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Back-to-School Icebreakers After Winter Break (for Elementary School) teaching resource preview

Relationships & communicationChoices & problem solving

Back-to-School Icebreakers After Winter Break (for Elementary School)

A complete 90-minute SEL (social-emotional learning) lesson plan to help elementary students reconnect after winter break, covering learning objectives, CASEL-framework standards alignment, materials list, preparation steps, and a full lesson procedure including a Winter Break BINGO icebreaker activity, differentiation notes, teacher reflection prompts,…

Includes: 000-BACK-TO-SCHOOL ICEBREAKERS ELEMENTARY.pdf

File: PDF
Level: 1–5

Emoji Emotions Fan teaching resource preview

Emotions & self-awareness

Emoji Emotions Fan

Teach young children to recognize and label emotion feeling-words using a set of fan pieces.

Includes: credits page (Hidesy's clipart) · 3-page fan piece set with words: happy, sad, worried, scared, calm, excited, annoyed, miserable, furious, disappointed, confused, angry, embarrassed, poorly, tired

File: PDF

Readiness Life Skills - Coping with Stress Gr. 9-12+ teaching resource preview

Emotions & self-awarenessCoping & self-regulation

Readiness Life Skills - Coping with Stress Gr. 9-12+

A high-school life-skills resource teaching students to recognize and cope with stress, distinguish stress from anxiety, and build related social-emotional skills (empathy, coping with depression, finding purpose, confidence, self-care) through nonfiction reading passages and critical-thinking questions.

Includes: teacher guide (assessment rubric, resource organization notes, Bloom's Taxonomy chart, vocabulary) · 6 reading comprehension passages: Managing One's Anxiety, Fostering One's Empathy, Coping with Depression, Discover One's Purpose, Gaining Confidence, Practicing Self-Care

File: PDF
Level: 6–12

Emotions Fan teaching resource preview

Emotions & self-awareness

Emotions Fan

Teach children to recognize and label emotions using a set of fan pieces with emotion words.

Includes: credits page (Kari Bolt clipart) · fan-piece word set (present as 2 duplicate 3-page PDFs): happy, worried, sad, scared, tired, excited, disappointed, jealous, angry, silly, confused, disgusted, embarrassed, poorly, surprised

File: PDF

Emotions Dice teaching resource preview

Emotions & self-awareness

Emotions Dice

Printable dice set to build emotional vocabulary and intelligence using dice with emotion words and scenario prompts.

Includes: credits page (Kari Bolt clipart) · 7 dice templates: word-based dice (worried, angry, excited, sad, happy, scared) and scenario-prompt dice (e.g., birthday party, pet died, won a race, was called a name, difficult maths test, watched a horror movie, share-a-memory prompts)

File: PDF

The Empathy Odyssey Seasonal Micro-Mission Deck for Social-Emotional teaching resource preview

Emotions & self-awarenessRelationships & communication

The Empathy Odyssey Seasonal Micro-Mission Deck for Social-Emotional

A social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum framework for grades 4-7, organized into four seasonally-themed phases (self-awareness, social awareness, relationship skills, and decision-making) called the 'Seasonal Cyclicality Model.'

Includes: 43-45 page facilitator's guide with theoretical framework · 4 chapters (Autumn/Winter/Spring/Summer), each with theory, a named 'micro-mission protocol,' and an illustrative case study · practitioner reflection prompts

File: PDF
Length: 45 pages
Level: 4–8

Mental Health Literacy: Helping Others & Attitudes teaching resource preview

Emotions & self-awarenessCoping & self-regulation

Mental Health Literacy: Helping Others & Attitudes

Teaches grade 5 students about common mental health issues (depression and anxiety), their symptoms, coping strategies, and how students can support others struggling with mental health, while addressing stigma and attitudes.

Includes: worksheet: colour a light bulb to represent positive mental health; write speech bubbles for two 'suffering' light bulbs, with example/answer version · informational page: history of stigma toward depression/anxiety and low self-esteem as a predictor of depression · informational page: symptoms of anxiety (sore tummy, sweating, chest pain, headache, dizziness, trembling) and avoidance behaviors

File: PDF
Level: 5

Bibliotherapy: Children's Books that Train the Brain and Jumpstart the Heart teaching resource preview

Emotions & self-awarenessRelationships & communication

Bibliotherapy: Children's Books that Train the Brain and Jumpstart the Heart

A teacher reference guide showing how to use 48 specific, named children's picture books (organized into six thematic sections) to address social-emotional topics with students, i.e. bibliotherapy.

