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The purpose of this lesson is to help students recognize the choice they have in their own lives, that choices come with natural consequences and that we can use our choices to help others.
Every day, each of us make choices.
Sometimes our choices are big.
Sometimes our choices are small.
All choices have natural consequences that we can’t control.
Making good choices is important to help ourselves and to help others.
Activity 1: (10 minutes) CHOICES OVERVIEW
Introduce the lesson with the slideshow and student check-in questions. Review the Pyramid of Happiness anchor chart from the slides. Review the fourth and fifth level of the pyramid and perform that action (strike a superhero pose and star-jump with arms and legs spread out wide). Make the connection of how making better choices leads to a happier and healthier life. This makes us the best version of ourselves! Remind students about the actions associated with each level of the pyramid.
Activity 2: (15 minutes) MANY CHOICES
Children can make many choices each day. Watch the Sesame Street video: For Me, For You, For Later: Making Choices
Give students a blank piece of paper and let them draw one of the choices they made that day so far. (Examples: choosing what clothes or shoes to wear, choosing what breakfast to eat, choosing what game to play at recess, choosing where to sit.) Have them dictate a story about their choice to you as you write it on their paper.
Activity 3: (15 minutes) I CHOOSE _________
Read, My Magical Choices, by Becky Cummings, or watch the read-aloud video by MrsHillpartyof6. List all the different kinds of choices listed in the book (patience, kindness, etc.). After each choice, stop the video and talk about each choice:
Invite the class to choose one of the characteristics that they would like to choose for that day. Write, ‘I choose ______________’ on the board. Have all the children repeat the phrase for the day. For example “I choose friendly” and help them brainstorm some ideas of times when they may have to choose to be friendly throughout the day. Choose a different characteristic for the next day.
Activity 4: (15 minutes) GOOD CHOICES/BAD CHOICES
Before this activity, hide the Making Choices cards around the room. Make a T-chart on a blank piece of paper or the whiteboard. Label one side “Good Choices” and the other side “Bad Choices.”
Give students a few minutes to search for all the pictures. Once they’ve been found, gather all students together to discuss if the picture represents a good choice or a bad choice. Tape each picture on the correct side of the T-chart.
Activity 5: (10 minutes) MAKE A CHOICE/USE YOUR VOICE
Ask students if their words or the things they say matter. Do they help people? Can they help people? Using the slideshow, introduce the word “voice” and its meaning. Read Say Something by Peter H. Reynolds or watch the read-aloud video.
Have a class discussion:
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