January 2018
Kindergarten--Active Listening
SIng the Hokey Pokey! "Put Your WHOLE Self IN!"
Introduce Listening Kit: Eyes ON, Ears ON, Brain ON, Hands OFF, Mouth OFF, Heart ON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi20qtkrsqQ (This clip was designed for parents as the target audience.)
What is ON and what is OFF when you are LISTENING?
How can we be ready to be a good listener so we can learn all we can?
Breathing Toolbox: https://sites.google.com/site/mrsbroam/home/breathing
Meet Howard B. Wigglebottom: https://wedolisten.org/lessons
Review Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen:
How does it feel when someone is listening? How does it feel when someone is NOT listening? Which strategy accomplishes the most learning? Which is safer? What kind of friend is a good listener?
Practice with finger puppets?
Read Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker by Christianne Jones
BIG Hoberman Sphere -- I want my life to make a difference! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1DUz5eWKUo
1st Grade--Conflict Resolution
"There's gonna be problems, but I'm a problem solver!"
Introduce the "Conflict Resolution Toolkit"~Diane S. Senn & Gwen M. Sitsch
Practice with Best Frints by Antoinette Portis
Sing "No Bananas in the Sky!" to remind ourselves the strategy of humor: https://sites.google.com/site/mrsbroam/home/songs/ditties/nobananas
Practice resolving conflicts with conflict situation cards. Remember, "I'm in charge of what I think, where I look, what I say, how I feel, what I do!"
Read A Bug and a Wish by Karen Scheuer
Practice sharing a bug and a wish with Omek and Yelfred.
"My business is enough business to keep me busy!"
Wrap with the Hoberman Sphere--why we do what we do!
Extension: Move with the CR strategies! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge2XXy1iCIc
2nd Grade--Conflict Resolution
"There's gonna be problems, but I'm a problem solver!" Remember, "I'm in charge of what I think, where I look, what I say, how I feel, what I do!"
Move with the CR strategies! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge2XXy1iCIc
Review the "Conflict Resolution Toolkit"~Diane S. Senn & Gwen M. Sitsch
Make a flipbook with four strategies!
Use conflict situation cards for ideas.
Introduce A Bug and a Wish by Karen Scheuer
Practice sharing a bug and a wish with Omek and Yelfred.
"My business is enough business to keep me busy!"
Wrap with the Hoberman Sphere--why we do what we do!
Kindergarten--Intro to Careers
Introduce Career Day on March 21, 2018
Begin Career Exploration with Centers:
My Daddy is a Pretzel
hand puppets
finger puppets
books
Career Flash Cards
Community Helper Puzzles
Students identify a career beginning with assigned letter. Use a sticker to remember letter to research. You don't have to like the career. You don't have to want to do the career. It's all about brainstorming choices.
After circulation through centers, share findings via "I'm going to Grandma's House, and I'm packing . . . "---"I'm going to Career Day, and I'm going to learn . . ."
Sing "No Bananas" if movement break required.
Introduce Career Day on March 21, 2018
Essential Questions
(1) Why do work? income for food, clothing, shelter and FUN
(2) What kind of jobs are out there to do?
Watch video:
Small Potatoes -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZBboioQVZE
Read Clothesline Clues to the Jobs People Do
Centers:
My Daddy is a Pretzel
hand puppets
finger puppets
books
Career Flash Cards
Community Helper Puzzles
While completing exploration of centers, ask questions:
outside vs. inside
with animals, people, stuff, by self
at a desk or moving around (active)
numbers vs. letters vs. neither?
keeping people healthy
sports
water
food
driving
quiet vs. people looking at you (entertainment)
strong
caring heart
making smart choices
jobs with a uniform? your choice?
special equipment?
Watch "Going to School is Your Job"
Encourage conversations w/ parents about what they do. WHY are your parents a "good fit" for their work?
Hoberman Sphere -- I Want My Life to Make a Difference
1st Grade--Career Study
Share Lindsey Lynx Story~discuss and ask questions
Write three favorite toys down. Cross out the toy on the top of the list. This item was just stolen . . . how do you feel?
Read Ruthie.
Discuss Pleasant and Unpleasant Feelings. Which do you want to create more of in your heart?
Hoberman Sphere -- I Want My Life to Make a Difference
1st Grade--Sticky Finger
Hoberman Sphere -- I Want My Life to Make a Difference