A guide for using our resources

Children will understand school rules.

Vocabulary: concentrate, please, quietly

SEL Focus: self-management

CCSS (and states that have similar standards): RI.K.1 key details, W.K.8 writing, RL.K.1 key details (literature)

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

• In this hilarious book, Chicken interrupts every story his papa tries to read at bedtime.
• Will Chicken learn to listen?

• Kids learned the word concentrate in the issue. To make the word stick, sprinkle it into conversations throughout the day. For instance: “You are really concentrating on that drawing!” or “I like how you concentrate when you write.”
• With multiple everyday exposures, you will soon hear children using the word themselves!

• Start by writing some school rules from the issue, such as line up quietly and help clean up.
• Then add more rules, inviting children to help brainstorm. Examples might include share, be kind, and keep your hands to yourself.

Skill: memory

Materials: various classroom items

• Play a game in which children have to concentrate! Seat children in a circle. Select several classroom items, such as a paintbrush, a crayon, a block, a counting bear, and a puzzle piece. Place them on a tray in the middle of the circle.
• Tell children to look at the tray and try to memorize what’s on it. Then have kids close their eyes as you remove one item. When kids open up, can they tell what’s missing?
• Play as many rounds of the game as you like!