Discovering the 5 Love Languages at School (Grades 1-6) Lessons that Promote Academic Excellence and Connections for Life

by Chapman, Gary; Freed, DM

• ISBN13: 9780802412096
• ISBN10: 0802412092
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-02-01
• Publisher: Northfield Publishing
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Summary

Finally, a curriculum that promotes academic excellence while giving students the skills to make connections that matter!

Based on the #1 New York Times bestseller The 5 Love Languages®, this curriculum uses research-based techniques that will help teachers and students establish both human and academic connections. Inside you’ll find:

• Eight easy-to-use lessons written in both scripted and abbreviated formats (average time per lesson: 35 minutes)
• Curriculum that reaches all elementary-aged students, including trauma-sensitive, complex, and highly capable learners
• Instruction that connects students with their teachers, educational staff, peers, and family at the deepest levels of understanding
• Academic Focus Pages™ written at age-appropriate levels. Students can use them during the lesson and the classroom teacher can reproduce them year after year.
• Tools and ideas for all staff members to create an overall school climate of acceptance and break down walls of diversity

Thoroughly field-tested, this material has been taught in many classrooms—public and private—with outstanding results. It reads like a book, with interesting stories and insights that dive deep into what it means to truly connect with students.

Author Biography

GARY CHAPMAN, PhD, is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling The 5 Love Languages. With over 30 years of counseling experience, he has the uncanny ability to hold a mirror up to human behavior, showing readers not just where they go wrong, but also how to grow and move forward. Dr. Chapman holds BA and MA degrees in anthropology from Wheaton College and Wake Forest University, respectively, MRE and PhD degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and has completed postgraduate work at the University of North Carolina and Duke University. For more information visit his website at www.5lovelanguages.com.

D.M. FREED is a former elementary teacher and has been employed for the last 18 years as a school counselor with Central Valley School District. He holds an Elementary Education Degree from Boise State University and two Masters Degrees in education from Whitworth University. His school and district have been recognized with numerous awards by Washington State for "Outstanding Educational Excellence". D.M. believes that a student's academic success hinges on the positive relationships they build with other students, their family and school faculty. When he's not working, he enjoys spending time with his family at the lake and playing golf.

Table of Contents

1.      What Does Research Say?

2.      Educational Connectedness Research

3.      Welcome to the Love Languages

4.      How to Use This Curriculum

5.      Introducing the Love Languages

6.      Words of Affirmation

7.      Quality Time

8.      Acts of Service

9.      Gifts

10.  Safe Touch

11.  Choosing Your Love Languages

12.  Using the Love Language Information

13.  Appendix 1: Letter to Parent(s)

14.  Appendix 2: Common Core State Standards and CCR Alignment

15.  Appendix 3: How to Use the Academic Focus Pages

16.  Academic Focus Pages for: Grades 1-2; Grades 3-4; and Grades 5-6