are needed to maintain quality are needed to maintain quality relationships. relationships. 3. Ask students to share one at a time the 3. Students will volunteer to share what they skills they listed and discuss. Possible wrote down on their individual papers. items: Good listeners, uses messages, Students should be involved in discussion “I” understands how feelings affect of each other’s skills listed. relationship, uses assertive behaviors, willing to compromise, etc. If students did not list some of the essential interpersonal skills, list them and discuss what each means. 4. completing the discussion tell the 4. Students will use their paper and the students they are going to make a recipe discussion items to produce a recipe card. card for maintaining quality relationships based on the ingredients that have been discussed or what they wrote down on their paper. 5. Hand out the guidelines for the recipe card 5. Students will be the guidelines and will and discuss what to be present on the have a chance for questions. card. Show students an example of a card that has been done. 6. Hand out the plain paper or large index 6. Students will complete the recipe card. cards. Have art supplies available and let students begin work. 7. Instruct students to turn the card over and 7. Students will reflect on a relationship that write a personal goal related to how they they would like to improve and write the might improve a particular relationship in personal goal as described. their life by using one or more of the ingredients on their recipe card. Teacher Follow-Up Activities The teacher will be asked to collect the completed cards if time does not allow completion during the allotted lesson time. Recipe cards would be given to counselor(s) for use in office or they may be placed in the cafeteria, study halls, classrooms, given to 5th grade students, etc. If the teacher completes the activity, the teacher may need to write a referral for students who do not seem to understand the skills needed for maintaining quality relationships based on the content of the recipe card. Counselor reflection notes (completed after the lesson)
are needed to maintain quality relationships. 3. Ask students to share one at a time the skills they listed and discuss. Possible items: Good listeners, uses “I” messages, understands how feelings affect relationship, uses assertive behaviors, willing to compromise, etc. If students did not list some of the essential interpersonal skills, list them and discuss what each means. 4. completing the discussion tell the students they are going to make a recipe card for maintaining quality relationships based on the ingredients that have been discussed or what they wrote down on their paper. 5. Hand out the guidelines for the recipe card and discuss what to be present on the card. Show students an example of a card that has been done. 6. Hand out the plain paper or large index cards. Have art supplies available and let students begin work. 7. Instruct students to turn the card over and write a personal goal related to how they might improve a particular relationship in their life by using one or more of the ingredients on their recipe card. are needed to maintain quality relationships. 3. Students will volunteer to share what they wrote down on their individual papers. Students should be involved in discussion of each other’s skills listed. 4. Students will use their paper and the discussion items to produce a recipe card. 5. Students will be the guidelines and will have a chance for questions. 6. Students will complete the recipe card. 7. Students will reflect on a relationship that they would like to improve and write the personal goal as described. Teacher Follow-Up Activities The teacher will be asked to collect the completed cards if time does not allow completion during the allotted lesson time. Recipe cards would be given to counselor(s) for use in office or they may be placed in the cafeteria, study halls, classrooms, given to 5th grade students, etc. If the teacher completes the activity, the teacher may need to write a referral for students who do not seem to understand the skills needed for maintaining quality relationships based on the content of the recipe card. Counselor reflection notes (completed after the lesson)
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