3rd Grade Thoughts: A teaching blog by Stephanie Van Horn
A colleciton of leadership activities for middle school students. Get fun leadership games, leadership lesson plans, as well as student leader exercises.
Are your students struggling to think before they act? These engaging, low-prep self-control games will help your students learn what self-control is and why it’s important. Plus, the games will give them opportunities to practice self-control while they play! They are perfect for individual, small group and classroom counseling lessons. This resource is also part of a social skills games bundle and a self control activities bundle! ****************************************************************************************************************************** What's Included: Self-control board game with game board and 30 prompt cards Self-control “I Have, Who Has?” with 30 game cards Self-control dice game with game board and 6 prompts 3 lesson plans to add a “self-control” spin to 3 popular games! For more information, please see the preview! ****************************************************************************************************************************** Ideas For Use: Self-control lessons or small groups Social skills lessons or small groups With students who could benefit from thinking before they act With students who could benefit from considering the consequences of their actions With students who have ADHD ****************************************************************************************************************************** What People Are Saying About This Resource: Lorie said "Great way to teach and review self control. I really appreciate having 4 different games to reinforce skills and engaging the children in a fun way! Thank you!" Elyse said "Love using this with children who display impulse control issues! A+++" ****************************************************************************************************************************** If you are satisfied with this resource, please leave feedback. If there is something I can improve upon, please e-mail me at [email protected] and I will do my best to accommodate you. Be sure to check out other resources you are sure to love: Self Control Activities: Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker 6 Session Self Control Small Group For more updates on my new products: Follow me on Teachers Pay Teachers! Follow me on Pinterest! Follow me on Facebook! Follow me on Instagram! To read the terms of use and copyright information for this resource, please click here.
Practical Leadership Principles for Teens --ultimately, people will choose those whom they wish to follow. If your teen wishes to be a leader, then he will need act like a leader. This comes naturally to many, but if this is not true for your teen, take heart; leadership skills can be learned.
Have you ever thought about student led parent teacher conferences? I switched up my conferences to student led and I will never go back! Here's why:
A colleciton of leadership activities for middle school students. Get fun leadership games, leadership lesson plans, as well as student leader exercises.
Teach important leadership skills in your middle or high school Leadership class or Student Council program with these use-tomorrow activity ideas.
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This unique resource presents a comprehensive approach to developing student leadership. It serves as a field guide for conducting leadership classes in schools, camps, and retreats. By participating in group leadership activities and building on their newly learned skills, students gain the confidence needed to become leaders in school activities, athletic programs, and clubs—and later develop […]
Practical Leadership Principles for Teens --ultimately, people will choose those whom they wish to follow. If your teen wishes to be a leader, then he will need act like a leader. This comes naturally to many, but if this is not true for your teen, take heart; leadership skills can be learned.
Want to be a better leader but don’t know where to start? These 5 leadership activities will certainly give you a head start.
