Creepy Carrots
|
Cloudette
|
A Bug's LifeFor younger students, I show a clip from A Bug's Life to start a discussion about courage. The complete lesson is described in the PDF document below.
|
Bright Stanley
|
"Counselors with Character" WinnerCourage: The ability to do something that frightens you; Strength in the face of pain or grief.
Talk about courage by first asking students what scares them, frightens them, or makes them feel afraid. Make a list of the things that they say cause fear. Then find out what strategies they have to combat fear and uncover courage.
Talk with your students about their anxieties and brainstorm ways to manage their fears. See if they connect with putting their fears into a worry box, drawing out their worries, making friends with their worries. Find out what or who helps your students be brave when they feel frightened.
As a follow-up activity, have students make a two-door foldable. On the left, it can say and show, “I used to be afraid of ____________.” On the right it can say and show, “But then I tried _____________.” On the inside, say and show “Now I am courageous!” Enrichment: Other books with this theme that students could use to compare and contrast with a double-bubble thinking map are: |