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Classroom Guidance

Guidance is for all students!  One of the best parts of my job is visiting each class every month and getting to spend time with everyone. The Guidance Counselors in Rochester have been working hard to develop a comprehensive guidance program for all students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.  Once it is approved, more information will be posted on this website.  We will be able to offer a great program for all students in every school!

We begin in Kindergarten with I-Care-Cat.  We learn all of the I Care Rules, which are important for all people in the world!  We learn to share our feelings, care about others, and solve our problems peacefully.  We will finish the year with a review of all we have learned, a sing-along and a set of I-Care-Rules for every student!

In first grade we use a program called Second Step.  We have three great puppets - a puppy, a bunny and a snail.  We have really been working on feelings, and how they show in our faces and are felt in our bodies. We care about each other's feelings.  We know the sign language for many feelings. We will learn ways to calm down when our feelings are strong, and the steps to take when solving problems.  Be sure to check out our feelings poster, made with our very own photos!

In Second Grade, Mrs. Callaghan and I work together on a lot of teamwork and friendship lessons.  What a team!  We work on the TJ Teamwork series. We talk about many ways to get along with all of the people in our lives, and how to solve problems that come along.  We also discuss ways to keep ourselves safe, along with being motivated to do our best!

Third grade students are getting older and we always have so much to talk about.  Our topics range from feelings and friendships and being successful students, to tough subjects like grief. We also start to think about our future jobs and interests.  We have been feeling detectives, learning in detail about feelings in ourselves and empathy for others. We will practice ways to calm down when our feelings are strong, and the steps to take when solving problems.  

Fourth graders are working on lessons from all areas of guidance - we think about ourselves, our interests and our goals, for the present and the future.  We work on getting along, being successful students, and keeping ourselves safe in all situations.  Fourth graders are starting to make bigger decisions, and need to be smart and thoughtful.  It is our last year together, so every lesson is important!  We want everyone to be ready to move on to the next level at the end of this year.

Keep informed about guidance lessons by visiting often!

Updated August, 2007