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Hi Friends, ****************** Hey Connie, I am preparing for my 2nd grade lesson on Good Judgment and I came up with another teaching tool to go along with Darby's Good Sense if you are interested. It is sort of like a flow chart. At my school we use a lot of charts and graphs to teach. We got them from a program we were all trained to use called "Thinking Maps." And they do come in handy. I use them on the overhead projector and write in what I want them to know. They copy it on their sheet of paper. I attached a blank copy and a copy with the answers. I just thought I would share. Jennifer Hollingsworth Attachments: Good Judgement Flowchart.doc ************************************ Bright Ideas save me time and money. ************************************ The children in my classes think "Thrills, Chills, and Study Skills" lessons are fun. I like them because it is a simple way to teach study skills. The children go on a new adventure each week and learn a new skill. ************************************ The kids in my groups beg to play the "Angry Alligator Game" every week. Even the older kids want to play it. ************************************ Bright Ideas literally saved my life. I was a new counselor last year and a friend told me about this company called "Bright Ideas". I ordered "Tattles Tales" and the "Hoppy Holidays for Fall" packets just to get started. They are great. I could put the activity sheets on the copy machine and read through the lesson plans and teach. Since then I have ordered many more materials. Thank You, Bright Ideas! ************************************ I used the "Chill Out" packet to teach conflict management in my schools. We made signs for the hallways with the "Chilling Out" methods of "talk it out", "compromise", "ask an adult", "find a peer mediator", "walk away", "apologize", and "ignore it" on each sign. We also reminded the children not to be "losers" because losers "fight, hit, kick", "argue, yell, scream", "make excuses", "blame someone else", and "cry". Our children remember these rules and use them. (Charlotte Angolli) ************************************ Thanks for sending me the "Bee Good Game". It is wonderful. The kids love it. ************************************ These materials are the best thing to come along since chocolate. I like the group packets because I can facilitate small groups and feel I have accomplished a goal for the day. The groups are divided into sessions and each session has information to teach. There are also activities for each session. I have used the "B.E.S.T" and the "S.A.D." groups. They helped me feel I could run groups successfully. ************************************ I want all of the new stuff. I know you write 10 new packets every year. My goal is to someday have my entire curriculum filled with your "Bright Ideas". Thank you, Connie, and please keep writing these wonderful materials. ************************************ I recently received a career grant and needed to purchase some new things for my elementary classes. I ordered "Brown Paper Products". In my classes we set up the company, did the application forms and the job interviews. The kids ran the company and sold the product they made from this roll of brown wrapping paper we had in the storeroom at school. We cleared $35.00 from the sale of the paper crafts the kids had made. The really great thing was the kids voting to use the money to buy more materials to do the program again next year, instead of having a party. I am so proud of them. ************************************ I can't tell you how happy I am with my "Bad Billy" packet. I recently had a problem with First Graders stealing pencils and other things from one another and when confronted, they would say they had borrowed the pencil. "Bad Billy" was good because one lesson taught them the difference between borrowing and stealing and another lesson talked about lying. The "Bad Billy" puppet is adorable. ************************************ Connie, I wish you could have seen my sixth graders doing the "Anger Court" from Acting Out Anger. It was really hard for them to present their case only in "I Messages", but it really worked because now they know how to give "I Messages" to others. |
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