Counseling Connection- Apr. 19-20
Character --> Doing the right thing at the right time.
Ms. Mack, School Counselor
Location: 1269 Portland Street, Tarrant, AL, USA
Phone: 901-352-1733
Don’t forget to check-in! Did you know that staying connected supports your emotional health?
Hi!! I really miss all of your smiling faces! I've been getting a lot of work done and focusing on staying healthy. I haven't worked at either of my part-time jobs so I've been getting plenty of rest and exercise. Well, enough about me, I want to hear from you! Please take the time to complete the Weekly Counseling Check-In form. If needed, your parents can help you. I hope to hear from you soon.
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Virtual Zoo Camp with Roger Day!
-This week from April 20th thru April 24th, join Roger Day as he partners with the Birmingham Zoo to bring Virtual Zoo Camp to everyone!
-Starting Monday, catch a brand new video every day on Roger Day's Facebook page featuring the animals and zookeepers of the Birmingham Zoo in addition to Roger Day and his unique way of providing joy and laughter through song.
-Then, on Friday, April 24th at 10:00am CDT, join Roger Day on his Facebook page as he performs a livestream concert featuring animal appearances and Q&A's with real life zookeepers!
-It happens this week exclusively on Roger Day's official Facebook page, so make sure you "like" and subscribe to his Facebook page in order to join in all the fun!
Check out the trailer below to see what's coming! https://youtu.be/fgCOVr-UJeQ
Monday, Apr 20, 2020, 10:00 AM
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Remember to:
Stay germ free.
Wash hands often.
Practice social distancing!
Chick-Fil-A Core Essentials Character Education
Humility- Putting others first by giving up what you think you deserve.
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5 Ways Parents Can Help Children Develop Social and Emotional Skills
A: A3.1 Take responsibility for their actions
Ask the following questions and call on different students (if more that one child) for answers. Below each question are examples of responses. You may need to rephrase students’ answers or guide them along.
(Ask) What is responsibility?
1.Being accountable for what you do, for your actions and behavior.
2.Doing the right thing at the right time, so others can trust and depend on you.
3.Taking care of your property, yourself, and others.
4.To know what your job is and to do it to the best of your ability.
5.When you choose to make a poor decision, you admit to it, apologize for it, and then take steps to change it.
(Ask) What are you responsible for?
1.My own actions
2.My time
3.My possessions
4.Chores
5.My family
6.Pets
7.Homework
8.My community
9.The Earth
(Ask) What are ways you can show responsibility?
1.Complete your homework and chores on time without being reminded.
2.Follow through on your commitments, even when you don't feel like it.
3.Accept responsibility for your mistakes and learn from them. Don't make excuses or blame others.
4.Take care of your things and those of other people. Return items you
borrow.
5.Find out what needs to be done and do it.
6.Make wise choices, such as choosing to eat healthy foods and wearing a helmet.
7.Always do your very best. Others are counting on you!
Book Suggestions for Responsibility:
Read and discuss a book that teaches a lesson about responsibility. These are just suggestions.
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Grades K-2
●Berenstain Bears Trouble at School, Jan Berenstain
●Five Little Monkeys with Nothing to Do, Eileen Christelow
●The Ant and the Grasshopper, Amy Lowry Poole
●Annie Shows Off, Shelagh Canning
●Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon! Pat Cummings
●Pigsty, Mark Teague
●Arthur's Pet Business, Marc Brown
●Mrs. Katz and Tush, Patricia Polacco
●Tops and Bottoms, Janet Stevens
●The Little Red Hen, Paul Galdone
●The Worst Day of My Life Ever! By Julia Cook
●If Everybody Did by Jo Ann Stover
Responsibility Activities:
Complete an activity to go along with your lesson. You may choose to incorporate an activity into your lesson at any time. Oftentimes visuals and experiments are very effective at the beginning and will get your students excited about the lesson.
