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Lesson Plan

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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CCSS: Adaptable
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
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Additional Tags
social studies
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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