5th Grade Lesson Plans

September: Welcome Back

Meet your school counselor 

• Trivia game with cup knock over!

October: Emotions and Empathy

Feelings Lesson

 Empathy Lesson

• 5th grade empathy lesson.docx

• are you empathetic quiz.pdf

• Best empathy scenarios.odt

November: Conflict Resolution/Bullying

Eyes of a refugee empathy lesson (in my docs under 5th grade)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ-pU7ozt3g  Under the surface video

• Up down exercise

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By_BHbskg_E  Through the eyes of a refugee video

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DSeZji2x-Y  Emotional music for exercise

Gossiping Lesson Plan

• My Docs  Power point, then watch  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WQx3ePgHuQ  Soul Pancake.  Then do toothpaste experiment

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--hUFFXCc14  Book reading of Trouble Talk

December: Kindness and Gratitude

Compliments lesson plan

• Lesson plan in My Documents

• Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OBgdoAmuwI

January:  Mindfulness

Mindfulness Lesson

• Introduce mindfulness "Release" video
• Moving through a typical day "thoughts-emotions-actions"
• Time travel
• Train of thought video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0SWMICwtm0&t=14s&list=PLPvZRhr5Kt5s_iy4gGHEwmqNQ7r-678HR&index=11&pbjreload=10
• Mindfulness in schools video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At5h-dsIO7w
• Play musical statues if time permits:  music

Mindfulness Lesson #2

• Re-introduce mindfulness: Mindful bodies/mindful listening.
• Do mindful minute with this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZME0JKiweL4
• Mindfulness in School video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At5h-dsIO7w 
• Talk about Wii and mindful movement
• "Mindful movement" video from GoZen: https://www.gozen.com/go/gotothenow/lesson-4/
• Practice Mindful movement/pass the cup/slow motion mirror
  

February: Self Esteem

Self Love/Self Bullying lesson

• Lesson plan under “Love letter documents”

• Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojUrs28LeGM

• Build Resilience Nine Mile.pptx

March: Growth Mindset

Growth Mindset Lesson

• “What do you do with an idea?” book and activity
• Break into groups.  Have groups come up with great ideas for a restaurant (location, menu, staffing, etc).  Then come up with bad ideas.  Read some good ideas aloud to the class.  Then read one bad idea aloud.  Re-distribute one bad idea to each group and have them turn this bad idea into a good restaurant concept.

April: Honesty

Growth Mindset Lesson

• Negative thoughts Go Zen video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-dMPXBl7yA&t=53s
• Types of negative thoughts page
• Go Zen Self-talk video: https://www.gozen.com/go/gostrengths/module2/2-2/
• Name that  pattern
• Keep it positive worksheet (group activity)

May: Career

Transition Lesson Plan

• “How to succeed” in middle school lesson