Lesson Plan

School Counselor: Sevastia Moundros

Lesson Plan Title:
Does This Behavior Work 
 Single Classroom Lesson
 Unit of Classroom Lessons: Lesson _____ of _____
 Small-Group Session Lessons: Lesson _____ of _____
Target Audience: 6th & 7th Grade

Evidence Base:
 Best Practice (commonly used and believed to be of high quality)
 Action Research (individual investigates own practice to improve content/delivery)
 Research-Informed (a review of research provides foundation for content/delivery)
 Evidence-Based (highest level of evidence, results published in peer-reviewed journal)

ASCA Student Standards Targeted: Student Learning Objectives:

Identify 1–2 student standards relevant for this For each of the selected student standards, write or
targeted group and goal: select 1–2 learning objectives
(Best practice = select one)
M&B# Mindsets & Behaviors Statement Student Learning Objectives
B-LS 4 Self-motivation and self- direction for Student(s) will:
learning Distinguish among attitudes, beliefs, and
behaviors that lead to successful learning.

Materials:

 “Does This Behavior Work?” worksheet 

 Pen or pencil

Describe how you will:

Introduce Lesson What are some of your positive and negative behaviors that affect your
Topic/Focus: learning?
Communicate the Today we will discuss which attitudes, beliefs and behavior that leads to
Lesson Objective: successful learning.
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Teach Content: Start the lesson by asking the students what they think are the key
attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that lead to successful learning.
Write their responses on the whiteboard or chart paper.
 Provide each student with a copy of “Does This Behavior Work?”
and instruct them to complete the questionnaire 
 Arrange the class into small groups and ask the students to discuss
their answers. Tell them that they may change their original
answers. 
 Process the exercise with the entire class by addressing each
question. Ask the students to reflect on whether or not they
changed their answers after having discussed the questions with
other students.
 Bring the class back together and ask each group to share one or
two attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors that they think are essential for
successful learning. Write their responses on the whiteboard or
chart paper. As a class, discuss each question in the "Does This
Behavior Work?" questionnaire and ask the students to reflect on
whether or not they changed their answers after discussing the
questions with their group members.

Practice Content:  Students complete the “Does This Behavior Work?” worksheet.
 Students ask questions and discuss their answers.

Summarize/Close: Today we went over attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that lead to being
successful.

Data Collection Plan – For multiple lessons in a unit, complete this section only once for the
Participation Data Plan: 
Anticipated number 35 students
of students:
Planned length of 35 minutes
lesson(s):
ASCA Student Standards Data Plan:
For each lesson/unit/small group, school counselors will administer pre-/post-assessment aligned with the selected
ASCA Student Standards and student learning objectives.
Pre-/Post-Assessment items are:
1. What are some attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that you think are important for
successful learning?
2. How do you motivate yourself to learn?
3. What are some challenges that you face when learning and how do you overcome them?

Updated, June 2021

Updated, June 2021