Welcome back to school

1. Welcome back to school Welcome to our first R.E.A.C.H. class of the 2013-2014 school year. We will get to know each other a little, learn about R.E.A.C.H. lessons for the year, and talk about our summer fun. I look forward to having you in R.E.A.C.H. class this year. Love, Mrs. Boileau

2. R.E.A.C.H. Lesson #1 • Whip Share: Summer Fun • What do you remember about R.E.A.C.H. class? • What does show 5 mean? Let’s practice • What are our 3 school rules? • You are a “Role Model” • “I-Can” Chant

3. Skills for Learning Welcome to R.E.A.C.H. class . Today, we will be learning about Respect and we will remind ourselves how to focus attention and listen. Love, Mrs. Boileau RESPECT – What does it mean? • Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You - YouTube

5. 1. Focus on the speaker2. Wait your turn to speak3. Remember what you hear4. Think of questions

6. R.E.A.C.H. Lesson #2

7. Concentrate 2. Eyes, Ears, and Brain3. Ignore Distractions

8. Skills for Learning Welcome to R.E.A.C.H. class . Today, we will be learning about following directions and using self-talk to help us focus. We will review our listening rules and the first two Skills for Learning that we learned last class time. Love, Mrs. Boileau Listening Rules

9. Review Listening concentration game Distractions

10. Tiana – how many distractions? Self-Talk examples Chime Worksheet

11. Say No to Bullying Welcome to R.E.A.C.H. class . Today, we will be learning about Bullying. We will review the three kinds of bullying and play a game today called “The Bully Bowl”. We will also review our Peacemaker Strategies today! Love, Mrs. Boileau

12. Peacemaker Strategies Don’t join in Make a friend Get help from your friends Take a stand Talk to a grown up Take a stand

13. Happy Fall!! Welcome to R.E.A.C.H. class . Just like we end REACH class with the “I-Can Chant”, today we will learn a movement activity that we will do before each REACH class. We will also be learning about our LAST Skills for Learning called, Be Assertive! Love, Mrs. Boileau

14. Airplanes “Pilots, start your engines” – student stand and scatter around the room where they are an arm length away from other peers. Student Extend arms out “Prepare the runway” – students can start circling the room slowly making flying motions with their arms. Noises are okay as long as it is between a 1 and a 2 voice level. “It’s time to refuel” – Students stop wherever they are at and do 3 jumping jacks, then begin flying again. REMINDER to “Keep low speed” “Prepare for landing” – Student lower arms, all voices off, hands and body is safe, slow walk to the circle, get seated, and show “Ready to Learn”. SHOW 5!

16. Face the person you’re talking to Keep your head up and shoulders back Use a calm, firm voice Use respectful words * Connor – T, T, *model - passive, aggressive, assertive *Practice *Doodle Dance

17. Doodle Dance

18. Welcome to R.E.A.C.H.!! How did we do on our Airplane activity today? Today, we will be starting a new unit on Empathy. Empathy means feeling and understanding what someone else is feeling. We will watch a short video clip today about feelings. Love, Mrs. Boileau

20. Welcome back!! Welcome to our first R.E.A.C.H. class of the new year, 2014! We will be watching a video today about Character Education. The word character has two meanings? What does it mean to have good character? Love, Mrs. Boileau

21. Welcome to R.E.A.C.H. Today in R.E.A.C.H. we will be focusing on our Empathy skills again and learning about feelings. We will talk about respecting different preferences, showing compassion, and predicting feelings. Please remember your skills for learning today while focusing and listening. Love, Mrs. Boileau

24. Sharing “I-Messages” We have been learning a lot about feelings in R.E.A.C.H. class. We are going to practice how to share our feelings with someone else. We will learn to do that by sharing our feelings in an I-Message. An I-Message sounds like : I feel sad when you take my pencil and I want you to give it back to me. Love, Mrs. Boileau

25. “I-Message” I Feel ______________ When ______________ And I want __________

26. Welcome to R.E.A.C.H. Today we will focus in on the feeling s that make our body uncomfortable such as mad, frustrated, and embarrassment. We will also explore some calming down strategies that are helpful when we have these uncomfortable feelings in our body. Please be good listeners today! Love, Mrs. Boileau

28. Welcome to R.E.A.C.H. Today we will be problem solving! We will learn to follow 4 problem steps today that will help us all when we find ourselves in a problem at school or even at home. Please remember your skills for learning today and your good listening rules today! Love, Mrs. Boileau

29. 4 Listening Rules

33. A REVIEW IN R.E.A.C.H. Today we will be reviewing all the things we have learned in our second step lessons this year. We will play a game! Please use all your skills for learning today so we can complete the whole game! Love, Mrs. Boileau

35. We are almost done with R.E.A.C.H. class We will take our R.E.A.C.H. assessment today. I will help you through it. Good Luck! I know you will do a great job! Love, Mrs. Boileau

38. This is out last R.E.A.C.H. class I have really enjoyed R.E.A.C.H. class with you this year. Today we are going to learn and explore jobs and careers by playing a game and working on a couple fun sheets. Have a great summer vacation and remember to say “hi” if you see me this summer! I will have a hug waiting for you  Love, Mrs. Boileau