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SPED Guidance Lesson By: Nina Martinsen Topic: Career and Academic Planning: How do we work through challenges and how do we make decisions? Grade level: 10th grade Rationale: In this lesson, students will gain knowledge about how to make decisions and how to overcome obstacles that can get between us and a future goal. It is important for students to understand how to face challenges that may get in the way of their career path or doing well in a high school class. By participating in this lesson, students will be able to describe future goals, discuss possible obstacles, how to problem solve, and learn skills they can use in their future classes or life experiences. To show that the students have learned how to make decisions and problem solve, each student will fill out a post assessment asking them about their future goal, obstacles they may face, resources to access, and internal qualities they can use to reach their goals. Applicable standard(s), objective(s), competency(ies ): -...

Understanding Peer Relationships By: Melissa Pierson  Grade Level: 6th Grade  During this guidance lesson, students will explore the different types of peer relationships as they are related to types of weather. Four weather forecasts will represent different types of relationships: sunny, partly sunny, cloudy and a tornado. Sunny weather represents healthy and supportive relationships. Partly sunny occurs when relationships are healthy, but there may be times of conflict or unhappiness. The cloudy forecast is when the relationship is no longer healthy and instead is filled with animosity and angst. The tornado represents the drama that sometimes stems from a cloudy relationship. During this lesson, students will explore what each relationship looks like through role plays. Students will articulate what constitutes a healthy relationship and what unhealthy relationships looks like. Students will understand how it is normal for relationships to move ...