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What is your ONE WORD?

Posted onJanuary 9, 2019July 28, 201910 Comments

To start off this year, I’m doing a lesson with my students on their “one word”. I’ve been hearing lots of chatter about this concept as the new year has rolled around, and thought it would be a fun way to introduce goal setting with my students. Here is a video (plus lots of #oneword Read More …

PEER HELPER PROGRAM: Elementary Students Showing Leadership

Posted onOctober 11, 2018October 11, 20182 Comments

This post was Inspired by a question someone asked me on Facebook’s Elementary Counselor Exchange. The question was “How do you run your Peer Helper Program?” Here is the answer: Procedures for Setting Up Peer Helper Program: 1. I introduce the program opportunity to the 5th grade students during one of my lessons. I tell Read More …

Personal Space Lesson: Grades K-2

Posted onOctober 1, 2018October 1, 2018Leave a comment

Last week I did a lesson that I’ve been doing for a few years, but I changed it up and got the comment that made me know that this is a keeper. Ms. Gracy Griffith, 1st grade teacher said “Make sure you do this one again every year.” YAY for a WINNER lesson!! That’s Read More …

DOT DAY: Ideas for Celebrating

Posted onSeptember 14, 2018September 14, 2018Leave a comment

Peter Reynolds’ Dot Day is every year on September 15th-ish and although this is my first year diving in, I know it will now be “a thing”. The Dot is a story that can be used in almost any content area.The themes of creativity, confidence, and growth mindset bring endless lesson ideas. And even if you Read More …

Mindfulness Freebies

Posted onAugust 15, 2018November 19, 2018Leave a comment

There are so many great freebies on Mindfulness on Teachers Pay Teachers! I love to be inspired by others and I’m grateful to these vendors for making these downloads freebies. If you’ve ever heard me talk about how I teach growth mindset, you know that I love to start my lessons off with MINDFULNESS LESSONS. Read More …

5 Things School Counselors Can Do To Start the Year

Posted onJuly 26, 2018July 28, 2018Leave a comment

You know the panic you feel when you can’t remember where you parked your car. You just stand there looking around frozen, annoyed, embarrassed, THINKING… “Grrreeaat (or another expletive)….What do I do now?”. I love this metaphor that I recently heard by keynote speaker Sean Smith (#VOV2018) in Kentucky. While he used the metaphor for a different type of Read More …

Helpful Resources: Integrating Growth Mindset in Schools #ASCA18

Posted onJuly 5, 2018July 14, 2018Leave a comment

If you are thinking about attending my ASCA 2018 session on Growth Mindset, these are some of the resources that I will refer to. (A little preview! Hope to see you there in LA on Sunday July 15th at 1:30 pm). This will also serve as your “handout”. Praising Progress Vs. Praising Intelligence: A great Read More …

STEM and Growth Mindset Go Hand in Hand

Posted onJune 21, 2018June 21, 20181 Comment

As a school seeking STEM certification, this past May, my principal asked all staff members (including our counseling department) to participate in STEM Day. Since STEM and growth mindset go hand in hand, it was a natural progression of what we had been teaching through our core curriculum about the power of yet, learning from Read More …

End of Year: Game Show Review Lesson

Posted onMay 18, 2018Leave a comment

When the students are squirrelly at the end of the year, what better review can you do other than a game show? You can do this without the eggspert game, (click blue for link to what I use) but I highly recommend buying this. It is worth every penny of the $50. I split the classes Read More …

Peer Pressure Lesson: M&M Guessing Game

Posted onMay 2, 20181 Comment

Looking for an end of the year (or any time of the year) lesson on peer pressure? This lesson works for 4th grade and up. It’s an interactive no-fail lesson and I’m planning on doing it this week with my students. There is a guessing game element, a move-to-a-corner activity, and a great video that Read More …