Books that can teach about the 7 habits

Suggested Books that Can Be Used to Reinforce the 7 Habits

Lower Elementary Book List

Habits:                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The Berenstain Bears and the Bad Habit by Stan and Jan Berenstain                                                                                                                                                                Bread and Jam for France by Russell Hoban                                                                                                                                                                                                                D. W., Picky Eater by Marc Brown

Berenstain Bears and Too Much Teasing by Stan and Jan Berenstain

Sam Who Never Forgets by Eve Rice

Paradigms:

Frederick by Leo Lionni

Smoky Night by Eve Bunting

Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber

Stone Soup (any version)

Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola

Circle of Influence:

Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni

Mirette and the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully

Alexander & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

Mean Soup by Betsy Everitt

The Empty Pot by Demi

Habit 1 - Be Proactive:

Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman

The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper

King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood

The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle

The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss

Habit 2 - Begin with the End in Mind:

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats

Click, Clack, Cows that Moo by Doreen Cronin

Pancakes, Pancakes by Eric Carle

Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams

Habit 3 - First Things First:

Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London

The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Alejandro’s Gift by Richard E. Albert

Jamaica’s Find by Juanita Havill

Habit 4 – Think Win-Win:

Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins

The Very Clumsy Click Beetle by Eric Carle

Let’s Be Enemies by Janice May Udry

Habit 5 - Seek First to Understand then to Be Understood:

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka

The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown

Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman

Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino

Habit 6 - Synergy:

Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall

Swimmy by Leo Lionni

A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams

Clifford’s Spring Clean-Up by Norman Bridwell

How the 2^nd Grade Got $8205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty by Nathan Zimelman

Habit 7 – Sharpen the Saw:

Owl Moon by Jane Yolen

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Willems

Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D. B. Johnson

Me I Am! by Jack Prelutsky

Upper Elementary Book List

Habit 1 - Be Proactive:

“Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher” by Bruce Coville                                                                                             “On My Honor” by Marion Bauer                                                                                                                         “Someday a Tree” by Eve Bunting                                                                                                                     “Salt in His Shoes, Michael Jordan: In Pursuit of a Dream” by Deloris Jordan                                                                                     “The Real McCoy: The Life of an African-American Inventor” by Wendy Towle

Habit 2 - Begin with the End in Mind:

“Where Do You Think You’re Going, Christopher Columbus?” by Jean Fritz                                                                   “Lucy Mastermind” by Alan Feldman                                                                                                                      “Eddie, the Incorporated” by Phyllis Naylor                                                                                                              “Bobby Baseball” by Robert Kimmel Smith                                                                                                               “The School Story” by Andrew Clements

Habit 3 - Put First Things First:                                                                                                                                                 “The Week Mom Unplugged the TV’s” by Terry Wolfe Phelan                                                                                           “Irving Black’s Strange Snack” by Roz Rosenbluth                                                                                                “Esperanza Rising” by Pam Munoz Ryan                                                                                                                      “The TV Kid” by Betsy Byars                                                                                                                                  “Justin & the Best Biscuits in the World” by Mildred Pitts Walter

Habit 4 - Think Win-Win:

“The Butter Battle Book” by Dr. Seuss                                                                                                                “Dragon Stew” by Tom McGowen                                                                                                                               “Law of the Great Peace” by John Bierhart                                                                                                                  “The Checker Players” by Alan Venable                                                                                                              “Hiawatha, Messenger of Peace” by Dennis Brindell Fradin

Habit 5 - Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood:

“Marrying Malcolm Murgatroyd” by Mame Farrell                                                                                                         “Witch of Blackbird Pond” by Elizabeth George Speare                                                                                                    “Rules” by Cynthia Lord                                                                                                                                           “Veronica Knows Best” by Nancy Robinson                                                                                                                          “The Bully of Barkham Street” by Leonard Shortall

Habit 6 - Synergize:

“The View from Saturday” by E.L. Konigsburg                                                                                                                              “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeline L’Engle                                                                                                                                         “Ruby Holler” by Sharon Creech                                                                                                                                              “The Chalk box Kid” by Clyde Robert Bulla                                                                                                                               “Chicken Sunday” by Patricia Polacco

Habit 7 - Sharpen the Saw:

