1. How to Have Fun at Outdoor School! ODS9.ppt

2. Formative Assessment: Make a list of characteristics that will make you successful at getting along with other sixth grade students, high school student leaders, and Outdoor School staff.

3. Crawford’s Corner! Crawford's "Please and Thank You"

4. How are You? Seven Tips for Great Greetings! One way to make a good impression is to know how to meet and greet new people! 1.Do stand up – if you are seated. 2.Smile! 3.Look the person you’re greeting in the eye. 4.Move towards him or her and offer a handshake if it’s someone you’re meeting for the first time. 5.Say the person’s name as part of the greeting, “Sara, it’s good to meet you. 6.Unless it really is just a quick hello, be ready with a follow-up like, “How are you?” or “Great day isn’t it?” 7.When another person says, “Hi” to you, respond with your own, “Hi.”

5. Activity 1: Practice Greeting 1.Team up with a partner and practice the seven greeting tips. 2.Try using your greeting skills with other school staff, today. 3.Watch the video about social skills.

6. Manners for the Real World Basic Social Skills

7. Be Polite at Outdoor School! At Outdoor School you will be living and working with students from other schools. You may not become best friends, but remember, “You can always be polite!” Michelle and Politeness Week!

8. Key to Success at Outdoor School! 1.Participate and Cooperate! 2.Everyone at Outdoor School helps out by doing jobs and chores. 3.The Outdoor School staff will try to make your duties fun! Smiley, Dirty Monster Chores!

9. Another Key to Success at Outdoor School! 1.Be polite and show general interest in appropriate conversations. 2.Listen! When people say, “You are a good conversationalist!” they usually mean that you are a good listener. 3.Interrupting is the most common and irritating error you can make in talking with others. 4.Keep your conversation positive! Don’t complain and whine!

10. Activity 2: Conversation Practice Here are some topics to discuss in groups of four-five students: 1.Tell me the five best things about you. 2.Which of the following choices do you think are best and why? a.Dinner with everyone at the table and the TV on your favorite program. b.Dinner in which everybody took what they wanted to eat from the fridge and no one had the same thing. c.Dinner with the whole family together and the television turned off. 3.What are the qualities that make a good friend? 4.Describe your favorite toy when you were little. 5.What is the most enjoyable thing your family has done together? 6.What do you think is beyond the stars?

11. What do you do if you have a problem at Outdoor School? Activity 3: In small groups, make a list of problems that might happen at Outdoor School. Brainstorm ideas for getting the problem fixed at Outdoor School!

12. Be a friendly student at Outdoor School! Key to Success #3: No one can make you have fun. Your success is your responsibility! Have a good attitude and be positive! Happy Monster Band: I Will Be Your Friend!

13. Be a friend! School TV with Good Advice for Outdoor School

14. Summative Assessment: Make a list of things you are going to do to make Outdoor School fun and successful!