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Grades 1 - 2 Guidance Lessons

Goals for 1st and 2nd Grade: 
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1st Grade 
     Listening- school success; Listen Better Read Aloud (on right)
     Stop, Think, Choose- decision making
     Same and Different- awareness of self and others
     A Job for Wattilda- careers (book); during Halloween
​     Tattling vs Reporting
     Red: a crayon's story- book (read aloud)
     Manners 
     Words Matter- book "Chrysanthemum), use Read Aloud with activity
     The Recess Queen-  Quiz      Activity Sheet
2nd Grade
     The Crayon Box That Talked- respect for differences (book)
     Teasing-social skills
     Being Bossy- social skills     
     The Recess Queen-  social skills  (book); Read Aloud Book 
     Who's to Blame- learning about responsibility
     How Santa Got His Job- careers (book); December
     Being Responsible- accepting responsibility
     Being Organized- school success skills, video
     Monkey See, Monkey Do- peer influence

Listening activities/games

Listening activity/game; time- 6:44 minutes

Listening activity/game; time 2:59 minutes

Listening activity/game; animal sounds; time 3:37 minutes

Read Aloud Books

The Recess Queen, 4:32 minutes

Manners- 4:41 minutes
Manners- 2:50; skip ending (ad), stop at list of pirate manners. 

Chrysanthemum- teasing because of her name.
​Time- 10:33 minutes

Red: A Crayon's Story, by Michael Hall
A story about differences, empathy. Time: 5:23 minutes.
Howard B. Wigglebottom animated lesson on listening; story with questions. Last 3 minutes is a sing-a-long.
Time- 10:24 minutes
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Use with listening lesson.

Matthew and Tilly
​Grades K-2; 4:07 minutes

Mean Jean the Recess Queen
Grade 1-3; 7:28 minutes

Have You Filled a Bucket Today
​Grade 2-4; 5 minutes
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