One Word Wednesday

Every great for your kids in the summer months!!!!

Using Picture Books to Teach Social Skills

Use literature to discuss social behavior. While reading a passage or book, use the characters to highlight social skills and behavior. Ask questions like, “Why do you think he did that?” and “How did his actions impact the others?”. Even more, highlight and discuss specific skills that some of your students might have challenges with. This is a great way to incorporate teaching social skills because it makes it less personal for kids.

https://www.weareteachers.com/15-must-have-picture-books-for-teaching-social-emotional-skills/


http://blog.teacherspayteachers.com/how-to-teach-social-skills-middle-high-school-kids/

The States in the USA

Recently I found a small rug that had a US map on it.  I brought it to school and was amazed how many Middle School kids did not know the geographic locations of the states. So I handed them a blank US map to fill in and we went from there,  Discussion was awesome and hopefully they learned a lot.  We used the rug as the "answer key". Now on to the capitals?  Well maybe we will wait a bit.  Here are some ideas . . .

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson278.shtml

New Year's Resolutions

https://middleearthnj.wordpress.com/2014/12/29/the-top-ten-best-new-years-resolutions-for-teenagers/

The Giraffe Heroes Project: Encouraging Kids to 'Stick Out Their Necks' For Others

Interesting thought . . .   http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr193.shtml

Character.org

Check out this website for MANY ideas, links, schools of character and other related topics and ideas . . . http://character.org/

Brain Breaks!