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Exceptional Children's Awareness Movement Cards teaching resource preview
Classroom community & SEL lessons

Exceptional Children's Awareness Movement Cards

A P.E./health movement-station unit that builds awareness of and empathy for children with disabilities by having students experience simulated exceptionalities through movement activities.

Includes: 1 comprehensive lesson plan · 1 circuit setup diagram

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NO PRINT Picturing Feelings & Emotions Social Skills with Social Scenario teaching resource preview
Feelings & self-awareness

NO PRINT Picturing Feelings & Emotions Social Skills with Social Scenario

Digital, no-print social-skills resource teaching identification and interpretation of feelings/emotions from facial expression cues, with an optional Boom Cards deck version.

Includes: "Zoomed in on Feelings" facial-cue description cards · "Mode of Feelings" face-matching activity

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Boom Cards
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Pre-K, 1–6
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Awesome Icebreakers S-U: Activities to Bring Out the Best in Your Group teaching resource preview
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Awesome Icebreakers S-U: Activities to Bring Out the Best in Your Group

A booklet of icebreaker and team-building group activities (alphabetically arranged, titles beginning S through U) for building group cohesion, problem-solving, and collaborative storytelling.

Includes: Introduction/how-to-use section · SOS (team problem-solving/impairment-simulation activity)

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'Inside Out 2' Lesson Plan & Worksheets | Grades 3 - 10 teaching resource preview
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'Inside Out 2' Lesson Plan & Worksheets | Grades 3 - 10

A movie-study resource built around Pixar's Inside Out 2 (2024) combining social-emotional learning with literacy, grammar, and math practice for grades 3-10.

Includes: Student Worksheet with 30 activities across 5 parts (9 pages) · Teacher's Guide (4 pages)

Answers included
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PDF
Level
3–8
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Emotions Activity Pack 1 teaching resource preview
Feelings & self-awareness

Emotions Activity Pack 1

An SEL activity pack (by 'Socially Skilled Kids') teaching students to understand emotions and their triggers, including a matching card game, trigger-identification worksheets, discussion questions, and a group perspective-taking activity ('The Rope Activity').

Includes: Emotional Regulation Game · Understanding Emotions and Triggers section

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PDF
Level
Pre-K, 1–5
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'Big Hero 6' Lesson Plan & Worksheets | Grades 3 - 9 teaching resource preview
Classroom community & SEL lessons

'Big Hero 6' Lesson Plan & Worksheets | Grades 3 - 9

A cross-curricular movie-study lesson pack built around Disney's 'Big Hero 6' (2014), combining English/grammar, STEM (scientific method, engineering design process, tech ethics), math/data, reading/theme analysis, and social-emotional learning.

Includes: Student Worksheet: 30 activities across 5 parts (Words & Grammar; Story, Characters & STEM; Think & Create with Words; STEM Numbers & Data; Create & Reflect), 10 pages · Teacher's Guide: how-to, sensitivity note, learning objectives, standards alignment table, materials/preparation, 90-minute pacing plan, 3 pages

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3–9
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Mental Health: How Are You Feeling? teaching resource preview
Feelings & self-awareness

Mental Health: How Are You Feeling?

An introduction to mental health literacy for primary/grade 1 students, connecting physical health habits (exercise, healthy eating) to keeping the brain/mind healthy, recognizing signs of positive vs negative mental health, and learning coping strategies.

Includes: teacher pages with instructions and rationale for each activity · worksheet: write/draw how you stay healthy

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1
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Good Manners Curriculum Pack teaching resource preview
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Good Manners Curriculum Pack

A week-long preschool/kindergarten curriculum-planning guide of teacher-directed activity ideas (not printable student worksheets) built around the theme of good manners and pro-social behavior, organized by classroom center/subject area.

Includes: vocabulary list (please, thank you, excuse me, manners, polite, nice, etiquette, napkin, apology, respect) · letter-of-the-week (M) tie-in

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PDF
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Pre-K–K
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Let's Chat Conversation Cards | "Look on the Bright Side" teaching resource preview
Classroom community & SEL lessons

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.

Includes: ASCA Standards for Look on the Bright Side of Things.docx (4p, .docx, text_layer=True, chars=5362) · Common Core Standards for Look on the Bright Side.docx (6p, .docx, text_layer=True, chars=5320)

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Pre-K–2
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Life Skills Series: Bullying and Conflict Activities teaching resource preview
Communication & problem solving

Life Skills Series: Bullying and Conflict Activities

Help students identify bullying and develop conflict-resolution and coping strategies through structured worksheet activities and teacher-led discussion.

Includes: teacher's notes: addressing bullying at classroom level · 'Looking After Yourself' student page

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Back To School Activity Pack teaching resource preview
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Back To School Activity Pack

A social-emotional learning (SEL) themed back-to-school activity pack from 'Socially Skilled Kids' that helps students get to know each other, learn classroom/school rules, and build community at the start of the school year, plus an end-of-year closure/memories component.

