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Learning Timeline

Self-confidence will grow as children reflect on accomplishments and milestones they've reached and present them in an illustrated timeline.

Lesson Plan

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  • Paper Roll

Steps

  • Step 1

    Acknowledging their milestones and accomplishments helps children build confidence and encourages them to set and achieve more goals. Have students recall some memorable achievements such as when they said their first word, learned to write their name, mastered tying their shoes, etc. They might need guidance on the timeframe, so perhaps have them prepare by asking family members before this activity.

  • Step 2

    Provide children with a section of a paper roll. Ask them to illustrate some of their milestones and accomplishments and label them, as they are able.

  • Step 3

    Ask children to present their timelines to the class and talk about how it made them feel as they reached or achieved each one.

Standards

SEL: Self-Awareness: Recognize one’s strengths, emotions, and limitations with a well-grounded sense of confidence and purpose.

SEL: Self-Awareness: Set and achieve goals to better understand oneself.

Adaptations

Ask students to choose one milestone, perhaps the first time they rode a bike, and write a fictional story about a person achieving that goal.

Have students set a goal they'd like to achieve before the end of the school year, then keep a journal (written, illustrated, or both) of the steps they're taking and the progress they're making along the way.