Lesson Plan
Write, Draw, Reflect
In this lesson, students will reflect on what they have learned, connected to mindfulness and living in a caring community, and will write a letter to a future student to encourage them in their learning, as well.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify ways mindfulness and social emotional learning has supported them through the school year and write a letter to support a future student with learning these skills.
Introduction
(15 minutes)- Place posters up around the classroom.
- Join students together in a circle, sitting or standing.
- Explain to them that there are posters up around the classroom with questions on them.
- Explain that they will each be given a stack of sticky notes to answer the question and place their answer on the poster.
- Explain that they do not have to write their name and that they will move to each poster and question.
- Go around and read each question aloud.
- Tell students that you will ring a chime after about 10 minutes, which should hopefully be enough time for everyone to answer all the questions.
- Ask if anyone has any questions.
- Pass out sticky notes.
- Ask students to go to a poster to begin.
- Optional: Play soft calming music, such as "Relaxation for Children" while students move through the posters.
- RIng the chime after 10 minutes.
- Ask students to stay where they are at each poster.
- Ask students to share with each other what they answered for that particular poster question.
- Ask one student at each poster to read the question out loud and to then read a number of classroom answers.
- Join students together in a circle again.