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Emotion Regulation Lesson Plan and Activity for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th grade
Lesson teaching students that emotions vary in intensity/size and giving them tools to identify and manage escalating ('big') emotions.
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Lesson Plan on Mental Health Awareness Week
Help students understand mental health, related vocabulary, and self-care/empathy skills in an age-appropriate way, as part of a Mental Health Awareness Week lesson.
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Emotions & coping
Feelings ESL Lesson Plan For Kids and Early Learners
An ESL lesson plan teaching six feelings words (happy, sad, tired, cold, hot, hungry) to kids/early learners, part of the 'TEAM TEFL First 25 ESL Lesson Plans For Kids' series.
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Friendship & teamworkReflection & transitions
Teamwork, Cooperation, and Closure, Differentiated Activities For K-5th
Lesson plans and activities addressing teamwork, cooperation, and end-of-year 'closure' social skills topics, aimed at children with social learning challenges.
Emotions & coping
Emotional Response BINGO, Differentiated SEL Activities For K-5th
Teach K-5th grade students to distinguish appropriate ('match') from inappropriate ('mismatch') emotional responses to everyday situations, via two lesson plans and bingo/snowball-fight games.
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Empathy & inclusion
Name Unit - Five Day Lesson Plan Bundle | Book Companion Activities
A five-day lesson-plan unit using picture books (Chrysanthemum, The Name Jar, Your Name is a Song, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom) to teach students about the significance of names, identity, and name-based phonics.
Emotions & coping
Personality and Feelings Pre-Intermediate ESL ELA ELL Lesson Plan
This is a pre-intermediate lesson plan worksheet set for Personality and Feelings. This pre-intermediate EnglishTEFL resource helps students improve their vocabulary with regards to expressing emotions and discussing different personality traits.. Students listen to an audio dialogue about personality and feelings to build listening skills. Then they…
Emotions & coping
PROBLEM SIZES, EMOTIONS and REACTIONS Differentiated Activities For K-5th
A social-emotional learning resource teaching students to differentiate problem sizes (using a 1-5 or 1-3 scale depending on ability level) and to connect problem sizes to identifying and discussing emotions and reactions.
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A Month of Inspiration: A Micro-Learning Deck | Morning Meeting | Social-Emotional Activities
A digital micro-learning deck of daily morning-meeting mini-lessons on grit, growth mindset, and inspiration, each pairing a video and/or quote with reflection prompts.
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Empathy & inclusion
Guided Reading Lesson Plan & Activities for Grade 9
A guided-reading lesson plan built around Chapters 8 and 9 of the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, focused on theme, character development, and symbolism.
Empathy & inclusion
The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig SEL Lesson
A social-emotional learning (SEL) companion lesson for the book 'The Invisible Boy' by Trudy Ludwig, teaching students about inclusion/exclusion, empathy, and kindness through a discussion-station activity using invisible ink.
Ant In Circle SEL Lesson-About Growth Mindset and Grit
In this 7 slide Google Slideshow, you have a lesson that is low prep and engaging. Students will get hooked first by a short video about an ant getting trapped in a pen circle. There are many discussion prompts.
Empathy & inclusion
Guided Reading Lesson Plan & Activities for Grade 10
A guided reading lesson plan for Grade 10, built around the anchor text Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, targeting themes of friendship, isolation, and dreams; character analysis; vocabulary; textual-evidence discussion.
Emotions & coping
Worry Wizards: Small/Whole Group Curriculum | Anxiety Lesson Plans
A small/whole-group social-emotional curriculum ('Worry Wizards') designed to help young students understand anxiety and learn coping strategies.
Anxiety Management & Stress-Relief Breathing Exercise Worksheets
This complete resource for anxiety management & stress relief using breathing exercise worksheets includes everything needed for middle school students.
Empathy & inclusion
High School The Outsiders 4-Week Unit Study (Growing Bundle)
A complete 4-week high school literature unit study for S.E. Hinton's novel 'The Outsiders,' covering plot, character analysis, themes (social class, friendship, heroism, identity, family, redemption, social responsibility), symbolism, and a film comparison, culminating in a final project and assessment.
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Emotions & coping
Let's Chat Conversation Cards | "Look on the Bright Side"
A social-emotional learning (SEL) resource from the 'Respectful Ways'/'Let's Chat Conversation Cards' program teaching a positive-mindset theme ('Look on the Bright Side of Things'), packaged with a lesson plan, standards alignment documents, a home-connection letter (English and Spanish), and supporting print pieces.
Are You An Introvert Or Extrovert? Lesson With Kahoot! and Student Survey
A social-emotional learning lesson introducing the difference between introverts and extroverts through a slideshow, a self-assessment survey, and group discussion.
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Emotions & coping
Managing Emotions | SEL Story + Activities
An SEL (social-emotional learning) resource pack built around a printable story, 'Liam and the House of Five Feelings,' teaching students to identify and manage five emotions (happy, sad, angry, scared, calm).
10-Day Teen Devotional on Speak Life: Words & Wisdom
Our teens are navigating a world absolutely drenched in digital noise and all that inevitable friend drama, and trying to raise kids with rock-solid character in the middle of it all is a unique and tough challenge we face right here, at…
Back to School Friendship Study
Back to School Friendship Study The Back to School Friendship Study is a teaching resource designed with the intention of helping kids in their initial academic years; specifically, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades, enhance their social and…
Anxiety & Worry | Interactive Book/Printable | Behavior | SEL Lesson
Interactive SEL social-story booklet ('My Big Feelings') that helps students understand big emotions, identify anger triggers, and learn/practice coping tools.
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Applying Life Skills - Your Personal Development Gr. 6-12+
Build critical-thinking and life-skills competency around your personal development through leveled reading-comprehension passages organized by Bloom's Taxonomy, paired with hands-on activities and word puzzles.
Caught in the Act of Being Kind
A simple character-building/classroom-community activity encouraging students to notice and record acts of kindness by peers or adults.