2nd Grade Counseling Instruction

GRADE 2 CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION 2025-26 School Year (Dodson)

Tuesdays 10:30 AM – Ms. Serrano (2A)
Tuesdays 1:30 PM – Ms. Alomia (2B)
Wednesdays 1:30 PM – Mr. Goodwin (2C)
Wednesdays 10:20 AM – Ms. Aleman (2D)

2nd Grade Lunch Bunch Permission Form 2025-26 School Year

Unit 1: Skills for School and Learning

Overarching Mindset and Behavior – M2. Self-confidence in ability to succeed

9/4/2025 – U1 L1: Computer Safety and Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) [Lead by Mr. Maniscalco]

B-LS 5. Apply media and technology skills

9/8/2025 – U1 L2: School and the School Counselor: Students will become better acquainted with Ms. Dodson and school counseling. They will understand that a counselor’s main job is to support students and help them be successful.

B-SS 3. Positive relationships with adults to support success

9/15/2025 – U1 L3: Focusing Attention, Listening, and Following Directions: Students will identify skills needed to focus attention, listen, and follow directions. They will apply focusing attention, listening, and following directions skills to correctly complete activities.

B-SS 1. Effective oral and written communication skills and listening skills

9/22/2025 – U1 L4: Using Self Talk – Helpful Thoughts – to Make Change Happen: Students will define positive self-talk, identify skills needed to practice positive self-talk, and apply positive self-talk to situations.

B-LS 4. Self-motivation and self-direction for learning

9/29/2025 – U1 L5: Growth Mindset: The Power of Yet: Students will gain an understanding of the terms growth mindset and “the power of yet.” They will apply the power of yet concept to situations.

B-SMS 6. Ability to identify and overcome barriers

10/6/2025 – U1 L6: Time Management: Students will learn and practice how to start their work on time, and stay focused and ignore distractions so they can complete their work in the allotted time.

B-LS 3. Time-management, organizational and study skills

10/13/2025 – U1 L7: APS Bully Prevention Lesson: Identity: Students will share what makes them and others special. They will define diversity. Students will state what to do if someone is being unkind.

B-SS 2. Positive, respectful, and supportive relationships with students who are similar to and different from them

B-SS 4. Empathy

10/20/2025 – U1 L8: Goal Setting: Students will gain a better understanding of goals and will write or share one of their goals.

B-SMS5. Perseverance to achieve long and short-term goals

10/27/2025 – No G2 Counseling Classroom Instruction

Unit 2: Understanding Emotions

Overarching Mindset and Behavior – B-SS 2. Positive, respectful, and supportive relationships with students who are similar to and different from them

11/3/2025 – U2 L1: What’s That Emotion: Students will recognize and name emotions in others, determine if an emotion is mild or strong, and determine if an emotion is comfortable / pleasant OR uncomfortable / unpleasant.

B-LS 1. Critical thinking skills to make informed decisions

11/10/2025 – U2 L2: Feeling – Thought Connections: Students will understand that situations bring about thoughts and feelings, explore the connection between their thoughts and feelings, and practice changing their thoughts to change their feeling.

B-LS 1. Critical thinking skills to make informed decisions

11/17/2025 – U2 L3: Feelings – Thoughts – Actions: Students will describe different feelings, thoughts, and actions/behaviors that may occur in response to a situation, describe how thoughts can influence feelings and actions/behaviors, and determine how people can feel, think, and act/behave differently in the same situation.

B-LS 1. Critical thinking skills to make informed decisions

11/24/2025 – No Lesson – Short Week

12/1/2025 – U2 L4: Empathy, Compassion, and Inclusion: Students will define empathy, compassion, and inclusion, discuss differences in learning among students, and promote empathic, compassionate, and inclusive attitudes and behaviors.

B-SS 4. Empathy

12/8/2025 –L: SPECIAL CHILD PROTECTION LESSON: Students will recognize different types of touches, identify private body parts touching rule and the never keep secrets rule, refuse unsafe and unwanted touches assertively, and practice reporting unsafe and unwanted touches. (Letters sent home November 14th)

B-SMS 9. Personal safety skills

12/15/2025 – No Lesson

Unit 3: Emotional Management

Overarching Mindset and Behavior – B-SS 2. Positive, respectful, and supportive relationships with students who are similar to and different from them

1/5/2026 – U3 L1: Feeling Feelings in Our Bodies: Students will learn 2 clues that help them name their own feelings and then use those 2 clues to name their feelings.

B-LS 1. Critical thinking skills to make informed decisions

1/12/2026 – U3 L2: Flipping Your Lid: Students will learn what happens in their brains when they have strong feelings and “Flip Your Lid.”

B-SMS 2. Self-discipline and self-control

1/19/2026 – U3 L3: Intro to the Zones: Students will learn about the 4 ZONES of Regulation and begin classifying feelings into ZONES.

B-LS 1. Critical thinking skills to make informed decisions

1/26/2026 – U3 L4: The Green Zone: Students will learn about the GREEN ZONE and identify strategies (TOOLS) to stay in the GREEN ZONE and go back to the GREEN ZONE if needed. B-SMS 2. Self-discipline and self-control

2/2/2026 – U3 L5: The Blue Zone: Students will learn about the BLUE ZONE and identify TOOLS to stay in the BLUE ZONE or become more awake and go back to the GREEN ZONE if needed.

B-SMS 2. Self-discipline and self-control

2/9/2026 – U3 L6: The Yellow Zone and the Red Zone: Students will learn about the YELLOW and RED ZONEs and identify TOOLS to calm down and go back to the green zone.

B-SMS 9. Personal Safety Skills

2/16/2026 – U3 L7: Stop – Name Your Feeling – Calm Down: Students will review the 4 ZONES of Regulation and create a ZONES book of feelings and tools.

B-SMS 7. Effective coping skills

2/23/2026 – No Lessons. Middle School Registration.

3/3/2026 – U3 L8: Using the Zones to Handle Mistakes and Other Daily Events: Students will identify feelings and ZONES in response to situations and identify TOOLS to help them regulate.

B-SMS 7. Effective coping skills

3/10/2026 –