Snapshots, Appreciations, Closure, and Transitions
Closure and Transitions: An End-of-the-Year Council
Materials:
¯ As usual for council.
Appreciation Council - Ending the School Year
Adapted for Lauren Baker's Wonderland Elementary first graders from a "council classic" by Dan Brumer, this lesson plans embeds many important social skills, and is a graceful way to end the school
Wondering Council - Learning to Love the Questions
One of the beauties of Council is that we don’t have to resolve everything, and that just hearing the wonderings of others is affirming.
Tale of the Stream
This lesson plan begins with the an old Sufi story - "The Tale of the Stream." This Council lesson plan can be linked to Science: the water cycle, Language Arts: metaphor, narrative, poetry;
Eliseo's Gift by Joe Provisor, Palms Middle School
I remember an eighth grade group I would have deemed “not ready for council.” I had done poetry councils with my students for many years, but 1994 was the first year the program moved into all eighth grade language arts classes. Students were learning how to be in councils that focused strictly on the listening and speaking standards in the curriculum. And we teachers were learning how to navigate the territory between classroom teacher and council facilitator.
