Lesson plans for upper primary aged students that encourage learning across the Social and Emotional capabilities continuum
Team challenges promote collaboration. Together students must pool their ideas using a design mindset to create a spaghetti tower. The tower must support a marshmallow and the winning team will have built the tallest tower! With limited resources but with the power of teamwork who knows how tall the towers will get!
DOWNLOADUnderstanding and feeling compassion is essential for healthy relationships and contributes to reducing incidences of bullying in classrooms. Exploring what compassion means through creating acrostic poems will provide students the opportunities to explore a word and its meaning.
DOWNLOADExploring an attitude of gratitude requires students to look at their situations from a point of appreciation. Engaging in a class activity of ABC Gratitude helps students to identify people, events and surrounds that they are thankful for and reflect on the positives in their lives!
DOWNLOADConcepts of perspective, ‘point of view’, and empathy are explored via a storybook inquiry about The True Story of the Three Little Pigs! by Jon Scieszka. Traditionally readers sympathise with the three pigs. In the retelling of the three little pigs, the author changes the point of view of the story and shares the wolf’s story. The story also investigates themes relating to truth. Which version of the Three Little Pigs depicts the truth? Could each version be true?
DOWNLOADClassroom affirmations are used to create a positive and supportive environment to help students develop a mindset of positivity and success. and are a powerful way to help students develop a mindset of positivity and success. Used consistently, affirmations can support positive attitudes and actions.
DOWNLOADThe Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf's is a book about a bull who would rather smell flowers than fight in bullfights and is happy to embrace his differences. Ferdinand is caught between staying true to his nature and living up to others' expectations and stereotypes. The book provides momentum for discussions about conformity and individualism and self-acceptance. Students can explore their uniqueness whilst acknowledging other’s diversities.
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