Dealing with Anger

We started with an anchor chart where they wrote what makes them angry. Then, they filled out an anger map where they drew a picture of what their face looks like when they are angry. They were to think about what being angry can accomplish (or not accomplish) and write down ways they can handle it better.  We then watched the Pixar short "Partly Cloudy". It was a story (without words) about friendship and how miscommunication (or lack there of) can cause us to make assumptions and get angry over silly things or angry over something that wasn't really a problem in the first place.  The cloud would do its best to make baby animals for the stork to take, but the animals would turn out violent and different than what the other clouds were making. This was wearing the stork out but the cloud really couldn't help it. Sometimes, our friends make us mad because their "best" may not seem like they are giving it. The stork once went to talk to another cloud, without telling his cloud what he was doing..this made the cloud angry/sad, thinking he had left him for a "better" cloud. IN reality, the stork was getting some gear to protect him from the not so cuddly baby animals..because he wanted to be a good friend and still help that cloud, no matter how difficult it was.

Procedure Posters

In order to help other students in their classroom, fourth grade students created procedure posters.  They then presented these posters to their classroom.  The poster contained pictures and words to help model classroom expectations.

Kinds Words to Others

5th grade students created name posters.  On the poster, other students wrote compliments to the other students.

December: Decorations for Pine Hills Church

Students created decorations to give to Pine Hills Church.  We talked about being thankful for what we have and how to bless others.  You can see students making their gifts.....

Fun with glitter.....

Good vs. Bad Behavior Skits

Students brainstormed positive classroom/hallway procedures and negative classroom/hallway procedures.  They created a skit that showed the students using integrity and following directions.  Then, they pretend to not show responsibility and not follow the procedures.  In this picture, you can see students brainstorming their skits.

Ice Cream Honesty

Leaders of the Pack teaches students several character development traits.  This months trait was honesty. To help students learn about honesty, the teacher used ice cream as a metaphor.  The teacher scooped ice cream and poured salt all over it.  Then, covered it with ice cream.  This is similar to how we lie.  We do something we should not do (salt), then cover it up (the lie).  The teacher then let students taste the ice cream.  Then, she took a paper towel and soaked up the salt.  When we do lie, we can go back and try to fix it.  However, the best thing to do is not lie in the first place.  Then, you get a yummy bowl of ice cream!

Self-Control

Students continued with lessons on self-control.  To review this, students played red light/green light.  They talked about situations where we need to stop and think, use caution or go.  Also, the students did self-control bubbles.  In this lesson, students blew bubbles and talked about how hard it was to use self-control and not pop all the bubbles.  This relates to our lives when we have to hold back from what we want to do.