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Social Skills Mini Lesson Plan: Conflict Resolution

Target group: Grade 4 Objective: Students will demonstrate conflict resolution skills.

Materials: film clip or story depicting conflict, there is a list of appropriate stories on page 227 of our class text, //Creating the Dynamic Classroom// a class set of prepared conflicts written out on cue cards to distribute to group members

|| Activate Prior Knowledge
 * The Lesson || Assessment/ Reflection ||
 * Show a film clip or read a short story which depicts a common minor conflict for children of this age group.

Generate a dialogue about common kinds of conflicts. Make it clear to the students that they are not to name names, but rather discuss //kinds// of conflicts. || Chose several types of conflicts from the class list and for each one discuss what options the children in conflict might have. The teacher may use Kelso's Choices to guide the development of the list. (This is a list of possible actions for students who feel they have a small problem.) Remind students that if they have a big problem they should talk to a parent or teacher.

Place students into small groups and assign each group a kind of conflict. Each group will prepare a short skit which illustrates the effective resolution of the conflict using one of the methods discussed. || Students present their skits to the class.

They can then write in their journal about a time where they resolved a conflict successfully and/or about a time when they would have changed their behaviour to create a better resolution. ||

**Kelso's Choices** Make a deal Wait and cool off Go to another game Talk it out Share and take turns Ignore it Walk away Tell them to stop Apologize

Works Cited

"http://www.kelsoschoice.net/" __http://www.kelsoschoice.net/__

The following link has some great video examples of Kelso's Choices at work:

http://bas.sbo.hampton.k12.va.us/kelso.html