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Great Cup Stack Challenge

5 minutes 43 seconds

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The following lesson is titled the "Great Cup Stack Challenge." Each week our school partners with a local Montessori school for part of the school day. Three or four students from Heritage Montessori School visit each of the elementary school classes and actively participate in assignments and classroom activities. Mrs. Kathleen Vaughn, social worker, teaches a weekly social skills group during the time the students from the Montessori school are visiting. Each week the goal is to provide an interactive, hands-on game or challenge which enhances the students' social skills with their typical peers. Teamwork and communication challenges have been the focus of this school year. Providing our students with visual impairments the opportunity to interact with their typical peers has been a remarkable experience for everyone. Students from The Maryland School for the Blind have learned assertive communication strategies, self-advocacy skills, and friendships skills in its truest form. Students from the Heritage Montessori School have seen firsthand what it can be like living with a disability, and how to look past the obvious differences to develop personal relationships. Our group truly does put the cool in social skills! Part of the "Social Skills Cinema" series.

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Runtime: 5 minutes 43 seconds

Lesson Guide
Girl and boy sit at a desk across from 1 another and play Connect 4. Caption. You see what she's doin'? What do you need to block her?
Social Skills Cinema
Episode 1
5 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 7
3 teenagers in formal attire stand next to 1 another. A smiling boy in center wraps his arm around a smiling girl to his right. Caption. It's about dressing for success.
Social Skills Cinema
Episode 2
5 minutes
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Young woman with white cane walks on the sidewalk past a grassy field lined with trees. Title card reads, "Rewind button." Caption. Female as narrator. Have you ever just wanted a rewind button?
Social Skills Cinema
Episode 3
4 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Closeup of a small group of children surrounding a pyramid of blue plastic cups. They hold strings that are wrapped around the cups. Caption. Forward, forward, forward.
Social Skills Cinema
Episode 4
5 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 6
Young woman is surrounded by people, some of whom reach toward her with concern. Caption. Woman as narrator. What's going on? What happened?
Social Skills Cinema
Episode 5
5 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 9
Boy sits and looks at an open book in a library setting. Another boy leans over him and a woman stands behind him. A girl sits next to him with an open book as she looks toward him. Caption. Yeah, dude. Hannah confused me.
Social Skills Cinema
Episode 6
2 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 8
Group of teenagers sit in a row facing a woman with a guitar. Caption. Tell me what you think the topic of the song is.
Social Skills Cinema
Episode 7
4 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman sits at a desk and looks down at a few papers while a girl in glasses sits across from her. Caption. Today we're going to talk about problems.
Social Skills Cinema
Episode 8
2 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
3 boys sit around a table. 2 have their hands raised. They look toward a woman sitting across from them with her back to camera. Caption. All right, who wants to start?
Social Skills Cinema
Episode 9
4 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Smiling young woman looks off camera. Text over image reads, "Bingo!" with a check mark below. Caption. Selena comes in with a smile.
Social Skills Cinema
Episode 10
3 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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