Lesson Plan for Week
September 16 th -20 th
Grade(s): K-2 nd
Student Centered Objective:
The counselor will introduce today’s lesson that focuses on Citizenship and Respect.
Anticipatory Set:
The counselor will present the lesson to the students with the desired affect to practice Citizenship and
Respect and following directions.
Procedures:
1.
Explain the purpose of the activity: Today we are going to define what a citizen is and describe the characteristics of good citizenship. 1.
2.
Ask students the questions “Who can remember what the word ‘citizen’ means?” and, “Why is it important for us to be good citizens?”
3.
Ask students what would happen if people didn’t take their citizenship seriously. Tell students that we want to have a classroom of good citizens.
4.
Ask students, “Why is it important to have a classroom of good citizens?”
5.
Tell students that we are going to make a pledge to each other so that we are certain that everyone knows what he or she must do to be a successful member of the classroom.
6.
The students will watch a short video on the Citizenship and Respect from The Book of Virtues.
7.
The Counselor and the students will discuss the video prior to beginning the activity portion of the lesson.
8.
The students will be given a piece of paper on which they are to trace their hands. On the hand they will write, “I pledge to …”, and they will write at least one thing that is a characteristic of a good citizen and at least one thing that they will do to become a better citizen.
9.
The counselor will have students share their pledges with the rest of the class. After the student has shared his or her pledge, staple the hand to a bulletin board or display the
Assessment/Closure:
The counselor will answer any questions that the students may have about citizenship and its importance in our society.

Lesson Plan for Week
September 16th -20th
Grade(s): 3 rd -5 th
Student Centered Objective:
The counselor will introduce today’s lesson that focuses on Natural Resources.
Anticipatory Set:
The students will be able to differentiate between natural resources and man-made items and describe how families use natural resources.
Materials: 3x5 index cards; drawing paper; transparency, Natural Resource Tree; Worksheet: How
Families Use Natural Resources
Procedures:
The counselor will give the students a little background information on Natural resources are the raw materials supplied by nature. Everything produced, used and thrown away originates from natural resources. People cannot create natural resources. Even though we use natural resources in our daily activities, we often do not even think of them as being resources.
The counselor will before class, label each one of the seven index cards with the name of a natural resource. Picture yourself standing in your backyard or in your favorite park. What do you see? Get plenty of responses. Everything that you have named is either a natural resource or is made from natural resources. Natural resources are all the things in nature which we use to live.
The counselor will show the transparency, Natural Resource Tree. The counselor will list the seven natural resources on the board and show students the 3x5 cards with the name of one natural resource on each. Let each student choose a card (without looking) and give an example of how the student enjoys that resource or has a product made from that resource.
The counselor will discuss how the product, like writing paper, is different from its source--a tree.
The counselor will have each student make a drawing or poster of his/her family enjoying natural resources. Don’t forget to include products made from natural resources! The counselor will ask the students if they can think of anything that is not provided by the earth.
The counselor will have students complete the worksheet, “How Families Use Natural Resources in Their
Lives.”

The counselor will ask students to describe what would happen if we used or polluted all or most of our natural resources like trees, oil, or rivers.
The counselor will ask the students for some suggestions for conserving natural resources such as:
• not wasting products
-- don’t take more napkins, towels or condiment packets than you need
• using both sides of writing paper (or making note pads out of singled sided used paper)
• finding ways to reuse things: like glass jars, plastic tubs or bottles
• collecting unwanted items at the end of the school year that are still useable and redistributing them the next school year
• recycling as much as you can.
Assessment:
The counselor will answer any questions that the students may have about natural resources and its importance in our society.