WELCOME TO THE P ROBLEM- S OLVING G ROUP

PROBLEM-SOLVING Expectations 1. Show Respect- listening, raising your hand, taking turns speaking, sitting up 2. Show Responsibility- coming on time, having your DPR card ready. 3. Be Safe – staying seated, placing books/materials on the side. Remember : Confidentiality!! What is said in the room stays in the room!

DPR CARD Period Totals Goal 1 I followed the classroom expectations (3 B’s) Goal 2 I responded to others appropriately (respectful, volume, body lang., words, facial exp, etc ) Goal 3 I used my resources appropriately today (sought out support for: understanding, directions, clarification, conflicts, concerns, etc.) Totals /6 /6 /6 /6 /6 /6 /6 /6 /6 /54 Teacher Initials -Problem Solving DPR PARENT SIGNATURE:______________________________ To be returned daily. NAME : DATE:____/___/______

DPR CARD CONT’D AM: Check in with your Homeroom Teacher Get your DPR Card Hand in your signed DPR from the night before Bring DPR Card to each period Give to teacher as you enter class Discuss your progress at the end of the class with the teacher PM: Check out at 2:10 in the LMC Bell rings at 2:10 to leave class Go to LMC to YOUR Advisor Bring DPR Card home to share with parents & get signed Goal is 80% average for 4 weeks

TOWER GAME Purpose: To have students work together to problem solve a task. Materials : Index cards Directions : Break students into equal groups. Give each group a stack of index cards Tell the groups that they are working together to “ problem solve ” how to build the tallest tower out of index cards.

DISCUSSION How did you get started? What strategy did you use to build your tower? How did you decide on the design? Was it easy to get started? Did your team agree right away on the plan? Notes: Facilitator should look for the following: Observe group dynamics – Who takes charge? Is there discussion or does one person take over? Any positive or negative comments being said? **You may want to take some notes on your observations so that you can refer back to what you saw.

PROBLEM-SOLVING Defining a Problem Session 2

PROBLEM-SOLVING Expectations 1. Show Respect- listening, raising your hand, taking turns speaking, sitting up 2. Show Responsibility- coming on time, having your DPR card ready. 3. Be Safe – staying seated, placing books/materials on the side. Remember : Confidentiality!! What is said in the room stays in the room!

COME UP WITH YOUR OWN DEFINITION. What is a problem?

WHAT IS A PROBLEM? When someone is dealing with a difficult situation, or when something/someone makes one feel uncomfortable.

WHAT CAUSES A PROBLEM? HomeSchool IllnessLoss Community Life Changes Be aware of the responses that are shown in the video. Conflict Resolution - The Waterboy

WHAT CAUSES A PROBLEM CONT’D… When you think of problems that you may have at home or school, what do you think of? Getting along with the teacher Getting along with students Keeping up with work Remembering things, etc. Give some examples of some problems that you may deal with in the….. Hallways at school Cafeteria At home What were some ways you dealt with these problems, and how effective were those solutions?

THE RIGHT WAY!!!!! Session 3 PROBLEM-SOLVING

Expectations 1. Show Respect- listening, raising your hand, taking turns speaking, sitting up 2. Show Responsibility- coming on time, having your DPR card ready. 3. Be Safe – staying seated, placing books/materials on the side. Remember : Confidentiality!! What is said in the room stays in the room!

PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAPS! Why is it important to learn appropriate problem solving skills? It is important to learn appropriate problem solving skills because it will help decrease or eliminate the problem. Activity time! Look at the following slide and determine how many squares you see.

How many squares do you see?

DISCUSSION: How many squares did you see? Review answers with students. Some will say 16, 20 etc. Demonstrate all of the different combinations of squares. Some students see up to 32 squares. Does everyone think or react in the same way? It is important to know that everyone takes in the information differently! Talking it out is an important tool to aid in understanding that there are usually more solutions to a problem than you can “see” at first.

PROBLEM SOLVING Look what you can do now! Putting your skills to practice Session 4

PROBLEM-SOLVING Expectations 1. Show Respect- listening, raising your hand, taking turns speaking, sitting up 2. Show Responsibility- coming on time, having your DPR card ready. 3. Be Safe – staying seated, placing books/materials on the side. Remember : Confidentiality!! What is said in the room stays in the room!

WHAT TO DO! What are some positive ways you can respond to a problem? Ignore (does this always work?) Walk Away (does this always work?) Inform them to stop and say how you are feeling “I-Messages” (I feel ________ when _______ because _______.) Peer Mediation Report the Problem : Who? (Home, School, Community) Note: Although you are not in control of what others do, you are in control of what you do!

ROLE PLAYS Students will practice the skills from this lesson in "real life” role play situations. Come prepared with some examples for the students to use.

YOU GOT THE SKILL…. NOW USE IT!! There's always a Solution to the problem.

PROBLEM SOLVING Look what you can do now! Putting your skills to practice Lesson 5

PROBLEM-SOLVING Expectations 1. Show Respect- listening, raising your hand, taking turns speaking, sitting up 2. Show Responsibility- coming on time, having your DPR card ready. 3. Be Safe – staying seated, placing books/materials on the side. Remember : Confidentiality!! What is said in the room stays in the room!

PEACEMAKER BEHAVIORS PEACEBREAKER BEHAVIORS DoingNegotiatingSharingPraisingFightingYellingPunishing ThinkingImaginingRespectingPlanningBlamingRejecting FeelingCaringLovingCalmingHatingAngeringFearing Who do want to be? It is important to take responsibility for your ACTIONS

PROBLEM SOLVING - REVIEW OF SKILLS Role Plays ● Practice - I –Messages ● Reporting – when to seek assistance

PROBLEM SOLVING WRAP UP LESSON 6 Celebration Student Survey