Guidance Lesson Plan

School Counselor: Austin Talbott

Date: 3/14/19
Activity: Guidance Lesson: Introduction to “Problem Solving Steps”
Grade: 5th
School Counseling Program Goal(s) addressed:
Helping students to problem solve respectfully and kindly. To help students to
develop appropriate social skills and work through problems independently or
with others.
ASCA Student Standards or ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors standards
addressed:
B-SS 2. Create positive and supportive relationships with other students
B-SS 8. Demonstrate advocacy skills and ability to assert self, when necessary
B-SS 9. Demonstrate social maturity and behaviors appropriate to the
situation and environment
B-SS 1. Use effective oral and written communication skills and listening skills
Learning Objective(s):
1. Recall the S: Say the problem step of the Problem-Solving Steps
2. State a problem without blaming anyone
Materials: Computer with projection screen, White board and markers, How to
Calm Down poster, Problem-Solving Steps poster
Procedure:
1. Review Calm-Down Steps
2. Introduce Topic with online video
3. Discuss the video: 1) What steps did they take? 2) What was the problem,
3) How did they state the problem? 4) How do we make proper problem
statements, 5) Discuss not using blame,
4. Present Problem-Solving Steps Poster
5. Put students in groups to develop a typical problem with other people that
they encounter
6. Students present their problems
 7. As a class, we go through ways to say the problem without assigning blame
to anyone.
Process Data: Using school data
Follow up: Next class, we will review that “Saying the problem without blame”
and continue working though the problem-solving steps. (If the problems
were well-thought out, save for next time.)