• 1st Grade Instructional Counseling Lessons with Mrs. Taggart in the classroom:
     
    MONTHLY CORE VIRTUES-
     
    RESPONSIBILITY (September)-
     
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    A fun story that shows the importance of being responsible for our actions, making good choices AND what could happen if we aren't responsible!
     
     
    RESPECT (October)-
    Video and discussion on what being respectful means AND why it's important.
     
     
    CITIZENSHIP (November)-
    Video and presentation on what citizenship means and how children can be good citizens.
     
     
    KINDNESS (December)-
     
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    A story explaining random acts of kindness and how they impact everyone.
     
     
     
    COURAGE (January)- 
    Video and discussion on what being respectful means AND why it's important.
     
     
    ACCEPTANCE/TOLERANCE (February)-
     
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    A story about getting to know someone before deciding whether or not you want to be friends.
     
     
    SELF-CONTROL (March)-
     
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    The importance of controlling your impulses by thinking before acting.
     
    HONESTY (April)-
     
    DETERMINATION (May)-
     
    TEAMWORK (June)-
     
     
    SANFORD HARMONY CURRICULUM-
     
    DIVERSITY and INCLUSION-
     
    1.1- Getting to Know One Another
    1.2 Discovering Commonalities
    1.3 Learning from Diversity
     
     
    EMPATHY and CRITICAL THINKING-
     
    2.1- Recognizing Feelings
    2.2- Predicting Feelings
    2.3- Explaining Feelings
    2.4- Having Empathy
     
     
    COMMUNICATION-
     
    3.1- Listening to Others
    3.2- Responding to Others
     
     
    PROBLEM SOLVING-
     
    4.1- Identifying Problems
    4.2- Solving Problems
    4.3- Cooperating
    4.4- Being Considerate
     
     
    PEER RELATIONSHIPS-
     
    5.1- Caring for Others
    5.2- Being Inclusive
    5.3- Making Amends and Forgiving