SOCIAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS 5
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.
Lesson Plans Students will: list the qualities that are valuable in a friendship, recognize their own friendship qualities, and prioritize friendship qualities according to how the student values them.
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.
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.
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0074.html Students will learn character traits to work with others more effectively.
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0135.html
Unit Plan on Cooperation, Trust, Problem Solving/ Students will realize the importance of: communication in working with other students; working together for problem solving; being tolerant of self and others; the need for trust in the classroom; and that people react differently in the same situations. Students will also develop conflict resolution skills.
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0039.html Students will be able to think about the need for rules in their lives, compare and contrast their rules with others, take an active part in making a set of classroom rules, and demonstrate an understanding of the need for classroom rules.
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.
INT0199/ Students will work cooperatively to create a free standing tower of straws and pins, while the teacher videotapes their groups in action. Students will then view the videos and discuss the processes that took place within the groups, and analyze their own performance for ways that they could have been a more productive team member.
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
FACS:Social Skills (Independence) Students will identify unacceptable social behaviors and them describe how to replace those behaviors with acceptable behaviors. There are several useful attachments to help carry out this lesson.
http://www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/lesplanwa.nsf/d8de5a7587da44308525692d0066c2fb/223de2f5ff97419d852569ed004babce?OpenDocument Grade 5 Loyalty
What is means to be loyal using examples from the story and from life experiences. Ben and Me
Cheerfulness Summarize the difference between the two lives and reiterate the importance of being cheerful The Talking Eggs
2C Demonstrate an ability to prevent, manage, and resolve interpersonal conflicts in constructive ways.
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0039.html 1. Students will be able to think about the need for rules in their lives. 2. Students will compare and contrast their rules with others. 3. Students will take an active part in making a set of classroom rules to be used in the class. 4. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the need for classroom rules. 5. Students will gain respect for rules in public places.
Comparison of characters dealing with their guilt - Compose a letter of apology. Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Riley Giff
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/conflict/index.html/University of Illinois Getting Along with Others/ Out on a Limb Program
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.
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
Introducing students to the Autobiopoem. Students introduce themselves by writing a poem about themselves by using two words in each line of the poem.
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
Students will develop a sense of shared humanity, look at stereotypes of themselves and others, learn to differentiate between fact and conjecture, and to grasp the power of ideas and character in history.
diversitymulticulturalism Multicultural Music and Songs that Build an Appreciation of Diversity
FAL0001 In a small group setting, students will get to know group members by sharing the cultural traditions that make their family unique. This activity will show that all families are different and that it is okay to be unique. After the activity students will be able to: list the cultural differences that show that families are different in some way, list the similarities within the families in the team, and ultimately understand their classmates better.
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.
Self Control, Patience, Cheerfulness, Courtesy or respect for others Spinky Sulks by William Steig
http://www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/lesplanwa.nsf/d8de5a7587da44308525692d0066c2fb/e0847c55b02ed046852569ed004bac70?OpenDocument Grade 5 Compassion
Students analyze character traits and actions listing examples of where people or countries showed compassion or a lack of compassion. Students brainstorm synonyms or antonyms for the word compassion, and discuss how war effects people and countries. Faithful Elephants by Yukio Tsuchiya
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: Information - Interviewing a Historical Figure This activity can be used to apply to character traits seen in historical figures, and to stimulate a discussion about why this person was successful and made a difference. 5-6
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.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://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/profdev/summerbookclubs/grade46/rubrics_info.asp?ID=21 Grade 5 Folk Tales “Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters , “Petronella”, “The Emperor and the Kite”, “Her Seven Brothers”, or others Analyzing Traits Comparing Contrasting Character Trait Graphic Organizer – T-chart –T-chart Rubric – Character Analysis Rubric (Includes Blackline masters)
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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