Lessons for Kindergarten – 3rd Grade are taken from the “Second-Step” counseling curriculum focused on social-emotional learning. Career education is also included in all grade levels.
Kindergarten
- Introduction to a School Counselor
- Learning to Listen
- Focusing Attention
- Being Assertive
- Feelings
- Accidents
- Caring and Helping
- We Feel Feelings in Our Bodies (lesson on understanding what we feel)
- Calming Down Strong Feelings
- Managing Disappointment
- Solving Problems
- Fair Ways to Play
- Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do
First Grade Lessons
- Back to School and Manners
- Listening to Learn
- Focusing Attention
- Being Assertive
- Tattle v. Tell Problem Solving
- Identifying Feelings
- Feelings Change
- Showing Care and Concern
- Identifying Our Own Feelings
- Self-Talk and Calming Down
- Solving Problems
- Fair Ways to Play
- Handling Name Calling
- Career Interests
Second Grade Lessons
- Back to School and Being Respectful
- Focusing Attention and Listening
- Being Assertive
- Identifying Feelings/Learning More About Feelings
- Feeling Confident
- Respecting Different Preferences
- Showing Compassion
- Predicting Feelings
- Introducing Emotions Management
- Handling Making Mistakes
- Managing Anger
- Solving Problems (Part 1 and 2)
- Taking Responsibility
- Career Interests/Abilities
- Career Hunt
Third Grade Lessons
- Being Respectful Learners
- Using Self-Talk
- Planning to Learn
- Identifying Others’ Feelings
- Understanding Perspectives
- Accepting Differences
- Making Friends
- Emotions Management
- Managing Anger
- Test Taking Skills
- Solving Problems
- Dealing With Negative Peer Pressure
- Learning Styles
- Entrepreneurship
Fourth Grade Lessons
- Leadership
- Teamwork
- Mindset: Growth v Fixed
- Conflict Resolution
- Bullying Prevention
- Organizational Skills
- Study Skills
- Accepting Differences
- Cyber Safety
- Coping Skills
- Test Taking Skills
- Multiple Intelligence
- BOTS Personality Assessment
- Career Interests
Fifth Grade Lessons
*Career Fair Projects- All fifth grade student are participating in an career exploration project this May. Students will use the skills and knowledge they learn in lessons to bring a career to life during our Career Fair.
- Introduction to Careers
- Bully Prevention
- College/Career Vocabulary
- Interests and Abilities/Lifelong Learning
- Hollands Code
- Career Cruising
- Budgets
- College Virtual Visit
- Mock Interviews/Interviewing Skills
- Career Project