3rd Grade: Students will be learning about what perseverance is and practicing it.

4th Grade: Students will be learning about kindness and practicing kindness. 

5th Grade: Students will be learning the fundamentals of perseverance and playing games to practice perseverance. 

3rd Grade: Students in third grade learned mindfulness skills so that they are able to calm down strong emotions. 

4th: Students in fourth grade reviewed conflict resolution skills and I-Statements in order to solve and talk about conflict with others fairly and respectfully.

5th Grade: Students in 5th grade worked on and practiced mindfulness skills in order to calm down strong emotions.

3rd Grade Guidance: 

Students will learn how to use the "Step Model" to solve classroom problems. 

4th Grade: 

I can use assertiveness in conjunction with the problem solving model "STEP", to help me deal with peer pressure. 

5th Grade: 

I can use assertiveness to ask for help with academic and social problems. 

Hello! 

This week in guidance, 5th grade students learned how to solve problems using a problem solving model called "STEP".

1. S: Say the Problem Without Blame

2. T:  Think of Solutions 

3. E:  Explore the Consequences

4. P: Pick the Best Solution

This week in 4th grade, students used a problem solving model to solve playground problems respectfully and safely. 

In third grade, students learned to say problems without blame to encourage positive and respectful conflict resolution.

Below you will find the guidance lesson goals for this rotation.

3rd Graders: I can learn a 3 step model (Use your Stop Signal, Name your Feeling, Calm Down) to help manage my emotions.

4th Graders: During conflict, I can say a problem without blame to be respectful and to set myself up for success to solve problems.

5th Graders: I can use the "STEP" problem solving model to solve conflict. 

3rd Grade: 

3rd grade students are learning how to use respectful questions and comments to make friends and have respectful conversation. 

4th and 5th Grade: 

4th and 5th grade students are learning different strategies to help calm down big emotions. 

Hello! 

I hope everyone had a wonderful break. This blog will give you a glimpse of the topics that we are talking about during 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade guidance this rotation. 

3rd Grade: 

Student are learning how to use compassion and empathy to help others when they are feeling upset or sad. 

4th Grade: 

Students are learning how to use compassion and empathy to help others when feeling upset or sad. 

5th Grade: 

Students are learning how to use "naming their emotions" and a "personal stop signal"  to manage strong emotions. 

5th Grade Guidance Lesson Goal: 

I can learn to disagree respectfully, so I can solve problems more efficiently and with compassion.

4th Grade Guidance Lesson Goal:

I can learn how to join a group respectfully and responsibly using a 3 step model. 

3rd Grade Guidance Leson Goal: 

I can identify conflicting feelings and understand why people have those feelings. 

5th Grade Guidance Lesson - 

This week in guidance student's are learning about how to respond with compassion to help others and get along better. 

4th: 

The week in guidance students are learning how to use compliments to make friends and to expand conversations.

3rd Grade:

The week in guidance studnets are learning how that people can have different perspectives about different scenarios and that it is important to not jump to conclusions before you have all the details. 

5th Grade: Students are going to learn how to take and understand somone eles's perpective. This will allow them to respond with empathy to every day problems. 

4th Grade: I can understand complex feelings, which allows me to regulate my emotions more effectively. 

3rd Grade. Students are learning to make plans, so they can achieve their goals in a way that is effective.