4th Grade School Counseling Outlines

Student Attendance Sheets & Intervention Prevent Truancy Small Group Lesson Plan

By Mrs Bell The Crafty Counselor

Help tardy and frequently absent students see the importance of school attendance with this six-week lesson plan full of activities for increasing student attendance. Use the included lessons to show students why attendance is important, break down barriers to attendance success, create a student attendance success plan, access printable attendance sheets, and more!

All lessons include outlines, posters, activities, discussion cards, activity sheets, and necessary teaching tools. Teach students the importance of good attendance at school, how student absenteeism can affect their futures, how to improve student attendance, and provide various attendance solutions for chronically truant students.

This six-week "Awesome Attendance" small group lesson plan targets students who are frequently absent, tardy to school, or are a truancy concern in order to help them overcome barriers to their attendance success.

Lesson One: Get to Know Me Activities

Includes: Lesson Outline, Group Introduction and Norms Sheet, "Pieces of Me" Activity, Question Cube, "Why Does Attendance Matter?" Activity Sheet and Attendance Trackers

Lesson Two: Why Does Attendance Matter?

Includes: Lesson Outline, “Why Does Attendance Matter” Fact Sheet, True/False Statement Sort Cards, and “What Affects Your Attendance?” Activity Sheet

Lesson Three: Success is in the Routine

Includes: Lesson Outline, Plan for Success by Setting Routines Poster, Brainstorming Sheet, Cut and Glue Activity

Lesson Four: Choose Attendance Success

Includes: Lesson Outline, Attendance Success Puzzles, and “What Would You Do” Activity Sheet

Lesson Five: Life is Full of Options

Includes: Lesson Outline, Numbers Dice, Life Options Sheets, and Discussion Cards

Session 6: Letters to Self

Includes: Lesson Outline, Letter Template, and Envelope

Also included in this Attendance Success Six Week Lesson Plans are a pretest/post and parent permission sheet.

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Other Educators Like You Said:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Taylor S. says, “My students loved this resource! It is easy to put together, and it is very engaging. I have also had several other counselors ask me where I found it because they enjoyed the lessons too. I would definitely use this resource again!”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brittany W. says, “Great six-week unit! The lessons were interactive and led to good discussion with my groups!”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tiffani R. says, "This resource was a life saver when creating attendance lessons for my team. Definitely worth it and I would recommend."

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