“The Mysteries of Harris Burdick” by Chris Van Allsburg                                                                                                            “Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen” by DyAnne DiSalvo Ryan                                                                                                       “The New Kid on the block” by Jack Prelutsky                                                                                                                               “A Light in the Attic” by Shel Silverstein                                                                                                                                   “Wind in the Long Grass: A Collection of Haiku” edited by William Higginson

Data Drives Us To Leadership

These are data score boards that will help our leadership and we thought we would like to share them. These help our leaders know what they need to do and what they have done. This data if for our reading and math goals, so that we can track our learning and take control of our learning. This is a reminder of what the students do in school and what they have in their schema, for example: They help us keep track of attendance, WIGs, and reading minutes.

Evan Haynes (student leader in technology)

Megan Sutherland (student leader in technology)

Crack the Code to Leadership

Country Heights Elementary STLP (Student Technology Leadership Program) is CRACKING THE CODE TO LEADERSHIP! CHES has created a fun an innovated way to learn Stephen Covey's 7 Habits. Country Heights is a Leader in Me school and we use our leadership skills to become better students and citizens. We have created QR codes to link to this website. Members of CHES STLP used Microsoft PowerPoint to create a presentation for each habit below. Click on each picture to see the PowerPoint. Students also used other Microsoft Office programs to create bookmarks, name tags, and a brochure. Two students created a Keynote presentation using an IPad to give families an idea of how they can use the habits at home.

Click HERE to see the Keynote presentation Lauren and Caleb created.

STLP Members: Katie Abell, Caleb Thomas Matt DuFrayne, Maddy Howard, Claire Fischer, Bella Sailors, Bailey Wurth, Xavier Wilson, Lauren Benningfield, Tori Askins, Avery Cordero, and Cassie Yeckering   

7 Habits Poster Freebie

I made this for our school's handbooks but you could use it for your class's Leadership Notebook, your class information packet, or you can make a poster with it if your school has a poster maker. ENJOY!!!!!! Feel free to pin or link to this from your blog. Click on the picture below to get your free poster.

WOW! Guess what they all said?????

Our first Leadership Day was a success!!!!!! We can measure that success by the comments that we received from our guest. Below is a Wordle that displays all the wonderful comments about our school and our kids. We are so thankful to our visitors and everyone who helped us showcase the great things we are doing to promote the Leader in Me and the 7 Habits in our kids and families. 

Leadership Day is Approaching

Our very first Leadership Day is coming up Monday, April 22nd. We will have over 70 visitors in our building!!!!! We are very excited to have so many people interested in our school and our student leaders. Here are some samples of a few things that will be included in materials our visitors will receive. If any of you reading this blog will be visiting us, please comment after your visit and let us know what you loved and what you thought we could improve. We love feedback!!!!

5th Grade is AWESOME!!!!!

This is a message to our AWESOME 5th graders who are in Washington D.C. We all miss you and wish you luck while you are there learning. We can't wait to hear about all the things you learn. Click on the picture below to see our morning assembly.

Leadership Showcase YouTube

I have finally put together pictures from our Leadership Showcase on March 8th. These are random pictures from the night so I hope everyone enjoys! Click on the image below to watch it on YouTube.

Leadership Showcase was AMAZING!!!!

Thank you to Mrs. Campbell for organizing such an AMAZING night for our kids and families. Tonight was our first ever Leadership Showcase to show how our students have grown in their leadership skills in all areas. We had leadership clubs, student leaders at each door greeting families, a photo booth, the computer lab set up, and free drink koozies for everyone with the 7 Habits on it. Below is a picture of the koozie. I forgot to bring all the cameras home tonight to put pictures on the blog but I promise to do that this weekend sometime.

I know we have many new members of our blog. This is a great place for you to comment and let CHES know what you want to see here and what you think about things that are happening at CHES. We really do want to know so we can make our school the best learning environment for our kids and families. So if you are a new member to our blog, please comment below and let us know what you thought about tonight. If you don't know how to comment or can't figure it out, please email Mrs. Cole (diana.cole@daviess.kyschools.us). Your opinion is valuable!!!!!!!!!! What did you like? What should we do differently for next time? Any other ideas or comments???????

Thank you to Terry's Tees for ordering our drink koozies for us.

