GRADE 1
Goal 2: Develop social and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive relationships.
2A Demonstrate friendship skills to interact effectively with others.
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/misc/misc73.txt Grades K-6- A Friendship Chain
To facilitate a student’s ability to express positive feelings towards another person and to help build class unity
Grade 1 Respect for Others/Compassion; Now One Foot, Now the Other by Tomie de Paola
Friendship - Multicultural Lesson Plans This unit reinforces making friends, being a friend, and keeping a friend by referencing situations found in literature. The literature includes books such as Will I Have a Friend? by Miriam Cohen , Stevie by John Steptoe , Friends by Helme Heine, and The Hating Book by Charlotte Zotolow.
Friendship Flowers - Social Studies Lesson Plan, Thematic Unit, Activity, Worksheet, or Teaching Idea Based upon the book You Are Special by Max Lucado, students will be able to list the qualities of good friends and obtain these qualities within themselves.
ReadWriteThink Lesson Plan: Living the Dream: 100 Acts of Kindness
This activity is based upon the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and encourages students to perform 100 acts of kindness for those aroind their home, school and their community.
ReadWriteThink Lesson Plan: Creating Class Rules: A Beginning to Creating Community A shared writing activity which can establish a foundation for ongoing community building in the classroom.
Building a community Social Studies Lesson Plan, Thematic Unit, Activity, Worksheet, or Civics, American History, or Government Teaching Idea Students will become familiar with their classroom and school by developing maps of their room and school with partners, discuss the idea of community and how it applies to their school and classroom, and become comfortable in working with other students in their classroom.
Clifford Parents & Teachers: Teaching with Clifford Lesson Plan: Be Kind Based upon the book Clifford's Big Idea: Be Kind,by Norman Bridwell, but also references the books: Clifford's Class Trip by Norman Bridwell , The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn , and Corduroy by Don Freeman .
2B Use manners appropriately when relating to others.
CanTeach: Personal Planning: Personal Development - Chain of Compliments Students will give and receive compliments to and from their classmates; this activity promotes self-esteem and cooperation. 1-6
MEH0005 Skill Growth./Educator's Reference Desk/ Using literature to teach social skills, Leo the Late Bloomer.
MEH0006 Who Am I Collage./Educator's Reference Desk/ Students will use an appropriate way to share facts about themselves, become aware of the uniqueness of themselves and others, and describe themselves orally to a group of peers.
MEH0001 Chain of Compliments. Students will give and receive compliments; improving self concept and procticing cooperation. Educator's Reference Desk
socialsk Laura Candler offers ways to teach students how to interact appropriately and how to become productive team members.
Citizenship Cooperation Creativity Respect for others The Four Musicians; The Lion and the Mouse
2C Demonstrate an ability to prevent, manage, and resolve interpersonal conflicts in constructive ways.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/conflict/index.html University of Illinois Getting Along with Others/Out on a Limb Program
Out on a Limb - Instructors' Guide Addresses three types of conflict solutions that are often generated by children.
http://pd.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/exsel/teachers/teacherslessons10.htm Grades Kdg – 2
The Hating Book by Charlotte Zolotow Awareness of how misunderstandings can cause and escalate and deescalate behaviors in conflict situations
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/4459.shtml Grades K-2 Snail Started It
Students learn the meaning of forgiveness and understanding how forgiveness and seeking forgiveness can dispel bad feelings
2D Demonstrate respect for individual and group differences.
http://www.edhelper.com/DailyThemes_710.html Grades K-6 Disabilities Day Abilities Day Thematic Unit Celebrated December 22
Angela’s Wings Self-confidence, acceptance of others, compassion Grades K-4
Cultures of Our Nation – Building Self-esteem – The richness of their culture – How their culture has contributed to making America what it is today Grades K-4
Our Music Festival / Investigating the diversity of cultures represented in the class.
1_95_StudyofMexico This thematic lesson includes facts about Mayan and Aztec cultures, Spanish influence on Mexico, basic Spanish words, and the book Diego by Josh Winter ( about Diego Rivera)./Lesson Plans from A to Z Teacher Stuff Site
diversitymulticulturalism Multicultural Music and Songs that Build an Appreciation of Diversity
This lesson encourages the use of higher order thinking skills, cooperation with others, and respect for those who are from a different culture than their own. Literature connection: Shirley Climo's The Egyptian Cinderella.
Planning a Mexican Fiesta in the Classroom - An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan This lesson helps students to understand the parts of a Mexican fiesta.
http://yn.la.ca.us/cec/ceclang/ceclang.29.txt Grades K-6 Students will have a better understanding of a character and character traits.
http://yn.la.ca.us/cec/ceclang/ceclang.39.txt Grades K-6 Students identify with characters in a story by inferring character traits.
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/lang/lang29.txt Grades K-6 Students think about a character and how that character thinks about life. Character comparison and contrast – Identification through trait descriptions – Use of Character Webs
Grade 1 Respect for Others/Compassion; Now One Foot, Now the Other by Tomie de Paola
http://www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/lesplanwa.nsf/d8de5a7587da44308525692d0066c2fb/36c5e574705b1f77852569ed004bac88?OpenDocument Grade 1 Patience / Self-Control / Tolerance Venn Diagram ; Babushka’s Doll by Patricia Polacco
Honesty Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto
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