SELF MANAGEMENT 2
Goal 5: Develop self management skills to achieve school and life success.
5A Use self control in personal, school, and community contexts.
lp10 Kids With Character Exploring Character in Literature and Life/ This lesson introduces the character traits of responsibility, courage, perserverance, and kindness using the texts Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, and Garden Gates. Students will develop an understanding between character and success by examining characters in literature and reflecting on personal experiences. Students will also be able to identify and define selected character traits, explore character traits presented in literature and make connections between strength of character and successful story out comes, and will work in cooperative groups to compare the story Now One Foot, Now The Other to Thunder Cake and identfiy character traits that the two stories have in common.
5B Demonstrate the ability to manage anger in constructive ways.
It's My Life . Friends . When Friends Fight | PBS Kids GO! This lesson introduces the technique of talking to a friend that has hurt you. Teachers can download an "I message Worksheet" that can assist students in identifying and dealing with their feelings.
It's My Life . Family . Sibling Rivalry . You vs. Them | PBS Kids GO! This web page offers suggestions for students who are experiencing trouble with a brother or a sister. There is a downloadable journal page that allows children to record their experiences and thoughts about the situation. There are also fiction and non-fiction books that address the subject of sibling rivalry.
5C Utilize stress reduction techniques to deal with daily academic and social situations.
copingstrategies Students will learn to categorize coping strategies as positive, negative, neutral and time out behaviors. / teachablemoment.org
MEH0201 Being Brave and Dealing With Fear./ A lesson that uses the story The Brave Little Monster to help students to learn how to be brave when dealing with fear. The student learns to identify different types of fear, and talk about appropriate ways to respond to different fearful situations. / Educator's Reference Desk
MEH0010 Go Away, Bad Dreams. / Using the book Go Away, Bad Dreams, to teach students that they can gain control over the emotion of fear. /Educator's Reference Desk
MEH0009 Using the book Monsters Are Make Believe to deal with imaginary troubles./Educator's Reference Desk
MEH0006 Who Am I Collage. Students will use an appropriate way to share facts about themselves, become aware of the uniqueness of themselves and others, and describe themselves to a group of peers. Educator's Reference Desk
5D Apply time management and organization skills to deal responsibly with daily academic situations.
http://pd.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/exsel/teachers/teacherslessons5.htm Grades Kdg – 2
Tops and Bottoms Janet Stevens Describe and provide examples of short and long term goals – Connect character traits to reaching goals
http://pd.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/exsel/teachers/teacherslessons6.htm Grades 2-3
The Boy of the Three Year Nap Dianne Synder Identify different ways people get what they want –Explore how values influence our goals
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