SELF MANAGEMENT 5
Goal 5: Develop self management skills to achieve school and life success.
5A Use self control in personal, school, and community contexts.
lp16 Values and Expansion of the United States.Literature links: Laura Ingalls Wilder and Jane Rose Wilder, A Little House Sampler, Rosa Parks by Kai Friese , and Kill Devil Hill by Harry Combs . /NC Public Schools Character Education Page, featuring the traits of: kindness, caring, trustworthiness, good judgement, responsibility, courage, perseverance, respect, and self-discipline.
http://www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/lesplanwa.nsf/d8de5a7587da44308525692d0066c2fb/f8c6391809cdb84f852569ed004babc7?OpenDocument Grade 5 Self-Control
Students record events in a story in which a characters had to decide either to use self-control or not to use self control. Each of these situations are examined by the students.
Cheerfulness Summarize the difference between the two lives and reiterate the importance of being cheerful The Talking Eggs
Self Control, Patience, Cheerfulness, Courtesy or respect for others Spinky Sulks by William Steig
Out on a Limb - Instructors' Guide Offers strategies for introducing point of view, and ways to stop and manage feelings before acting on perceptions of what is happening in the situation.
It's My Life . Friends . When Friends Fight | PBS Kids GO! This lesson offers suggestions for students who are handling conflicts with friends.
It's My Life . Friends . When Friends Fight | PBS Kids GO! This lesson introduces the strategy of thinking before acting when a friend has hurt you.
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.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/unit_charactertraits.html
Grades 3-5
Welcome to Success This unit is a literature rich unit that ignites a discussion about the necessary traits for a year of success. (1) Generating a list of traits that facilitate success; (2) Identifying traits portrayed by characters in literature; (3) Ranking traits in order of importance; (4) Justifying the top three and two bottom ranked traits; (5) Agreeing on 10-12 traits for success; (6) Defining these traits in student friendly language; (7) Reflect in writing how students are demonstrating these traits at school and home; (8) Reflect and discuss how peers are demonstrating these traits at school; (9) Reflect in writing which attitudes are one’s strengths; (10) Set goals for a successful year 7 Picture Books Are Recommended
5B Demonstrate the ability to manage anger in constructive ways.
Anger management using the gymnasium This lesson gives students knowledge and practice of how to cool down before anger escalates. It also introduces the students to the concept that they can be in control of their anger instead of the anger controlling them.
Language Arts/ Writing About Anger Using the book This Morning My Dad Shouted to introduce that anger can affect other people, and that anger is an emotion that all people share.
Anger Triggers Teaching students to identify anger triggers in others.
Expressing visual cues of anger in an Art form Students will recognize that anger has visible outward signs. They will also recognize their own body cues and those of others when they are angry.
5C Utilize stress reduction techniques to deal with daily academic and social situations.
FAL0202 Discussing Divorce and Separation with Young Children. Educator's Reference Desk / Students will read alone or in a group, a selected story about separation or divorce. Students will illustrate, write or talk about changes in their families, such as moving households, sharing child custody, living with new family members, and changing schools. Students will express thier feelings regarding parental separation and divorce. Literature links: Two Homes, by C. Masurel, Mama and Daddy Bear's Divorce, by C. M. Spelman
FAL0005 This lesson encourage children to talk to adults and when they are worried or dealing with feelings about situations that occur within the family, no matter whether the family is a traditional or non traditional family./ Educator's Reference Desk
It's My Life . School . Test Stress . A Fact of Life | PBS Kids GO! This page talks to students about test stress and how to manage it.
copingstrategies Students will learn to categorize coping strategies as positive, negative, neutral and time out behaviors. / teachablemoment.org
5D Apply time management and organization skills to deal responsibly with daily academic situations.
It's My Life . Parents/Teachers . It's About Time . Lesson Plans | PBS Kids GO! Students will analyze the various factors involved in time management, be able to identify and implement effective time management techniques, and practice skills that reflect an appreciation of time and money that will lead to becoming responsible adults. Students will also demonstrate mutual respect for one another while cooperating and working in learning group games and activities.Literature link: poem Timely Advice.
It's My Life . School . Time Management . You Vs. The Clock | PBS Kids GO! Helping students look at ways to manage their time more effectively. Lists of fiction and non-fiction books to address the issue of time management and a journal page accompany this page.
MEH0008 Students will list three value judgements about self-determination and demonstrate and recognize the act of self-determination./Educator's Reference Desk /Educator's Reference Desk
Perseverance, Diligence Identify diligence and perseverance by drawing illustrations for the text. William Unlimited by Kathleen Krull
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