Lesson Plans are subject to change and will be updated as time allows.
Week of January 19
- Monday: No School - Martin Luther King Day
- Tuesday: No journal today; Read from The Revealers; Talk about differences; Visual perception differences
- Wednesday: NO SCHOOL - Snow Day
- Thursday: no journal today; Finish The Revealers; Do Discovering Differences Sheet; Discovering Differences Discussion
- Friday: End of Nine Weeks; Class evaluation; Discovering Differences discussion; teamwork activity
Week of January 12
- Monday: Go to computer lab to work on Thank You letters to staff (each student writes two letters to staff members to say thank you)
- Tuesday: No journal today; Read from The Revealers; High/Lows; Computer Lab to finish letters
- Wednesday: No journal today; Read from The Revealers; Pass back Thank You letters. Do kindness sheet in groups.
- Thursday: No journal today; Read from The Revealers; finish PBA notes and discuss; Pass out PBA Balance Sheet - due next Thursday; Miss K's example (will go over more tomorrow)
- Friday: Finish discussion on PBA sheet; teamwork activity
Week of January 5
- Monday: Delay Day. Journal (tell me about your weekend); highs/lows; Discussion of journal with Sub.
- Tuesday: No journal today; Read from The Revealers; begin notes on PBA.
- Wednesday: Journal (Do you think you have a high or a low PBA right now? Why?); Read from The Revealers; continue notes on PBA
- Thursday: NO SCHOOL - SNOW
- Friday: NO SCHOOL - SNOW
Week of December 15
- Monday: Journal (tell me about your weekend); highs/lows; Discussion of Leukemia/Lymphoma fundraiser; discussion of SIP writing; begin graph for SIP
- Tuesday: No journal today; Read from The Revealers; finish graph for SIP and work on SIP
- Wednesday: Work on SIP paper
- Thursday: Work on SIP paper.
- Friday: Christmas activities and 2nd grade Elves.
Week of December 8
- Monday: SUB Journal (tell me about your weekend); highs/lows; Notes on Principles; Writing assignment - what are your top three principles and why? Class tally.
- Tuesday: SUB. Journal (free write); Reading from The Revealers; POWER OUTAGE
- Wednesday: SUB. Journal (Power outage); Writing assignment - what three principles do you think the world needs more of and why? Class tally. Discussion
- Thursday: Journal (What are you most looking forward to about Christmas Break?); read from The Revealers. Discussion of SIP writing assignment (DUE NEXT THURSDAY) and close-reading using reading strategies of the article Americans' Negativity About U.S. Moral Values Inches Back UP
- Friday: Journal (What did you learn this week?); Turn in journals: Teamwork activity.
Week of December 1
- Monday: Journal (tell me about your weekend); highs/lows; discussion on paradigms of others
- Tuesday: SUB. Students will watch the high school play dress rehearsal.
- Wednesday: Journal (What did you think of the play? Be honest!); Discuss play; Catch up on reading from The Revealers
- Thursday: Journal (Do you think it was a good idea for Catalina to send her letter to the 7th grade? Would you do it? Discuss); read from The Revealers: notes on Life Paradigms
- Friday: No journal; finish notes on Life Paradigms; teamwork activity - the Pretzel
Week of November 24
- Monday: Journal (tell me about your weekend); highs/lows; teamwork activity
- Tuesday: Journal (List 10 things you are thankful for); go around the class and tell things we are thankful for; read from The Revealers; Discuss Paradigm shifts; Tell when you had a paradigm shift. If not done, finish for homework.
- Wednesday: Half Day. Sub. Do sheet in which we tell what we appreciate or are thankful for about others.
- Thursday: NO SCHOOL - HAPPY THANKSGIVING
- Friday: NO SCHOOL - Enjoy your break!
Week of November 17
- Monday: Journal (tell me about your weekend); highs/lows; Benefits of 7 Habits (all notes from 7 Habits); 7 Habits of Defective kids; HOMEWORK: What are two of your effective habits? Tell me about them. What are two of your defective habits? Tell me about them.
- Tuesday: Journal (Free write - students may write about whatever topic they choose); read from The Revealers; Top 10 stupid quotes of all time; stupid kid quotes; Basic notes about paradigms (point of view. We have them on self, life, others); Mirror, Mirror sheet. If not done, finish for homework. Miss Kuhrt's example
- Wednesday: Journal (Do you believe you have a positive self paradigm? Why or why not? It's alright if you say no - I don't always have one either!); Read from The Revealers; using the Mirror Mirror sheet from yesterday, each student will come up to a mirror and say one nice thing to themselves;
- Thursday: Journal (Do you believe boys act differently than girls? Explain); Read from The Revealers; finish Mirror activity; discussion of self paradigms; begin Sticks and Stones activity
- Friday: Journal (what did you learn this week in school?); Continue work on Sticks and Stones; Discussion of others' paradigms
Week of November 10
- Monday: Journal (tell me about your weekend); highs/lows; Riddle and discussion of Habit; Habit examples (arms folded); Find the numbers 1-54
- Tuesday: Journal (Today is Veterans Day. In five sentences or more, thank a veteran); read from The Revealers; A guide for finding numbers 1-54 and try again; Habit notes
- Wednesday: Journal (Snow is coming. Are you looking forward to it or not? Why?) Read from The Revealers; Habit Notes; Round-Robin work on Good, Bad, and Neutral Habits
- Thursday: Journal (Do you have more good or bad habits? Explain.) Read from The Revealers; Finish Round-Robin; Pass out and Discuss 7 Habits Chart;
- Friday: Journal (what did you learn this week in school?); collect journals. Finish discussion of 7 habits chart; teamwork activity
Week of November 3
- Monday: No school - Professional Development
- Tuesday: Parent Letter, Class description, Seating Charts; Writing assignment: What do I think Comet Character is? What do I hope to get out of Comet Character?
- Wednesday: Sub: Partner Interview sheet in class and presentations
- Thursday: Partner interview presentations Conferences Tonight!
- Friday: Student search, Teamwork Activities