7th+Grade+Life+Skills+class

**7th Grade Life Skills Class** Life Skills is an exploratory class that addresses the academic, career, and personal/social development of all students. Homeroom classes will participate in this class on the following schedule:

__2nd Hour 9:19-10:14 on Days 1 and 3__

Quint 1: Storms HR

Quint 2: Cassutt HR

Quint 3: Engel HR

Quint 4: Jewett HR

Quint 5: Lang HR

__Overview of Class Content and Lessons__

__Session 1__:

 Class expectations

 Materials (exploratory pocket folder, assignment book, reading book and a pencil) needed for class. What About Your Health worksheet - Questions 1 & 2 Whole group discussion

__Session 2__: Ice Breaker Activity - Get to Know each other What About Your Health worksheet - Questions 3, 4 and 5 Whole group discussion <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25.6px;">Assignment - Complete What About Your Health worksheet - Questions 6-12

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25.6px;">__Session 3__: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25.6px;">Partner Share - What About Your Health worksheet Questions 6-12. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25.6px;">Introduction to the 7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25.6px;">Class presentation and discussion on: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25.6px;">*What Exactly are Habits? Examples of good, bad habits <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25.6px;">*How can the habits help you?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25.6px;">__Session 4__: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25.6px;"> Introduction to Paradigms - Number chart (1-54) activity worksheet <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25.6px;">Habit 1: Be Proactive (taking responsibility for our own CHOICES)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25.6px;">__Session 5__: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25.6px;">Review of Habit 1 - Be Proactive <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25.6px;">Reactive Response to situations and the need to Stop, Think and then Act on the situation. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25.6px;">Video clip - Stone (Example of someone being proactive) - 8 minutes <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25.6px;">Introduction of Habit 2 - Begin with the End in Mind <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25.6px;">Assignment - Great Discovery Worksheet

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25.6px;">__Session 6__: