Asking For Help!
Students will practice how to ask for help in pre-designed scenarios.
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Lesson Ideas
from Byron Flitsch
Writer. Teacher. Traveler. Doer. Byron Flitsch is a 4th/5th grade teacher, writer and curriculum creator from living in Los Angeles. Multi-Subject Credentialed with a Masters Degree in Curriculum Design.
Be an Upstander!
Students will learn about living as an upstander and explore what they would say to someone who is bullying someone else.
Celebrate Your Peers!
Students will interview a classmate and create a comic panel celebrating their unique strengths and passions.
Create a Procrastination Villain!
Students will learn to fight off procrastination and hone their writing skills by creating a “Procrastination Villain” comic.
Digital Habits Quiz
Students will take a true or false quiz to test their knowledge about digital usage and their mental health, and then create a comic showing some positive alternatives.
Gratitude Scavenger Hunt
Through prompted questions in comics, students will reflect and learn to be grateful.
Integrity
Students will use comic scenarios to discuss if the characters are showing integrity or not.
Is It Joking or Bullying?
Using comic scenarios, students will decide if a situation is joking or bullying.
Making Smart Choices
Students will use comic reflection questions to learn how to make good decisions at home and in school.
Mindful Morning Routine
Students will use a comic to guide themselves through a short mindful practice.
My Trust Team!
Students will illustrate avatar versions of people in their lives that they trust and can confide in.
Peak, Pit & Horizon Mindful Reflection
Students will mindfully reflect on their week’s highlights, challenges and hopes using a mountain metaphor.
Perseverance Power!
Students will create themselves as “Perseverance Superheroes” and find a quote that inspires them to never give up.
Personal Traditions
Students will create comics about personal traditions they celebrate outside of school.
Responsibility - What Would You Do?
Students will explore responsibility and reflect on how they would handle authentic moral dilemmas they may face in school or in life.
Responsibility in School & Classroom
Illustrate a classroom or school expectation, comic book style!
Rewind Your Routine
Students will organize premade comics in the order that aligns with how they live their own morning routines.
S.M.A.R.T Goal Refresher
Students will review the meaning of the acronym of “S.M.A.R.T.” goal in preparation to write a goal of their own.
Setting Boundaries
Through prompted questions in comics, students will reflect on people and situations where they may have struggled with setting boundaries to better prepare for similar future scenarios.
The Art of Apologizing
Through this sample comic, students will learn to use compassionate words when apologizing.
The Power of Yet!
Students will explore the power of “yet” and create a “Things We Can’t Do Yet!” comic.
Try Time Management Tools!
Students will learn time management tools in a comic, then choose one to use for a week.
Visible & Invisible Me!
Students will define visible characteristics that describe who they are and then explore the invisible characteristics, or things that are unseen and felt inside, that define who they are but people may not know.
What Triggers Me?
Using comic scenarios, students will reflect on what triggers them and how to cope with those triggers.
“How Are My Collaboration Skills?” Self Test
Students will take a comic-based collaboration self-assessment to reflect on collaboration skills and goals.