Something big is happening at our school this year! We are becoming a 7 Habits Leadership School. If you're not sure what this is, don't worry, I wasn't either, lol. Stephen Covey wrote the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Leader in Me is essentially the school/kid version of that book. As a school we won't start implementing the 7 Habits until next month but we have started using Leadership Notebooks regularly in place of our Data Notebooks. If you use a Data Notebook in your class you'll notice that our Leadership Notebooks are not that much different... Just a few more things added. Now, I will be the first to say that I'm not 100% sure that this is how a Leadership Notebook should look/be set up, or if there even is a way to do it perfectly, but this one works fabulously for us! Here is an inside look at what we have in ours. FAIR WARNING: This is an insanely long post but full of freebies. Just click on the image to snag yours! Starting off, every student has a 1" white binder with a page view cover. You can have your students bring in tabs or make your own. We made our own using file folders that we cut in half and hole punched! The very first thing the students and parents see when you open the binder is a letter to the parents explaining what a Leadership Notebook is and the expectations for both the student and parents. Next up is a Parent Review and Comments page. We will send these notebooks home a few times every month. This page keeps parents updated on what has been added since the last time they saw it and has a section for them to sign or comment and ask questions if need be. Our tabs are as follows: My Self: This is where you can find everything personal about students. Their goals, behavior, homework tracker, contributions, etc. Every month students create an academic goal and a personal goal to work on. The first time I introduce this I only have them focus on their academic goal. The following month we will write a goal for each: academic and personal. More on this coming up with Leader in Me Mini-Series: SMART Goals. Academics is a huge focus in schools, obviously, but you also want to teach your students to be good people! We talk about contributing to our communities in different ways and keep a log of how they contribute to our school. We have many opportunities to do so through fundraisers and Kids Care Club and every time they contribute something (time or money) they get to color in a box. I will tell you that this is what my students gravitate to more than anything! They LOVE being a part of something and helping in any way they can. Since they have started filling out this form I have become inundated with contributions from my kids! Makes for one proud teacher :o) Reading Data: Here you can find their Lexile scores, fluency graph, graph for Unit Tests, and their Reading DE scores. You can also keep track of how many books they've read, Reading Genre Challenge, etc. Add whatever you want! Math Data: Very similar to the Reading Data section! Students keep their Multiplication Masters Fluency Tracking Chart, Math Chapter Tests, and Math DE scores here. Science/Social Studies Data: This holds their science and social studies tests so far... Maybe later on I will think of more things to add but that's about it for now! Writing Data: Samples of student writing and county writing scores are housed here. The back also has a special cover that we slide in! Together we made a Class Mission Statement and everyone's Leadership Notebook has their own copy of the statement so they can see it even when they go home. This was written word for word by them! If you want to know how to write your own class mission statement, keep your eyes open for Leader in Me Mini-Series: Mission Statements, coming soon! Whew!!! You made it! I told you it was a long post, but click on some of the photos and you can grab yourself a free copy of that document! Do you implement Leadership Notebooks in your class? How do you like it? Anything I should add to ours?
Every great leader possesses unique leadership skills that have propelled them to the top, but one quality they all share is a strong commitment to
Fun leadership activities for college students is just what you need to update this year’s curriculum. Scroll down the article for inspiring ideas.
The leadership skills that are most important are the ones that guide a team to produce the results needed for success. What are the 7 key leadership traits?
Practical Leadership Principles for Teens --ultimately, people will choose those whom they wish to follow. If your teen wishes to be a leader, then he will need act like a leader. This comes naturally to many, but if this is not true for your teen, take heart; leadership skills can be learned.
From the authors of Women Don't Ask, the groundbreaking book that revealed just how much women lose when they avoid negotiation, here is the action plan that women all over the country requested—a guide to negotiating anything effectively using strategies that feel comfortable to you as a woman. Whether it's a raise, that overdue promotion, an exciting new assignment, or even extra help around the house, this four-phase program, backed by years of research and practical success, will show you how to recognize how much more you really deserve, maximize your bargaining power, develop the best strategy for your situation, and manage the reactions and emotions that may arise—on both sides. Guided step-by-step, you'll learn how to draw on your special strengths to reach agreements that benefit everyone involved. This collaborative, problem-solving approach will propel you to new places both professionally and personally—and open doors you thought were closed.
31 Days of Servant Leadership: What is Servant Leadership?
Have you ever wondered what are the key things that make you an empowering Christian leader? Well, the foundation of empowerment can be found in the way...
These tips will help youth leaders guide students into a deeper relationship with Jesus.
In my experience, there are many women's strengths that female managers inherently have. Here is how to make the most of those strengths!
Discover quick team building games that will help you at your next meeting, group, or even party. They are a fun way to connect! "Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.
10 fun effective impromptu activities to build competent, confident public speaking skills. Suitable middle school up.
