SOCIAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS 3
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
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAPersonalNarrativesAndPigza35.htm Grades 3-5
Students writing a Personal Narrative about their best friend using character traits Joey Pigza Loses Control
It's My Life . Friends . When Friends Fight | PBS Kids GO! This lesson offers suggestions for students who are handling conflicts with friends.
Libby Bloom:: Lesson Plan, Activity, or Teaching Idea from A to Z Teacher Stuff This lesson plan uses the chapter book Libby Bloom to introduce the themes of family, friendship, activism, and self confidence to students, and includes links to several core academic areas.
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 Zolotow.
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.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/conflict/index.html University of Illinois Getting Along with Others/ Out on a Limb Program
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Civics/CIV0201.html Students will be able to list local merchants, businesses, and restaurants in their local community, write a friendly letter to the business of their choice, and address the envelope correctly for mailing. Grades 3-4
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Civics/CIV0014.html Using service learning activities to teach students about what it means to be a good citizen, and to help the students make the move from character lessons to behaviors that represent a socially healthy citizen. Grades 2-5
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0140.html Students will: work cooperatively with another student, develop thinking skills, and use problem solving skills they have learned or work from prior experience.
Community - Community-Building Activities / Energizers - Social Studies Lesson Plan, Thematic Unit, Activity, Worksheet, or Teaching Idea Students will demonstrate an understanding of how to cooperate with others to accomplish a goal.
2B Use manners appropriately when relating to others.
http://henson.austin.apple.com/edres/ellesson/elem-goodmanners.shtml Grade 2-4
Good Manners are Fun! Students practice good manners and use technology as a tool for publishing a book of good manners
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
socialsk Laura Candler offers ways to teach students how to interact appropriately and how to become productive team members.
elem-goodmanners The "Good Manners are Fun!" lesson encourages children to use good manners and teaches students about proper behavior in the classroom and in other situations, by using technology as a tool for learning about manners and values.
MEH0001 Chain of Compliments. Students will give and receive compliments; improving self concept and procticing cooperation. Educator's Reference Desk
FACS:Social Skills (Independence) Students will identify unacceptable social behaviors and them describe how to replace those behaviors with acceptable behaviors.
It's My Life . Friends . Gossip And Rumors . Did You Hear? | PBS Kids GO! This site introduces students to basic information about rumors and gossip; why people gossip, and what can be done to stop rumors and gossip.
There are also fiction and non-fiction literature lists, and journal pages which can be downloaded to help students process and reflect on the times they have been exposed to certain situations.
2C Demonstrate an ability to prevent, manage, and resolve interpersonal conflicts in constructive ways.
Welcome to AllAboutRespect.Net Click on "Respect Newsletter" for "Mediation Steps in Problem Solving".
Out on a Limb - Instructors' Guide Steps for teaching students to make the choice to listen to another during a conflict.
What Exactly are You Trying to Say? Students will practice giving clear directions and learn to communicate more clearly and effectively.
Happily Ever After Students will learn that there is more than one way to resolve conflicts, to decide one way to resolve conflicts that is comfortable to them, and use the skills to write a happy ending for a story. Literature link: Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
I Feel You Feel ( conflict management-naming feelings) This lesson communicates and reinforces using "I messages" rather than "You messages" to express needs in an assertive and non-threatening manner.
2D Demonstrate respect for individual and group differences.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hispanic/tguide/teaching_3-5.htm Grades 2-5
The focus for this link is to learn about one of the largest cultural groups in the United States, Hispanic Americans, and the contributions they have made to this country and the world.
http://www.edhelper.com/DailyThemes_710.html Grades K-6 Disabilities Day Abilities Day Thematic Unit Celebrated December 22
Students will gain an understanding for the Hispanic Culture, by using technology to research information on the culture, use graphic organizers to record the found information, use good writing style to develop an ABC Book of Hispanic Culture. The poem The New Colussus by Emma Lazarus will be used as an example. Grades 3-12
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0053.html
Peace Begins with You / Students will look at peace at home and compare it to peace throughout the world. Students will be exposed to encyclopedia usage skills, ways to show how to say "Peace" symbolically and in other languages, and look at those in other lands who are making and have made contributions to the peace movement.
Cultural Awareness/Sharing Traditions - An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan This lesson addresses the topic of breaking down the walls (cliques) that develop as students grow older. Students will list cultural differences, attitudes, and traditions which show that all families are different in some way. Students will also list similarities and differences within the team, so that they can better know and understand students within the classroom.
Introducing students to the Autobiopoem. Students introduce themselves by writing a poem about themselves by using two words in each line of the poem.
Class Books – Getting to know each other is the theme for students as they practice verbal communication skills through the process of conducting personal interviews. Students will also compose and revise a well-formed paragraph based upon the interviews, including skills in using graphic organizers. Students will gain knowledge of the interests and talents of peers. grades 3-6
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
Good Apples; in this lesson the students will understand that the differences among people have a positive value to society, that such differences add to the quality interest and value to our lives, and realize that although we are different we have many things in common. Grades 3-6
Our Music Festival /Investigating the diversity of cultures represented in the class.
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.
Tolerance Student will identify qualities within themselves that make them unique and special based upon literature that is introduced by the teacher that will stimulate discussions for each day using the prompts "I am unique because...", "I am special to my family because...", "I am a good friend because...", and "My personal accomplishments are...".
diversitymulticulturalism Multicultural Music and Songs that Build an Appreciation of Diversity
http://allaboutrespect.net/ This web page offers links to respect tools for teachers and families; topics include respectful listening, greeting someone respectfully, etc...
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.
LESSONS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH CHARACTERS IN STORIES:
CanTeach: Information - You are What You Say: Personality Profiles Students will develop personality profiles by analyzing quotes of a character, a historical figure, a present day figure, etc... 3-6
CanTeach: Information - Different Perspectives: A Graphic Organizer Students will be introduced to the idea of having more than one perspective after reading a text, by re-reading for perspectives of each character in the text. 3-6
CanTeach: Information - Follow the Character Students will organize the main information about a character, which may help them better understand the character as well as the author's theme in a story. 3-6
CanTeach: Information - Sort and Predict Students will make predictions about what the text may be about by applying what they already know about categorizing to the present information given in the text. 3-6
CanTeach: English Language Arts: Novel & Picture Book Activities - Dear Character 3-6
CanTeach: English Language Arts: Novel & Picture Book Activities - Examining a Change in Character 4-6
CanTeach: English Language Arts: Novel & Picture Book Activities - Introduction to Character Traits 4-6
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
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LACICharacterizationWriting-FinishTheStory-OnWeb23.htm Grades 2-3 Students identify the main characters and the problem or conflict faced by the characters
http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/05-1/lesson021.shtml Grades 3-6 Stir up a Character Analysis Recipe
http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/05-1/lesson003.shtml Grades 3-6
Holes Louis Sacher Drawing conclusions based on the attributes of a character in a story – Use of T-chart – Character Analysis Rubric – Oral Presentation Rubric
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=234 Grades 3-5
It Came From Greek Mythology Stories about gods and heroes. One type of theme in Greek mythology deals with the consequences of unwise behaviors.
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