Dr. Michael Kester-Haynes

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Grade 5 Counselor Units

Unit Plan 33 (Grade 5 Counselor): Safe, Respectful, and Responsible Choices

Grade 5 students review boundaries, digital responsibility, empathy, safety, and responsible choices for school and middle school readiness.

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Unit Plan 32 (Grade 5 Counselor): Friendship, Empathy, and Communication Review

Grade 5 students review empathy, inclusion, cooperation, respectful communication, friendship repair, and when to seek adult support.

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Unit Plan 31 (Grade 5 Counselor): Feelings, Stress, and Coping Review

Grade 5 students review emotions, body clues, coping tools, and help-seeking through scenarios, toolbox practice, and support planning.

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Unit Plan 30 (Grade 5 Counselor): Conflict Resolution Practice Stations

Help Grade 5 students practice conflict resolution with stations for problem sizing, assertive communication, repair, peer pressure, and adult help.

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Unit Plan 29 (Grade 5 Counselor): Trusted Adults and Reporting Concerns

Teach Grade 5 students when to ask trusted adults for help, report serious concerns, and use clear language for safety and problem-solving.

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Unit Plan 28 (Grade 5 Counselor): Choices Affect the Whole Community

Teach Grade 5 students how responsible choices affect safety, learning, trust, relationships, leadership, and middle school readiness.

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Unit Plan 27 (Grade 5 Counselor): Perseverance, Strategy Switching, and Feedback

Teach Grade 5 students perseverance, strategy switching, feedback, coping tools, and goal reflection for school success and middle school readiness.

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Unit Plan 26 (Grade 5 Counselor): Boundaries, Privacy, and Digital Responsibility

Teach Grade 5 students digital responsibility, privacy, boundaries, safe sharing, assertive communication, and when to seek trusted adult help.

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Unit Plan 25 (Grade 5 Counselor): Empathy, Inclusion, and Positive Peer Leadership

Help Grade 5 students build peer leadership through empathy, inclusion, bystander action, and respectful choices that reduce harm.

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Unit Plan 24 (Grade 5 Counselor): Apologies, Repair, and Rebuilding Trust

Teach Grade 5 students sincere apology skills with empathy, responsibility, repair, and changed behavior to rebuild trust after conflict.

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Unit Plan 23 (Grade 5 Counselor): Assertive Communication and Peer Pressure

Teach Grade 5 students assertive communication skills to resist peer pressure, set boundaries, say no, and resolve conflict respectfully.

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Unit Plan 22 (Grade 5 Counselor): Handling Anger without Escalating Conflict

Help Grade 5 students manage anger, recognize triggers, use coping tools, and resolve conflict safely with respectful de-escalation strategies.

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Unit Plan 21 (Grade 5 Counselor): Managing Worry, Stress, and Transitions

Help Grade 5 students manage worry, stress, and middle school transitions with coping tools, control strategies, and trusted adult support.

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Unit Plan 20 (Grade 5 Counselor): Building a Personal Coping Plan

Help Grade 5 students create personal coping plans with warning signs, coping tools, and trusted adult support for stress, conflict, and overwhelm.

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Unit Plan 19 (Grade 5 Counselor): My Strengths, Interests, Values, and Identity

Help Grade 5 students explore identity, strengths, values, confidence, belonging, and inclusion as they prepare for middle school.

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Unit Plan 18 (Grade 5 Counselor): Safe and Responsible Choices Across School

Help Grade 5 students review responsible choices, peer pressure, safety, trusted adults, and school success across school settings.

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Unit Plan 17 (Grade 5 Counselor): Setting and Tracking a Personal Goal

Help Grade 5 students set meaningful goals, choose action steps, track progress, and build responsibility for middle school readiness.

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Unit Plan 16 (Grade 5 Counselor): Friendship Changes and Inclusion

Help Grade 5 students handle friendship changes with empathy, respectful boundaries, inclusion, and conflict-resolution skills.

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Unit Plan 15 (Grade 5 Counselor): Listening with Empathy and Maturity

Teach Grade 5 students empathetic listening, respectful communication, and cooperation by identifying facts, feelings, and mature responses.

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Unit Plan 14 (Grade 5 Counselor): Problem-Solving with Consequences

Teach Grade 5 students problem-solving steps to pause, predict consequences, resolve conflict, and choose safe, respectful solutions.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade 5 Counselor): Sizing Problems and Knowing When to Report

Teach Grade 5 students to identify problem size, choose safe responses, and know when repeated, unsafe, or harmful issues need adult help.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade 5 Counselor): Strengths, Values, and Growth Areas

Help Grade 5 students identify strengths, values, leadership qualities, and growth goals while choosing strategies for perseverance and self-improvement.

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Unit Plan 11 (Grade 5 Counselor): Triggers, Stressors, and Support

Help Grade 5 students identify stressors, body clues, coping tools, and when to seek trusted adult support for overwhelming problems.

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade 5 Counselor): Feelings, Choices, and Consequences

Teach Grade 5 students how emotions, coping strategies, choices, and consequences affect friendships, trust, respect, and self-management.

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade 5 Counselor): Belonging and Positive School Community

Teach Grade 5 students belonging, empathy, and respectful communication through scenarios on inclusion, teasing, digital respect, and school community.