Attendance Small Group

Activities: My former intern, Tiffany Buckles, and I used these book in our very successful small group. You can see the data at the bottom of this post! Here is an outline of what we did:

Session 1: Introduction of group members and group rules. Read Dog-Gone School by Amy Schmidt and complete “Read All About Me” worksheet

Session 2: Introduce the term “responsibility.” Read Ready Rabbit Gets Ready by Brenna Maloney. Discuss and complete responsibility worksheet from the Character Counts Kid packets or similar packet on TPT.

Session 3: Read Time For School, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff . Introduce No excuse, Mouse! (a puppet/stuffed animal that they must tell excuses to, then the mouse said “NO EXCUSE!”).

Session 4: Introduce the topic of not staying up late. Read or watch Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Williams.

Session 5: Introduce the term “accountability.” Show Hurry Up, Franklin YouTube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9cL3IVJ340

As you watch have students hold up accountability cards (or simple pieces of green or red paper) when they spot accountability in the video.

Session 6: Conclusion. Work through attendance files (by Savvy School Counselor) packet together! Keep up the success by sending home parent information, like this digital flip chart on attendance.

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Does it really work? Our data showed it did!

*Notes- We used the same books for K and 3rd. I was pleasantly surprised how well our 3rd graders responded to the books. Most of the members had years of attendance issues, so I can’t help but wonder if the books were more academically and developmentally appropriate for them. The members could easily understand them and I believe that made them more active and engaged.

You can read my original post here.