Lesson Plan

School Counselor: Brittney Dowell

Lesson Plan Title: Grief Groups

 Single Classroom Lesson

 Unit of Classroom Lessons: Lesson _____ of _____
 Small-Group Session Lessons: Lesson __5___ of __5___
Target Audience: Grades 3-5

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-SMS 7 Effective Coping Skills Student(s) will:
B-SS 4 Empathy - Students will learn they are not alone in
their grief
- Students will learn how to effectively
cope with their grief

Materials:
- A book on grief and coping skills (any children’s book on grief works)
- ‘Greif is an Elephant’, ‘You’ll Find Me’, ‘Memory Jars’, ‘Broken Crayons Still Color’
- Paper and writing materials

Describe how you will:

Introduce Lesson - Remind students of the expectations for the class: No talking
Topic/Focus: when others are talking, what is said in the group, stays in the
group, some of the things we will talk about in class will be
Updated, June 2021
 difficult to talk about. We will listen quietly and respectfully, we
will not make fun of others and what they are going through.
- Today is our last session and we are going to read a book about
the things we’ve learned
Communicate the - Students will learn they are not alone in their grief
Lesson Objective: - Students will learn how to effectively cope with their grief
Teach Content: - Read the book to the students
Practice Content: - Discuss the book and how it made them feel
- Have students write, draw, or decorate their paper with feelings
they have had throughout the group
Summarize/Close: - Recap the past five lessons, talk about things they have learned
and how they plan to use them in the future.

Updated, June 2021