"Guidance" is a thirty minute class scheduled once every other week for all students in grades one through five as one of their special subjects. The
elementary guidance curriculum is child-centered and developmental in nature, in that it
considers the characteristics and needs of students at each age and
grade level. The curriculum encourages students to develop positive
self-images, develop healthy relationships with others, and learn
effective problem-solving skills. The program makes extensive use of
stories, discussion, and role-playing and focuses on feelings,
communication and problem solving.
FIRST GRADE GUIDANCE OBJECTIVES
DEVELOPING SELF-ESTEEM AND EXPRESSING FEELINGS
LESSON 1 To become familiar with the guidance curriculum, characters, rules and the counselor’s role LESSON 2 To keep practicing new tasks and cope effectively with frustration LESSON 3 To recognize the importance of expressing feelings
LESSON 4 To cope with feeling afraid
LESSON 5 To learn strategies for handling anger
DEVELOPING SKILLS FOR BEGINNING AND SUSTAINING FRIENDSHIP
LESSON 6 To develop skills for making friends
LESSON 7 To recognize behaviors that support or hurt friendships
LESSON 8 To cope with rejection from peers
LESSON 9 To accept differences in others
LESSON 10 To see the need for rules in games and consequences for breaking the rules RESOLVING CONFLICTS
LESSON 11 To define and identify conflict and identify feelings associated with conflict LESSON 12 To use I-Messages to communicate in conflict LESSON 13 To identify and practice solutions to conflict
UNDERSTANDING AND COPING WITH TEASING AND BULLYING LESSON 14 To develop strategies to cope with teasing LESSON 15 To develop strategies to cope with bullying
PERSONAL SAFETY
LESSON 16 To learn and practice the three basic rules of self-protection LESSON 17 To learn and practice the three basic rules of self-protection and to distinguish between bad secrets and good surprises DEVELOPING PROBLEM SOLVING AND RESPONSIBILITY
LESSON 18 To accept mistakes as learning experiences LESSON 19 To accept responsibility for one’s actions LESSON 20 To be aware of the consequences of stealing
SECOND GRADE GUIDANCE OBJECTIVES
DEVELOPING TOLERANCE FOR DIFFERENCES
LESSON 1 To have the courage to be oneself and accept others LESSON 2 To recognize that each person is important LESSON 3 To recognize and respect the feelings and needs of others
COPING WITH CONFLICT, ANGER, MISTAKES AND CHALLENGES
LESSON 4 To see one’s part in escalating or reducing conflicts LESSON 5 To use positive self-talk to build self-esteem LESSON 6 To use positive self-talk to cope with mistakes LESSON 8 To identify positive ways of coping with anger LESSON 8 To have the courage to try
UNDESTANDING AND COPING WITH TEASING
LESSON 9 To understand the harmful effects of teasing and bullying, consider the feelings of others, and see the responsibility of bystanders LESSON 10 To develop and practice strategies for coping with teasing and bullying
DEVELOPING PROBLEM SOLVING AND RESPONSIBILITY
LESSON 11 To see alternatives when a goal is unrealistic LESSON 12 To recognize that decisions are sometimes difficult to make LESSON 13 To understand the consequences of choices
UNDERSTANDING FEELINGS
LESSON 14 To recognize that fears of rejection are often exaggerated LESSON 15 To recognize the futility of worrying
PERSONAL AND CYBER SAFETY
LESSON 16 To develop assertiveness skills related to personal safety LESSON 17 To practice personal safety skills
LESSON 18 To introduce cyber-citizenship and internet safety
LESSON 19 To apply safety rules to internet use
EXPRESSING FEELINGS
LESSON 20 To select appropriate ways to express feelings LESSON 21 To become aware that behavior has a purpose
THIRD GRADE GUIDANCE OBJECTIVES
SELF-ESTEEM
LESSON 1 To develop self-confidence and self-esteem
EXPRESSING FEELINGS
LESSON 2 To express feelings sensitively
DEVELOPING TOLERANCE FOR DIFFERENCES
LESSON 3 To develop sensitivity to human differences LESSON 4 To recognize ways to include others in a group
COPING WITH CHANGES IN FRIENDSHIP
LESSON 5 To cope with jealousy and give people a chance
UNDERSTANDING AND COPING WITH TEASING
LESSON 6 To understand reasons for teasing LESSON 7 To identify strategies to handle teasing and bullying
COPING WITH ANXIETY
LESSON 8 To understand anxiety and the symptoms of anxiety
