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Ticket to
Success in
Fourth Grade
Classroom Guidance Lesson
Flight Crew:
Cooperation

Counselor Keri
Keri Powers Pye, M.A. EdHD, M.Ed., NCC
 Ticket to Success in Fourth Grade
Flight Crew: Cooperation

Objec&ves: Materials:
•  Student will par&cipate in coopera&ve game/ac&vity •  Chairs for about 24-28
•  Student group will discuss communica&on strategies used in ac&vity students
•  A plas&c tray
Outline: •  Dixie cups filled with water
•  Before lesson: Arrange chairs like an airplane with 2 seats on each side and •  Addi&onal Dixie cups
a narrow row in the center. Fill plas&c cups with water and place on a •  Addi&onal plas&c pitchers
plas&c tray. of water to refill cups
•  Welcome: Ask students, “Who has flown on an airplane before?” Ask for •  Towels to clean up spills
student volunteer to explain what flight aJendants do on the flight. “That’s •  Bandana, or item to &e
right! They help passengers find their seats, they tell passengers how to students’ legs together
stay safe on the flight, they give passengers drinks and snacks, and they (similar to a 3-legged race)
help everyone exit the plane safely!” •  Objec&ve assessment
•  Explain: Tell students that today we are going to be playing a game that checklist
requires us to work together! Ask students to line up from tallest to
shortest without saying any words. Find the center of the line and create a ASCA Standards Alignment:
divide. Pair the first person in each line together and con&nue down the •  Mindsets: Sense of
line (the goal is that students are paired with someone of a different height belonging in school
– just do your best!). Students should sit with their partner for instruc&ons. environment
One student pair will have their inside legs &ed together (like a 3-legged •  Behavior: Social Skills:
race). Remaining pairs will sit in “airplane” seats. The pair will start at the Create posi&ve and
back of the aisle and carry the tray filled with Dixie cups through the aisle. suppor&ve rela&onships
Students don’t actually need to pass out the water, but if you want to add a with other students
liJle difficulty, they could pass out 5-6 cups as they walk down the aisle. •  Behavior: Social Skills: Use
The goal is to not spill any water as they walk through the aisle! effec&ve collabora&on and
•  Ac&vity: Each student pair par&cipates in ac&vity! Refill/replace water cups coopera&on skills
as necessary. •  Social Skills: Demonstrate
•  Debrief: social maturity and
•  What helped you successfully line up by height without talking? behaviors appropriate to
What would you do differently next &me? the situa&on and
•  What was easy about this ac&vity? environment
•  What was hard about this ac&vity?
•  What changes did you make to work more effec&vely?
•  How did you communicate with your partner?
•  What ways of communica&ng seemed to work best?
•  What did you learn from this ac&vity that will help you cooperate
with your peers in the future?
•  Wrap-up: Thank students for their great work today. Encourage students to
speak kindly and pa&ently with one another and encourage one another as
they par&cipate in future coopera&ve ac&vi&es!

© 2016, Counselor Keri, Keri Powers Pye, M.A. EdHD, M.Ed., NCC
 CGL 9: Coopera&on
Student Name Student will par&cipate in coopera&ve Student group will discuss communica&on
game/ac&vity strategies used in ac&vity
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