Resilience
January
Kindergarten
Resilience: The ability to bounce back from failure or discouragements.
Purpose:
Through discussion and completion of the following activities, students will be
able to think of ways they can more frequently demonstrate resilience in actual life experiences.
Materials:
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“Mustang’s Bad Day” story
smile/frown cards (please provide these for your students)
Mustang Situations
Stickers as the final reward (Please provide these for your students). If stickers are not
available, the teacher may want to offer other rewards for the students like a “sticky
lollipop”
1. Introduction:
a. The teacher will ask, “Does anyone know the word of the month? (let the kids
guess)
b. Resilience – being able to think positive (bounce back) in a bad situation.
Ex: If your friend doesn’t want to play with you on the playground, do you
scream & yell or ask someone else to play?
c. The teacher will ask the student to share ways that they have shown resilience in
the past.
2. Activities:
a. The teacher will read the Mustang’s Bad Day story
b. The teacher will hand out the smile/frown cards
c. The teacher will read a Mustang Situation to the class. If the students think it is
something GOOD and the Mustang shows RESILIENCE, they are to hold up a
SMILE card, if they think it is something BAD and the Mustang did not show
RESILIENCE, they are to hold up a FROWN card. The teacher should pause
after each page & tell them to hold up the card that tells the mood of Franklin
3. Conclusion / Sticker :(please get these for your class)
a. Give each student a sticker & tell them they did a good job. “Resilience is like a
sticker, forever sticking, always be like your sticker & make good choices….& if
you are in a bad situation, try to make into something positive.”
MUSTANG SITUATIONS
 Franklin the mustang falls down on the playground but he gets
back up and continues to play
 Franklin the mustang can not see what the teacher is writing
on the board so he goes to his mommy and daddy and tells
them that he can not see. The mustang goes to the doctor and
gets glasses and can now see what the teacher is writing.
 Franklin the mustang loses a race and he cries and sits down at
the finish line
 Franklin the mustang argues with his sister and gives her a
hug at the end and says he is sorry and will try and understand
her side next time.
 Franklin the mustang has so many school supplies that they
keep getting lost in his book bag. Every time he comes to
school there are no supplies. So the mustang finds a way to
organize his pencils and other supplies so that they do not slip
out of the bag. No the mustang has his supplies.
 Franklin the mustang makes a bad grade on a test and he says
he will never study again.
 Franklin the mustang is very out of shape and can not keep up
with his classmates during pe class. He refuses to exercise or
eat the correct types of foods that a mustang needs to stay
healthy.
 Franklin the mustang has a terrific singing voice. He takes
lessons and is told many times that he is ONLY A STUDENT
before he ever walks on a stage as a performer.
Mustang’s Bad Day
Once upon a time there was a little mustang named Franklin. He went to an elementary
school in a perfect town in Kennesaw, Georgia. Franklin was a good student and liked school.
Franklin’s best subject was math, although he also like physical education too, especially
baseball. One day, Franklin was sitting in math class when his mind started to wander. His
teacher was teaching math at the front of the classroom, but Franklin was thinking about playing
baseball. Franklin was thinking about standing there on the pitching mound…winding up and
throwing the ball as hard as he could to the plate….
strike…one…….strike….two….strike…three…….FRANKLIN!!!!!!!! OOPS!!!! Franklin
immediately remembered where he was at that moment and thought he should get back to math
class and forget about baseball. But…OH NO!!! He had NO IDEA what the teacher had been
talking about for the past half hour and had NO IDEA even what the math lesson was about!!!!!
He knew they were taking about math…but no idea what else. He had been thinking about
baseball…not math!!!!! Now his worse nightmares came to a reality…his teacher asked him to
come to the board and complete a math problem in front of the class!! OH NO!!!!! What was
Franklin going to do???? How could he possibly bounce back from this nightmare?
This was
really a mustang’s bad day!!!! Then Franklin remembered that he completed his homework last
night and the problem on the board was one that he did correctly!!!! WHEW!!!! So Franklin
went up to the board and completed the problem with ease and realized that he should no
daydream in class anymore!!!!!
Lesson Plan Evaluation
Character Word___________________Grade Level_____________
Objective
Yes
Somewhat
No
Was the lesson easy to read and understand by the
teachers?
Was the sequence of the lesson correct?
Were the activities easy to understand?
Were the students engaged throughout the lesson?
Did the students enjoy the activities?
Were the materials easy to use?
Were the visuals appropriate for the learners?
Were there adequate activities planned?
Was the lesson relevant to the learners?
Comments:
Please return form to Mr. Richardson or Dr. Carsillo