First Grade Curriculum Resources
Standard of Learning
1.4 The student will demonstrate healthy mental and emotional development. Key concepts/skills include:
- cooperation with others;
- adaptation to change;
- expression of ideas and thoughts to create positive relationships;
- the differences between positive and negative emotions.
Understanding the Standard
The student will understand the difference between negative and positive emotions.
Essential Knowledge and Skills
The student will:
- describe positive emotions. (happy, safe, loved, etc.)
- explain negative emotions. (scared, angry, sad, etc.)
- explain how emotions can be expressed in good ways. (say something nice, write a letter of thanks, etc.)
- determine how emotions can be expressed in bad ways. (break something, fight, etc.)
Sample Lessons
Al’s Pals: Kids Making Healthy Choices
Grades preK-3
Resiliency-based early childhood curriculum to develop personal, social, & emotional skills. Includes expressing feelings appropriately, using kind words, caring about others, self-control, independent thinking, accepting differences, making friends, solving problems, coping, making safe & healthy choices, substance abuse prevention. 46 interactive lessons plus booster lessons.
Sponsor: Wingspan LLC
Contact: http://www.wingspanworks.com
Being Brave and Dealing with Fear
Grades: K-3
After listening to Brave Little Monster by Ken Baker, students discuss how the main character dealt with his fears.
Sponsor: Ask Eric
Contact: http://www.eduref.org (select lesson plans – health – mental health)
Free
Go Away, Bad Dreams!
Grades: K-2
By reading the story "Go Away, Bad Dreams", the children will see that bad situations can turn into good ones and that they can control those situations.
Sponsor: Ask Eric
Contact: http://www.eduref.org (select lesson plans – health – mental health)
Free
Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies (PATHS)
Grades K-6
Model program to promote emotional & social competencies and reduce aggression and acting out. Includes emotional literacy, self-control, social competence, positive peer relations, and interpersonal problem-solving skills.
Sponsor: Pennsylvania State University and Channing Bete Company
Contact: http://www.preventionscience.com
Cost
Additional Instructional Resources
- Marvelous Me - http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/LPview?core=7
- New York Online Access to Health: NOAH - http://www.noah-health.org
- Social Skills – http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/ (health & fitness k-2)
- Teaching Children About Health, A Multidisciplinary Approach - http://www.morton-pub.com - "Mental Health"
Assessment Ideas
The student will:
- create posters of people’s faces with a variety of expressions and have them identify the emotions.
- make up a story about a person in the poster. Ask for suggestions as to why the person may feel happy or how to make that person feel better, less angry, etc.
