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 * Lesson Name: Reflecting on My Decisions**


 * Submitted by** Jen Ratchye Rinaldi

2C – Student uses effective decision-making skills.
 * Standard**(s):

//“What Should I Do? Making Good Decisions”, by John Burstein// //Decision Making Form// //SEL Journals//
 * Materials**:


 * Time**: 1 Hour

Students will learn the impact and consequences of decision making, and the three important steps involved in all decisions: Stop, Think, and Act.
 * Goals**:


 * Assessments/Activities:**

__Gathering__: Call students back to the carpet area, and share with them that today you will be discussing the importance of decision-making. Ask students if they know three important steps in making decisions. __Activity__: Begin by reading Burstein’s book to students, with students sharing thoughts throughout the story. Emphasize the points the book makes on steps involved in decision-making: Stop, Think, and Act. Following the story, ask students to think about a time they have had to make a decision in the past. Ask them to share their experience. Then, ask them to think about a time they made a decision, and it was the wrong one. Share a personal experience of your own to help students understand that decisions can sometimes be wrong, but it’s important to think them through and figure out how to make better decisions the next time around. Ask students to return to their desks. Pass out the decision making form. Ask students to write about two times they made decisions, and analyze whether it was a good decision and why. Give students ample time for this exercise. Then, give the class a final scenario, and ask them to write respond to the questions at the bottom of their decision-making form in their journal. __Debrief__: Have students share what choice they made for their scenario, and the reasons behind that choice. __Closing__: Students draft a writing response in their SEL Journals.

Level 3.0 – Student decision-making sheet contains thoughtful details and personal analysis of reasons a particular decision was made. Level 2.0 – With assistance, student is able to document why a decision was made. Some attempt at analysis of decision.
 * Assessment**:

Decision Making Form Name: _

Think of a time when you made two decisions, whether they were the right decisions or the wrong decisions. Answer the following questions for each decision, below:


 * What Happened? || What did I decide to do? || Did I make the correct decision? || Why or why not? || What could I do differently next time? ||
 * What Happened? || What did I decide to do? || Did I make the correct decision? || Why or why not? || What could I do differently next time? ||

Now, your teacher is going to read a scenario to you, and ask you to decide how to handle it. Remember to put the decision-making skills you learned (Stop. Think. Act.) into practice when writing about what you decided to do. In your SEL Journal, answer the following questions:

1) If you were in this situation, what would you do? 2) What thoughts went through your head when you were deciding what to do? 3) What do you predict the outcome of your decision will be?