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Being Responsible Lesson PlanBeing Responsible Lesson Plan
Publisher
Overcoming Obstacles
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
Social & Emotional Learning
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Duration
1 hr
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2021
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Being Responsible

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Responsible-decision making is the focus of the social-emotional learning lessons. After reading, The Ant and the Grasshopper: An Aesop Fable, scholars come up with six steps to take responsibility for their actions and then practice the steps when given a scenario. 

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Concepts

responsibility, responsible decision-making, self-awareness, social-emotional learning, Social & Emotional Learning, emotional development, emotions, identifying emotions, expressing feelings, feelings

Instructional Ideas

  • Use assessment questions as an Exit Ticket or reflection assignment—written or replied to on a blog post
  • Display steps in the classroom to remind learners to be responsible

Classroom Considerations

  • The first of 12 lessons in an Overcoming Obstacles series
  • Requires chart paper and copies
  • Come up with scenarios before the lesson or plan extra time for pupils to come up with some

Pros

  • Gives examples of steps towards responsibility 

Cons

  • None

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