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K-5 Guidance Curriculum Objectives

1st Grade

Students will express the four basic feelings through the use of "I" statements and describe two appropriate ways to cope with negative emotions.
Students will identify the characteristics of a good friend.
Students will compare similarities and differences between themselves and others.
Students will be able to identify personal roles and responsibilities in the school.
Students will identify positive solutions to conflict situations.
Students will discriminate between safe and unsafe situations and list five positive alternatives to an unsafe/inappropriate activity.

Students will discriminate between healthy and unhealthy substances.
Students will list the steps of the refusal skill (Say'no', Get away, Tell a trusted adult)
Students will identify two reasons why people work.
Students will demonstrate the three work habits of listening, following directions, and staying on task.
Students will identify a trusted adult from each setting: school and outside of school.
Students will list five positive alternatives to an unsafe/inappropriate activity.

2nd Grade

Students will express a variety of feelings through the use of "I" statements, and identify two appropriate ways to cope with negative emotions.
Students will identify and demonstrate skills needed for developing and maintaining friendships.
Students will identify positive solutions to conflict situations.
Students will compare similarities and differences between themselves and another.
Students will identify personal strengths and personal weaknesses.

Students will identify personal responsibilities in school and in the community
Students will appropriately demonstrate how to get help from a trusted adult.
Students will list the steps of the refusal skill (Say 'no', Get away, Tell a trusted adult).
Students will discriminate between healthy and unhealthy substances.
Students will demonstrate the skills needed to complete assignments independently.
Students will identify two reasons why people work.
Students will identify careers from each of the six Career Pathways.

Kindergarten

Students will identify a trusted adult inside and outside of the school as a source of help.
Students will discriminate between healthy and unhealthy substances.
Students will list the steps of the refusal skill (Say 'no', Get away, Tell a trusted adult).
Students will demonstrate the work habits of listening, following directions, and staying on task.
Students will identify two reasons why people work.
Students will identify careers from each of the six Career Pathways.

Students will be able to identify feelings of happy, sad, mad and afraid and identify two appropriate ways to cope with negative emotions.
Students will compare similarities and differences between themselves and others.
Students will demonstrate ways to be a friend and identify positive solutions to conflict situations.
Students will identify responsibilities of family members and self.
Students will discriminate between safe and unsafe situations and will list five positive alternatives to an unsafe or inappropriate activity.

3rd Grade

Students will identify sources for help for self, family, and friends in an unhealthy/unsafe situation.
Students will select positive solutions to a conflict situation.
Students will describe one harmful effect for each gateway drug.
Students will describe responsibilities of family members and self.
Students will demonstrate positive work habits and identify test taking strategies.
Students will compare and contrast work habits and academic skills needed for career sucess.

Students will describe two or more personal strengths or weaknesses in different areas (academic, social emotional, character, extracurricular, etc.)
Students will demonstrate the skills to devleop and maintain friendships.
Students will select appropriate coping strategies for a given bullying/harassment situation from the witness and target perspective.
Students will demonstrate the steps fo the refusal skill in response to a given unsafe situation.

Students will discriminate betwen safe and unsafe situations.

4th Grade

Students will describe responsibilities of family members and self as well as identify strategies to cope with family and/or life changes.
Students will describe one harmful effect for each gateway drug.
Students will demonstrate an appropriate refusal skill in response to a peer pressure situation.
Students will demonstrate positive work habits and identify test taking strategies.
Students will identify two career pathways and list their personal abilities, skills and interests related to each choice.

Students will demonstrate appropriate strategies for developing and maintaining friendships.
Students will apply positive solutions to a conflict situation.
Students will apply for coping with bullying/harassment situations. .
Students will demonstrate the steps of the refusal skill in response to a given unsafe situation.
Students will be able to discriminate between safe and unsafe situations and identify sources of help for self, family, and friends in an unhealthy/unsafe situation.

5th Grade

Students will describe responsibilities of family members and self as well as identify strategies for managing life changes.
Students will describe one harmful effect for each gateway drug.
Students will plan and demonstrate an appropriate refusal skill in response to a peer pressure situation.
Students will demonstrate positive work habits and identify test taking strategies.
Students will identify two career pathways and list their personal abilities, skills and interests related to each choice.
Students will describe two or more personal strengths or weaknesses in different areas (academic, social, emotional, character, extracurricular, etc.)

Students will demonstrate how to use appropriate strategies for developing and maintaining friendships.
Students will create positive solutions to a conflict situation.
Students will demonstrate appropriate coping strategies for a given bullying/harassment situation from the witness and target perspective.
Students will distinguish between normal peer conflict and bullying/harassment situations and identify goals of bullying behavior.
Students will be able to discriminate between safe and unsafe situations and identify sources of help for self, family, and friends in an unhealthy/unsafe situation.

The Missouri Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling Program curriculum is approved through the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. This curriculum is delivered through whole group classroom instruction and in small groups, as needed. Please call one of Westview's school counselors if you have any questions or would like more information: (816) 630-9260

​K-5 Guidance Curriculum Objectives

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