. We will talk about how we can care for others. I will read the book Pete the Cate, I Love My White Shoes with each class and we will learn 4 breaths (star, balloon, drain, pretzel). We will talk about using these breaths to help us calm our bodies when we have yucky feelings that come visit us. CLICK HERE to watch a quick video about how to do these breaths. We also will learn a bonus breath called the lion breath.

Here are the monthly newsletters: English and Spanish

This month the focus is on self-control and doing the right thing. I will be reading What Should Danny Do and we will use stop, think, act to help Danny make choices throughout his day and discuss the different outcomes when he chooses helpful versus hurtful choices. Click here for a visual you can print for your home to reinforce self-control. Our monthly breath is a superhero breath.

Here are the monthly newsletters: English and Spanish

This month our focus is on generosity and about how we can give in lots of different ways. I will be reading A Little Spot of Giving and we will talk about different gifts we can give to spread kindness (ex: helping, friendship, listening, compassion, love, time, etc.). Our monthly breath is a hot cocoa breath.

Here are the monthly newsletters: English and Spanish

This month our focus is on service. I will be reading Why Should I Help?  We will be talking about how we can help and why it's important. Our monthly breath is a cookie breath.

Here are the monthly newsletters: English and Spanish

This month our focus is on resilience. 

This month our focus is on uniqueness. 

This month our focus is on cooperation. 

This month our focus is on hope. 

This month our focus is on initiative.