Learning Libraries » Middle School » Responsible Decision-Making Print Responsible Decision-Making Family Resources on Stop Before You SendProject and Purpose Students will review and discuss the importance of proof-reading email and social media posts before sending or posting. Essential Questions Why is it important to slow down the pace of online e-mail communication? Share this [...]
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Social Awareness Print Social Awareness Family Resources on Advice Column, Part 1Project and Purpose Students analyze advice column letters and advice responses as basis for writing their own letters. They will then select a letter that is not their own and write an advice response. Essential Questions What is [...]
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on When I Feel I Need Part 3Project and Purpose Establishing and nurturing intimate and essential communication in core relationships. Essential Questions How does a “When… I Feel… I Need” statement help us communicate with someone we are close to? Share this [...]
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on When I Feel I Need Part 2Project and Purpose Students practice using “When…I feel…I need” statements to communicate their emotions and desires. Essential Questions How does a “When…I feel…I need…” statement help us communicate better and avoid a tense situation? Share [...]
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on When I Feel I Need Part 1Project and Purpose Students work in teams to create A-Z charts of vocabulary to express emotions. Essential Questions How does having the right vocabulary to name our emotions help us communicate better? Note: This is [...]
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on Listening and Me, Part 2Project and Purpose Students identify good listening skills and create and analyze scenarios that illustrate good and poor listening skills Essential Questions How can we improve our listening skills in close relationships? Share this Link BackgroundOpen/Download Parent [...]
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on Listening and Me, Part 1Project and Purpose Students identify good listening skills and create and analyze scenarios that illustrate good and poor listening skills. Essential Questions How can we improve our listening skills? Share this Link BackgroundOpen/Download Parent Conversation Starter.pdf If [...]
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on Friendship ValuesProject and Purpose Students determine what they value most in a friend and create an artistic expression of those values. Essential Questions What are the values to look for in a good friend? Share this Link BackgroundOpen/Download Parent Conversation Starter.pdf [...]
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on Facing the Queen Bee/Top CatProject and Purpose Students will write relational aggression gossip scenarios based on cues given by the teacher, and as a group determine what it would take to make the right thing happen in each situation. Essential Questions [...]
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on Accountable TalkProject and Purpose Students use accountable talk sentence stems in a “ridiculous debate” and translate commonly used phrases into accountable talk. Essential Questions Why should we use accountable talk? Share this Link BackgroundOpen/Download Parent Conversation Starter.pdf If this lesson was [...]
