Elementary School Problem Solving Lesson

Small, Medium and Big Problems Sizes, Reactions and Solutions Counseling Lesson

This lesson encourages students to differentiate between small, medium and big problems as well as exploring potential reaction sizes. This resource is reflective in nature allowing for open discussion and reflections to encourage students to brainstorm and generate solutions and ideas for various problems.

This is a fun, engaging and creative counselling lesson which is great for a variety of individual, group and whole class activities to support learning. This mini-lesson helps to develop social emotional skills, in particular learn to problem solve and strengthen social skills.

THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:

Different sizes of problems (small, medium, big)

-Criteria of different sized problems

-Examples of problems

-Draw your own problems (worksheet)

Learning about reaction sizes

-Under-reaction, typical and over-reactions

-Exploring problems with different reaction sizes

-How different sized problems might make you feel?

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Small, Medium and Big Problem Posters

Activities and Worksheets

Activity 1 – Sorting Problem Scenarios into sizes (small group or whole class activity)

Activity 2 – Exploring reactions worksheet (under, typical and over reactions)

Activity 3 – Problems and Solutions 2-piece visual puzzles

Activity 4 – Matching Problems to solutions worksheets including Problem Solving Options Poster and creating your own solutions poster (including problem solving ideas poster)

Activity 5 – Colour in the size of the problem

Activity 6 – Brainstorming Reaction Sizes worksheet

Activity 7 – Find-a-word

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This lesson encourages students to differentiate between small, medium and big problems.

This is a fun, engaging and creative counselling lesson which is great for a variety of individual, group and whole class activities to support learning.

What to do:

- Read through and explore the problem solving lesson

- Read through the problem solving scenarios on each card.

- Reflect on whether that problem is a small, medium or big problem.

- Color in the part of the snowman which is associated with that size problem. For example, green for a small problem.

This creative activity includes:

LEARNING ABOUT PROBLEMS

- Sizes of Problems

- Examples of Problems

- Emotional Reactions (how different sized problems might make you feel)

INSTRUCTIONS, EXAMPLE & TEMPLATE

- What to do

- Completed Example

PROBLEM SOLVING SCENARIO CARDS

36 Scenario and Coloring in cards

THIS MINI LESSON IS A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR COUNSELING OR SEL LESSONS! GREAT FOR INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP WORK.

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