Includes: About Me Worksheets (1 and 2) · Would You Rather!? Social Edition (question/discussion game)

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PDF
Level
Pre-K, 1–4
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Managing Emotions | SEL Story + Activities teaching resource preview
Feelings & self-awareness

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).

Includes: printable SEL storybook: 'Liam and the House of Five Feelings' (student pages) · 12 open-ended comprehension questions

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PDF
Level
3–5
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Emotions Adaptive Task Cards | Identifying Feelings and Emotions teaching resource preview
Feelings & self-awareness

Emotions Adaptive Task Cards | Identifying Feelings and Emotions

A set of adaptive task cards (color and black & white versions) for early learners, including students with autism or who are non-verbal, to practice matching, identifying, and labeling emotions.

Includes: Assembly Instructions (p.3) · Matching Emotions - Boys (p.4)

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Pre-K–2
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Friendship Curriculum Pack teaching resource preview
Friendship, kindness & empathy

Friendship Curriculum Pack

Provide a preschool-level thematic curriculum unit on friendship, covering circle time discussion, art, cooking, math, science, and movement activities.

Includes: curriculum goal and vocabulary list · sensory table idea

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–K
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Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 5 Sample Best at Being a Friend PDF teaching resource preview Free download
Friendship, kindness & empathy

Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 5 Sample Best at Being a Friend PDF

No-prep fiction reading comprehension lesson built around the story 'Best at Being a Friend', about a girl who feels overshadowed by a friend's success but learns about generosity and friendship; students read the story then complete post-reading activities.

Includes: reading passage (2 pages) · mixed comprehension questions

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PDF
Level
2–3
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Social Emotional Learning Unit: Independence Activities teaching resource preview
Feelings & self-awareness

Social Emotional Learning Unit: Independence Activities

A social-emotional learning unit teaching kindergarten independence: doing tasks without adult help, practicing classroom jobs, and using the 'Ask 3 Before Me' strategy, combined with worksheets and an emergent reader about morning routines.

Includes: teaching points page (doing things independently, 'Ask 3 Before Me', classroom jobs) · read-aloud book list (e.g. All By Myself, There's an Ouch in my Pouch!, The Thing Lou Couldn't Do, The I'm Not Scared Book, It's Okay to Make Mistakes, Howard…

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Pre-K, 1–2
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Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 5 Sample Best at Being a Friend Word teaching resource preview Free download
Friendship, kindness & empathy

Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 5 Sample Best at Being a Friend Word

No-prep fiction reading comprehension lesson built around the story 'Best at Being a Friend', about a girl who feels overshadowed by a friend's success but learns about generosity and friendship; students read the story then complete post-reading activities.

Includes: reading passage (2 pages) · mixed comprehension questions

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Microsoft Word
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2–3
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Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 5 Sample Best at Being a Friend PPT teaching resource preview Free download
Friendship, kindness & empathy

Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 5 Sample Best at Being a Friend PPT

No-prep fiction reading comprehension lesson built around the story 'Best at Being a Friend', about a girl who feels overshadowed by a friend's success but learns about generosity and friendship; students read the story then complete post-reading activities.

Includes: reading passage (2 pages) · mixed comprehension questions

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Microsoft PowerPoint
Level
2–3
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Kindergarten Health and Safety: I Control Me! teaching resource preview
Friendship, kindness & empathy

Kindergarten Health and Safety: I Control Me!

Teach kindergarten self-reliance, self-regulation, emotional identification, and personal responsibility, aligned to the Ontario Health and Safety curriculum expectations for Kindergarten.

Includes: cover/curriculum-alignment page · ~19 paired activity pages (each duplicated in COLOUR/behaviour and COLOR spelling variants) covering responsibility scenarios, emotion identification, and…

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Pre-K
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Roses for Gita Read Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA teaching resource preview
Friendship, kindness & empathy

Roses for Gita Read Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA

Provide a 26-activity book companion to accompany a read-aloud of the picture book 'Roses for Gita' by Rachna Gilmore, covering comprehension, character analysis, and creative writing.

Includes: teacher tips/read-this-first page · making predictions

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PDF
Level
2–4
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This is Our House Read Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA teaching resource preview
Friendship, kindness & empathy

This is Our House Read Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA

A 21-activity read-aloud book companion for 'This is Our House' by Michael Rosen, providing printable reading comprehension and critical-thinking activities to accompany the book.

Includes: Teacher Tips / Read This First page · Making Predictions activity

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PDF
Level
2–4
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Those Shoes Interactive Read-Aloud Activities teaching resource preview
Friendship, kindness & empathy

Those Shoes Interactive Read-Aloud Activities

A 30-activity picture-book companion for 'Those Shoes' by Maribeth Boelts, providing print-and-go reading comprehension activities customizable to student needs.

Includes: Making Predictions · Story Elements

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Level
2–4
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