Helpful Hands(suggested for all grades)
Have the students create coupons for special tasks they will to do at home to help their families. Emphasize that it's important for them to include tasks they don’t do regularly (helping with laundry or unloading the dishwasher), make only promises they will be able to deliver, and do tasks willingly. Then students present their coupons to different family members. Have them draw and decorate 13 coupons to take home with specific tasks written on them. Talk about how their families will react to these helpful gifts and how these positive reactions will make the student feel. The student can create a template for these coupons and decorate them.
Do what is right (suggested for all grades)
For younger grades you can do this as a group and for older grades they can create their own. Create a poster (or piece of paper if doing individually) and divide it into 4 squares. Label each section “At Home”, “At School”, “To Myself”, “To the Environment”. In each section have the class brainstorm on ways they can show responsibility. For example under the “At Home” section, include things like homework, feed the pet, clean my room, take out the trash, etc. The “To Myself” section may include things like managing time, eating healthy, brushing teeth, playing sorts. If you do this as a group ask the kids to pick out one item from each group that they can do themselves. Have them make their own “pledge” card. They can write one item from each group and decorate the card.
Teamwork (suggested for all grades)
Divide the children into teams of four or five. When you announce a letter of the alphabet, let each team arrange itself on the floor in the shape of the letter, using
every team member. Discuss responsibility by asking, “What would we have had if (one of the children) weren’t in place?” How did you have to work together to get the job done? What if one person wasn’t listening? What could you have done better to work as a team? Repeat the activity and praise everyone fordoing his or her part to make the letters.
Minute to Win It (suggested for all grades)
There are literally hundreds of minute to win it games on the internet. Here are a few ideas.
-Stack it up with pennies: put students into small groups of 2-3 people. Give each group a pile of 25 pennies. Have all groups start at the same time. Once the timer starts each group must stack their pennies into a vertical stack but each student may use only one hand. They have to alternate adding a penny to the stack so each child goes in order around the table. If the pile falls all group members can work together to restack the pile but they can still only use one hand. The group that completes their stack in one minute wins. Talk about how they had to work as a team. If someone wasn’t paying attention and you had to wait for their turn how did that effect the group? How did you work together to fix a fallen pile? What would happen if everyone tried to be the leader and all talked at once?
-Defying Gravity: Again divide the students into groups of 2-3. Using only one hand, players must keep two balloons from touching the ground for one minute. They must work as a team to keep their two balloons in the air. For a more challenging game, increase the amount to three balloons per group (and use different colored balloons for each group to make it easy to differentiate!). No holding the balloons!
Sweet Responsibility (Suggested for grades 2-5)
Materials: Small apples and wrapped candy, enough so that you have one for
each person. Show the students what you have. Ask them individually which of the two items they would like and let them take the one of their choice. First speak to those that chose the candy, saying something like, "You have chosen the food that will give you quick energy. It is very sweet and delicious to eat. However, it doesn't last very long and it is mostly empty calories. A few minutes after you eat it, you'll be hungry for more." To those who chose the apple say, "The apple will also give you energy and it is sweet to the taste. However, the apple is nutritious and will supply you with extra vitamins. You will feel more satisfied and benefit from the energy it gives for a longer period of time. The decision to take the apple was a very wise one.” Now, ask the children how you can compare the apple and candy to our responsibilities and the choices we face every day. Many of the choices we make can bring us immediate pleasure but have no long lasting value (like the candy) or a wise and responsible choice will bring us a longer lasting type of happiness and satisfaction (like the apple). Examples:
1.You are working on your homework when a friend calls and invites you to come over and watch a movie. Which choice will probably give immediate pleasure and which choice would give you long term satisfaction? Which is the responsible choice?
2.You have been saving your money to buy a new skateboard, but as you walk by the arcade you think about spending the money to play a few arcade games.
3.You have the opportunity to finish your science project ahead of schedule or play basketball with your friends.
Responsibility Video
Here are a few suggestions but feel free to find your own age appropriate videos
1. A cute short film about how a community comes together to share responsibility for making sure their lighthouse works.