We really do have the BEST families ever! Thank you for showing up and supporting our kids tonight. Thank you for our staff for helping to make tonight a success as well.

Join us for our FIRST Leadership Day!!!!!

Leadership day is a special opportunity for our school to open our doors to the community to show off the great things that are happening. Through implementing The Leader in Me process we have built a unique environment where the principles, practices, and habits of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People® are embedded into our culture. The Leader in Me process defines our school operations, permeates instructional practice and curriculum, and is the basis of a vibrant leadership development approach for both students and staff. Attend our first annual leadership day to be immersed in our leadership culture with presentations from students, teachers and open-house-like visits to classrooms. You will receive lunch, great ideas, and a USB drive filled with materials to help you teach 7 Habits lessons.

Click on the link to the right to register!

2nd Grade Service Project

I am so bad at getting great things CHES is doing up on our blog. Below are pictures of our 2nd Grade Leaders. They collected mittens and hats for students in our school and community.  Here are pictures of some of our 2nd Grade Leaders. Thank you to our Photography Club, aka "Paparazzi Club" for composing these pictures for our blog.

Holiday Hoedown

Click HERE to see our Holiday Hoedown Smilebox.

Santa and the Elves Use the 7 Habits - and a Smartboard FREEBIE

Our first grade has been learning how Santa and the Elves use the 7 Habits. They began with an Elf Bubble Map of all the Habits. They brainstormed as a class as to how Santa and the Elves used the 7 Habits. You can see Mrs. Wilson's class's response below. Click HERE to get a blank Smarboard Template of this.

Then first grade used the super cute template from firstgradeblueskies for their elves. They used the rubric below to write about what habit they are good at that would make them a good elf. The kids did a great job!!!!!! And so did the teachers!!!!!! Click the Rubric to get it.

STLP Leaders SHINE!!!!

Thirteen Country Heights students attended the Fall STLP Showcase at WKU on December 6, 2012. The leadership skills of these students were shining as they presented “The Huskies Learn the 7 Habits” project to the judges and other STLP students and sponsors from the region. We are proud of all of you!!!!

Mrs. Hamilton (Media Specialist), Mrs. Gross (Teaching Assistant), Ryan Ward (student),  Mr. Couch, Aaron Howard (student), Mrs. Fleming (Technology Leader).

If you are a teacher viewing this we would love your comments. Does your school have an STLP? What things do they do? We are always wanting to learn from others. We would love to post things you do as well especially if it connects to the 7 Habits.

Trees, Trees, and More Trees. Thank you Recycle Club Leaders!!!

Mrs. Klee is one of our resource teachers at CHES. She has taken the leadership role of sponsoring our Recycle Club. These kids have really embraced their roles as leaders in our school. Their primary responsibility has been to collect our recyclables each Thursday, sort them, and get them ready for pick up. They synergize and to get the job done efficiently and effectively. They show they use the 7 Habits by setting goals, thinking win-win, being proactive, etc. However, they really took their role a step further by beginning with the end in mind. They decided that our running track needed trees for our students. It's gets really hot in at the beginning of school and in the spring. The recycle club wanted shade for all the kids. They set a goal to get trees. They wrote a letter to our community asking different tree farms and nurseries to donate trees for our students. We were so happy when Hilltop Tree Farm helped us reach our goal. They donated many trees. Below is the letter they wrote, the plan for the trees, and the map of how they wanted the trees to be planted. If it weren't for these student leaders and Mrs. Klee, we would never have gotten these trees. They really are taking responsibility for our school!!!!! Thank you!!! We are proud of you! 

I'm sorry the letter is side-ways. Technology is not cooperating with me. I can't figure out how to flip it. I tried to flip but it won't save it.

Our Leadership Clubs are Outstanding!!!!!

We have a wonderful photography club. They take pictures of events in our school, document our progress with the Leader in Me and have now taken pictures of our environment to practice their photography skills. Some are pictures of different activities that are in our intermediate hall. Here are 2 of our photography club members. We will continue to showcase more of the photography club members.

Lauren Benningfield
4th grader

Maddy Howard
4th grader

These banners are given to homeroom classes each Monday during our morning assembly. In order to earn a banner, a class has to show leadership by exhibiting their best behavior, using good manners, and doing the right even no one is looking. Some classes earn more that one banner in a week!!!!!!!