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Keep Finding the Positive

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Group members take on roles to create a positive classroom community. Learners perform their role—leader, recorder, presenter, timekeeper, encourager, and collector—in preparation for a formal presentation of their positive thinking collages. Participants complete a second journal entry and compare it to their first composition.

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Concepts

self-awareness, social-emotional learning, emotional development, character traits, communities, building community, classroom community, education community, school community, positive thinking, expressing feelings, feelings, emotions, group discussions, presenting

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

Print, copy, and laminate group role cards to keep them in good condition during continued use
To stress the importance of being productive group members, reuse cards during other lessons that require pupils to gather in groups
Take note of the role each class member performs, encourage them to try new roles every time they work in a group

Classroom Considerations

The second lesson in a series of three uses material from the first lesson
Each group requires a set of group role cards

Pros

Provides ample opportunity to boost listening and speaking skills
Group role cards Increase accountability

Cons

None

Common Core

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