Guidance |
Classroom Guidance Lessons All students in grades 4 and 5 will be involved in receiving classroom guidance lessons as a weekly encore for one marking period. Mrs. Dougherty will be the counselor teaching the curriculum. Students will participate in one class per cycle for a total of 7 lessons. Listed below are the topics that will be covered each week. 4th GRADE Week 1: Orientation (introduce ROCS) Week 2: Developing Friendship and Social Skills/Conflict Resolution Week 3: Empathy and Introduce Diversity Week 4: Diversity Week 5: Bullying Week 6: How to Handle Bullying Situations Week 7: Service Project/How to Help Others 5th GRADE Week 1: Orientation (ROCS) Week 2: Friendship and Social Skills/Conflict Resolution Week 3: Empathy and Introduce Diversity Week 4: Diversity Week 5: Bullying *see note below Week 6: Bullying/Anger Management Week 7: Service Project/Helping Others We look forward to getting to know your child this year! Mrs. Gina Dougherty-Red Community Counselor Mrs. Cori Fetrow-Blue Community Counselor Miss Marjie Whye-Yellow Community Counselor *Bully Prevention Lesson in Fifth Grade Guidance Class 5th grade students will have the opportunity to view an educational movie entitled:“BROKEN TOY”. This 30 minute movie was shown to your child’s class under the supervision of their school counselors. Following the movie, students were given a chance to discuss the content of the realistic and dramatic presentation. The storyline evolves around Raymond, a typical 12 year old student. He is subjected to verbal and physical ridicule by his classmates. Raymond becomes the victim of constant bullying by Mike, Troy, and their followers. One day the bullying and name-calling goes too far, an accident occurs, and the bullies, in the face of tragedy, realize how serious their actions have gone. Please feel free to contact your child’s school counselor if you would like more information regarding the content of this movie. |
