Grades: K-2 Thumbs up!

The purpose of this activity is to have students develop fluency with the school’s expectations by evaluating mini scenarios to identify correct and incorrect displays of the school expectations.

Consideration #3: Develop materials to implement the lesson

1. Develop a PowerPoint using pictures of students demonstrating the expectations paired with text. If showing to a large group have students chorally read the expectations

2. Develop mini scenarios, examples and review questions that reflect your school’s expectations and routines that you can use during check for understanding discussions. For example.

 It is time to line up to leave for recess – Ms. Smith’s class show me what you would do  Why do you think it is important that everyone walk on the right side of the hallway?

3. Each lesson has a community building activity that will need advanced preparation. Community building activities can occur along with the teaching portion of the lesson or as follow up to the lesson. The community building activity for this lesson is a Thumbs Up! and needs to following advanced preparation:

 Create enough thumbs on popsicle sticks for each student

o Using the ‘thumb’ template: o Photocopy enough thumbs for each student o Cut out the thumb o Either: . Attach a popsicle stick to the top and bottom of the thumb so that students can hold the thumb in the ‘thumbs up’ or ‘thumbs down’ position . Cut out the thumb and attach to the hand using a brad to make the thumb ‘movable’

 Create scenarios that illustrate an example or non example of one specific expectation that students to give a ‘thumbs up’ ‘thumbs down’ response

o Consider using video examples or role plays

o Keep scenarios short and focus on one specific expectation at a time

NJ PBSIS (2014). NJ PBSIS is sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs in collaboration with The Boggs Center, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. NJ PBSIS is funded by IDEA, Part B. www.njpbs.org Activity Instructions

1. Provide each student with a movable thumb on a popsicle stick.

2. Script option to introduce the activity: Today we are learning about how we can work together to have the best possible experience in the cafeteria. Let’s have a little bit fun and work together to help us to remember how we can all be [insert motto or school wide expectation framework]

3. Instruct and model how to use the thumb to answer a question.

4. Read, show a video, role play scenarios that illustrate examples / non examples of the cafeteria expectations.

5. Have students ‘chorally’ respond with a ‘thumbs up’ or ‘thumbs down’.

6. Have staff walking around giving out tickets for correct thumbs and participating.

Thumbs up in action

NJ PBSIS (2014). NJ PBSIS is sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs in collaboration with The Boggs Center, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. NJ PBSIS is funded by IDEA, Part B. www.njpbs.org NJ PBSIS (2014). NJ PBSIS is sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs in collaboration with The Boggs Center, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. NJ PBSIS is funded by IDEA, Part B. www.njpbs.org