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Friendship BINGO
We have been talking about the qualities of a good friend in Lunch Bunch for the past two weeks and I wanted to be able to review what we learned that was fun before moving on to another topic. As a result I made this Friendship BINGO game. My kids
Goal Setting for Your Future–8th grade lessons
I had the opportunity to spend 3 days in the 8th grade classrooms. Teachers had asked if I could talk to them about perseverance and getting ready for high school and their future. After debating for several days about what to teach, I finally decided on setting goals, academic success
SC|CS16 Scholarship is now open!
We sold t-shirts, asked for donations, held a scholarship drive, asked for more donations, sold more t-shirts, lesson plans, and other stuff and over the past year, I am proud to say we have raised the most money for this scholarship to date! Over 50 individuals and companies have helped
The Importance Of Setting SMART Goals
I can’t wait to go to the 5th grade classes tomorrow. I have my tennis balls ready and a great lesson to help them learn why setting goals is so important! I’m starting the students out by having them reflect on their year and thinking about 2016. From there
Naming Our Rocks–A lunch bunch lesson on identifying our support system
We took some time to look at those people around us who are our “rocks” or our people who have our back, who care about us, who are always there for us, and who when we need them are there. I started by having the kids draw a rock
Using Minecraft to Help Build Academic Success
I have a student who LOVES Minecraft. OK, make that MANY students who love Minecraft, but one in particular who is struggling with a class and who is getting down on the fact that school is sometimes hard. I thought it would be a great idea to help by having
Borrowed Lesson–Dream Catchers
Today, I am featuring a lesson from Shannon Reynolds, a counselor at McCall school who shared this idea with us on Caught In The Middle School Counselors Facebook group. I asked her if she would be willing to share it here and she graciously said, “YES!” So the following
I {mustache} You to STOP Bullying at Mix It Up Day!
Today was Mix It Up Day. We joined thousands of other schools across the country to say “No” to bullying in our school and lives. I had my Lunch Bunch kids help pick the theme, make the bulletin board and photo booth props we used, and hang posters around the
Suicide Assessment Tools–session reviews from the NYASP conference
My colleague had a family emergency and I was asked to attend the NY Association of SchoolPsychologists annual conference this past Thursday and Friday at the Turning Stone casino in Utica. The NYASP conference is a bit different than a school counselor conference. A lot of the sessions did focus
Learning with Classroom Guidance Games
I had the opportunity to review the book Classroom Guidance Games by Shannon Trice Black from YouthLight Publishers. It’s designed for students in grades PK-sixth grade. The book is broken up into 2 sections, PK-2 and grades 2-6. There are 25 games for early elementary students and 25 games for
Keeping Track of Counseling Notes
This year I have several students that I need to see for counseling that is on their IEP of 504 plan. Because these students have goals, I needed to be able to track the progress they make while in counseling. As a result I created these forms. This