Love inspiring Ted Talks on leadership? So do we! That's why we put together this list of our crème de la crème TED Talks on leadership. So next time you're needing a little boost, take a 20-minute break to listen to one of these and learn from some of the most forward-thinking and innovative experts to discover what's given them their little-known edge. 1. How Great Leaders Inspire Action, by Simon Sinek With more than 29 million views, Simon Sinek is now on the A-List of leadership gurus, after he gave this incredible talk. As Sinek himself says, “As it turns out,
Discover the unique leadership styles of each of the 16 Myers-Briggs personality types. Learn each type's strengths and specific weaknesses.
I'm going to start off by prefacing STAAR testing is not fun for anyone. I can't sugar coat it. It is what it is. If you are not familiar
Here are eight of the most essential qualities of this type of leader, to help you determine how to apply the concept to your own life and leadership experience.
Leadership activities for kids develop the skills of successful leaders at a young age. It helps them become better athletes, performers, and also good friends.
Something big is happening at our school this year! We are becoming a 7 Habits Leadership School. If you're not sure what this is, don't worry, I wasn't either, lol. Stephen Covey wrote the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Leader in Me is essentially the school/kid version of that book. As a school we won't start implementing the 7 Habits until next month but we have started using Leadership Notebooks regularly in place of our Data Notebooks. If you use a Data Notebook in your class you'll notice that our Leadership Notebooks are not that much different... Just a few more things added. Now, I will be the first to say that I'm not 100% sure that this is how a Leadership Notebook should look/be set up, or if there even is a way to do it perfectly, but this one works fabulously for us! Here is an inside look at what we have in ours. FAIR WARNING: This is an insanely long post but full of freebies. Just click on the image to snag yours! Starting off, every student has a 1" white binder with a page view cover. You can have your students bring in tabs or make your own. We made our own using file folders that we cut in half and hole punched! The very first thing the students and parents see when you open the binder is a letter to the parents explaining what a Leadership Notebook is and the expectations for both the student and parents. Next up is a Parent Review and Comments page. We will send these notebooks home a few times every month. This page keeps parents updated on what has been added since the last time they saw it and has a section for them to sign or comment and ask questions if need be. Our tabs are as follows: My Self: This is where you can find everything personal about students. Their goals, behavior, homework tracker, contributions, etc. Every month students create an academic goal and a personal goal to work on. The first time I introduce this I only have them focus on their academic goal. The following month we will write a goal for each: academic and personal. More on this coming up with Leader in Me Mini-Series: SMART Goals. Academics is a huge focus in schools, obviously, but you also want to teach your students to be good people! We talk about contributing to our communities in different ways and keep a log of how they contribute to our school. We have many opportunities to do so through fundraisers and Kids Care Club and every time they contribute something (time or money) they get to color in a box. I will tell you that this is what my students gravitate to more than anything! They LOVE being a part of something and helping in any way they can. Since they have started filling out this form I have become inundated with contributions from my kids! Makes for one proud teacher :o) Reading Data: Here you can find their Lexile scores, fluency graph, graph for Unit Tests, and their Reading DE scores. You can also keep track of how many books they've read, Reading Genre Challenge, etc. Add whatever you want! Math Data: Very similar to the Reading Data section! Students keep their Multiplication Masters Fluency Tracking Chart, Math Chapter Tests, and Math DE scores here. Science/Social Studies Data: This holds their science and social studies tests so far... Maybe later on I will think of more things to add but that's about it for now! Writing Data: Samples of student writing and county writing scores are housed here. The back also has a special cover that we slide in! Together we made a Class Mission Statement and everyone's Leadership Notebook has their own copy of the statement so they can see it even when they go home. This was written word for word by them! If you want to know how to write your own class mission statement, keep your eyes open for Leader in Me Mini-Series: Mission Statements, coming soon! Whew!!! You made it! I told you it was a long post, but click on some of the photos and you can grab yourself a free copy of that document! Do you implement Leadership Notebooks in your class? How do you like it? Anything I should add to ours?