LESSON 9 To understand the cognitive basis of anxiety and develop reasoning thoughts and strategies
PERSONAL AND CYBER SAFETY
LESSON 10 To identify ways of coping with potentially dangerous situations
LESSON 11 To review cyber-citizenship and define internet safety
LESSON 12 To learn safety rules about sharing information in cyberspace
LESSON 13 To learn rules of "netiquette" for electronic communication
LESSON 14 To identify safe screen names and apply internet safety rules to internet use
COPING WITH ANGER AND RESOLVING CONFLICTS
LESSON 15 To recognize what anger is and identify personal sources of anger LESSON 16 To identify positive ways to manage anger LESSON 17 To recognize conflict and identify feelings associated with conflict
LESSON 18 To identify conflict resolution styles
LESSON 19 To identify communication skills for resolving conflicts
LESSON 20 To practice I-Messages for communicating in conflicts
FOURTH GRADE GUIDANCE OBJECTIVES
UNDERSTANDING AND COPING WITH TEASING AND BULLYING
LESSON 1 To understand the purposes of behavior
LESSON 2 To develop an acceptance of diversity
LESSON 3 To develop empathy
LESSON 4 To recognize the differences between humorous and hurtful teasing and to identify the reasons why people tease LESSON 5 To understand gossip and the consequences of gossip
LESSON 6 To identify the difference between teasing and bullying LESSON 7 To understand bullying and the consequences of bullying LESSON 8 To identify strategies that victims, bullies, bystanders LESSON 9 To identify and practice strategies to cope with teasing and bullying
UNDERSTANDING AND COPING WITH STRESS
LESSON 10 To identify and recognize stress LESSON 11 To identify sources of stress and feelings associated with stress
LESSON 12 To identify and practice ways of coping with stress
PERSONAL AND CYBER SAFETY
LESSON 13 To recognize and identify positive strategies for coping with potentially dangerous situations LESSON 14 To distinguish between private and personal information and identify the consequences of sharing it on the internet
LESSON 15 To identify strong passwords to protect privacy and positive strategies for coping with uncomfortable situations on the internet
LESSON 16 To apply rules of internet safety to electronic communication
LESSON 17 To define and respond to cyberbullying To develop empathy for targets of cyberbullying
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
LESSON 18 To learn multiple intelligences and relate them to career choices
RESOLVING CONFLICTS AND COPING WITH ANGER
LESSON 19 To recognize one’s role in creating or reducing conflict
LESSON 20 To review strategies for handling anger
FIFTH GRADE GUIDANCE OBJECTIVES
APPRECIATING AND ACCEPTING DIVERSITY
LESSON 1 To identify and recognize stereotypes
LESSON 2 To identify and examine prejudice
LESSON 3 To identify and analyze kinds of discriminating behavior
LESSON 4 To develop sensitivity to human differences (e.g., disabilities)
LESSON 5 To develop awareness of gender stereotypes
LESSON 6 To recognize examples of stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination
DEVELOPING AN OPTIMISTIC EXPLANATORY STYLE
LESSON 7 To identify one’s current explanatory style and to define optimism and pessimism
LESSON 8 To identify four types of irrational thinking
LESSON 9 To substitute positive self-talk for negative self-talk
PERSONAL SAFETY, CYBERBULLYING AND INTERNET SAFETY
LESSON 10 To identify and practice assertiveness skills
LESSON 11 To recognize and cope with potentially dangerous situations
LESSON 12 To review the definition of cyberbullying and identify examples
LESSON 13 To review responsibility as cybercitizens and respond to cyberbullying
LESSON 14 To respond to cyberbullying and apply strategies to cyberbullying situations
LESSON 15 To understand the legal and social consequences of cyberbullying
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
LESSON 16 To develop awareness of interests as they relate to job activities
LESSON 17 To connect job activities to career choices
HANDLING PEER PRESSURE
LESSON 18 To recognize the need to develop steps for resisting peer pressure LESSON 19 To learn the steps for decision making
LESSON 20 To learn the difference between tattling and telling and identify sources of help
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