Morningside Center
Activities to Close the School Year
Students participate in end of the school year activities. In this reflective lesson, students take part in a closing circle, journaling, weaving a web, and hopes and expectations activities to reflect on what they have learned.
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What Makes My Community Special
Students create a symbol to represent their classroom community. In this community lesson plan, students discuss what their classroom community is like and create symbols in groups to present to the rest of the class.
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What's Your Problem?
Students role play giving advice. In this social skills instructional activity, students work in teams to offer advice and suggestions. Students give each other advice and the class attempts to determine the problem. Resources are provided.
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Relationship Role-plays
In this role plays worksheet, students role play different scenarios having to do with different kinds of relationships. Students have 5 scenarios to role play.
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Decision-Making Model
In this decision making worksheet, students fill out the choices, skills, cost, and more when making decisions. Students fill out 25 boxes total.
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Family
In this family worksheet, students answer short answer questions about families and relationships. Students complete 10 questions total.
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Who Will Wear the Hat? Who Will Use the Tool?
Students determine that there are nontraditional careers for their gender. In this gender equity lesson plan, students along with the guidance counselor discuss different jobs and vocations by looking at associated tools and props....
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I can do What I Want
Students recognize gender bias and stereotyping. In this self-esteem lesson, students listen to Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman and discuss how girls can be successful and provide positive role models for others.
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Making Good Decisions
Students practice reasonable decision making and anticipate the consequences of their choices. In this consequences lesson students discuss trade offs and how to solve problems.
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Making a Model Lung
Learners explain the parts of the body that are involved in breathing and explore lung function. In this model lung activity students make a model of a lung then interpret and explain it.
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Making Good Decisions
Students practice the skill of decision making and anticipate the consequences of their choices. In this consequences lesson students complete several worksheets.
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Problems and Giving Advice
Students explore decision making by seeking out advice. In this life problem solving instructional activity, students discuss problems they encounter in daily life and listen to their classmates discussions of all the available options....
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Infusing Equity By Gender Into the Classroom
Students participate in activities to develop life skills related to gender equity. In this gender equity activity, students examine the roles of people using hats. Students will role play various occupations related to the hats....
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Role Models
Second graders identify role models. In this role models instructional activity, 2nd graders research members of the community who are considered role models. Students identify personal heroes and create a poster to assist them as they...
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Making Good Decisions
Students discuss consequences and trade-offs to different scenarios. For this investigative lesson students learn about compromise and discuss possible options and consequences to certain situations.
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Video Social Studies
Students write a social story. In this social story lesson, students write a social story which addresses a specified social skill or behavior. They write the story following the format that is given at an Internet link. They read the...
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Decisions, Intentions, Plans
In this decisions, intentions, and plans worksheet, students complete the multiple choice questions where they fill in the blanks to sentences about decisions, intentions, and plans. Students complete 20 problems.
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Peer Pressure
Students talk about how their peers can influence their behavior. In this peer pressure lesson, students complete a KWL chart on peer pressure, read a handout on peer pressure and break into groups to discuss the information. Students...
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Greetings
Students participate in greeting new people. For this greetings lesson, students greet people after modeling by the teacher. Sample rituals include, "Hello, how are you?; My name is...What is your name?". Students write a paragraph...
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Introduction to Community Helpers
Students examine different types of community helpers. In this introduction to community helpers lesson, students discuss stories and view a PowerPoint presentation of students working as community helpers and defining the jobs.
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Spookley the Square Pumpkin
Students complete activities with the story Spookley the Square Pumpkin. In this holiday lesson, students listen to the story and create their own Spookley pumpkin with Popsicle sticks and paints. They use their character counts traits...
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Elementary Mapping Activity
Students build a classroom community. In this peer interaction lesson, students participate in a sociogram activity that requires them to socially interact with peers that normally they do not interact with. Students write about the...
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Sticking Together: Sharing Our Stories, Our Differences, and Our Similarities
Students create a classroom community. In this character education lesson, students discuss the functions of communities and then work in small groups to write stories to be shared with their classmates.
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Lungs: The Breathing Machine
Students create a model of the lungs and diaphragm. For this breathing lesson, students create a model out of a plastic bottle and balloons. They see how the diaphragm helps to fill the lungs with air.