Includes: Introduction (background, purpose, cautions, standards alignment, book list) · Six thematic sections each pairing a life topic with a specific published children's book and teacher notes/discussion material · Addendum I: Lexile Levels

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–5

Improving Communications teaching resource preview

Emotions & self-awarenessRelationships & communication

Improving Communications

A 146-page book of interactive thematic units and activities for building student communication skills and preventing conflict, organized around four themes: Talking Honestly, Learning with Others, Sharing Feelings, Explaining What You Want, and Spreading Peace.

Includes: introductory letter to teacher/parent with objectives · 5 interactive thematic units (Talking Honestly p.7, Learning With Others p.36, Sharing Feelings p.68, Explaining What You Want p.97, Spreading Peace p.120) each with theme objectives and activities

File: PDF
Length: 146 pages
Level: 3–6

Friendship Or Frenemy SEL Quiz Show With A Printable Handout teaching resource preview

Relationships & communicationEmpathy & perspective

Friendship Or Frenemy SEL Quiz Show With A Printable Handout

A Jeopardy-style SEL quiz show that teaches students to distinguish healthy friendship behavior from unhealthy 'frenemy' behavior across true/false questions, act-it-out scenarios, and perspective-taking prompts.

Includes: Quiz show board with 5 categories (True or False, Act It Out, Focus On Friendship, Perspective Taking & Reading Body Language, For Fun) at point values 100-500 · answer/explanation slides for each question

Answers included

File: Microsoft PowerPoint
Level: 4–9

Healthy Mind - Happy Me Book 2 teaching resource preview

Coping & self-regulationRelationships & communication

Healthy Mind - Happy Me Book 2

A 59-page SEL workbook helping students explore self-regulation, bullying and staying safe, relationships and conflict, and emotional intelligence.

Includes: 59-page PDF workbook, Book 2 of a series, by Ready-Ed Publications, author Miranda Cooke · sections on self-regulation, bullying/safety, relationships/conflict, emotional intelligence, each with teacher notes

File: PDF
Length: 59 pages
Level: 3–6

Exceptional Children's Awareness Movement Cards teaching resource preview

Empathy & perspectiveCommunity & collaboration

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 · 9 student activity signs

File: PDF

Appreciating Differences teaching resource preview

Empathy & perspectiveCommunity & collaboration

Appreciating Differences

A 146-page multicultural education curriculum book of thematic units for teachers to build student empathy, inclusivity, and appreciation of human differences (disability, prejudice reduction, women's contributions, immigration, civic action).

Includes: Understanding Multicultural Education (introductory essay, p.1) · Unit: Seeing Strength in Others - Accepting Disability (p.7) · Unit: Respecting Others - Reducing Prejudice (p.31)

File: PDF
Length: 146 pages
Level: 3–6

SEL Roll-a-Die teaching resource preview

Emotions & self-awarenessRelationships & communication

SEL Roll-a-Die

An SEL 'Roll-a-Die' resource: eight themed pages of six reflection/discussion prompts each (matching the six sides of a die), covering self-awareness, social connection, conversation, goal-setting, and emotional check-ins.

Includes: 8 black-and-white roll-a-die prompt pages (6 prompts each): All About Me, All About Me (2), Find a Friend, Time to Talk, Time to Talk (2), Setting Goals, Checking In, Checking In (2) · 8 matching colored copies of the same pages

File: PDF

Refugees Simulation Pack teaching resource preview

Relationships & communicationEmpathy & perspective

Refugees Simulation Pack

Build student empathy for refugees and asylum seekers through an interactive classroom simulation in which groups role-play the decisions faced while fleeing conflict.

Includes: teacher lesson plan (learning objectives/outcomes, scenario-by-scenario instructions, discussion questions, homework note) · classroom simulation PDF walking through 8 scenarios with an items-to-take reference list

File: Multiple File Types

Emotions Unit with Emojis teaching resource preview

Emotions & self-awareness

Emotions Unit with Emojis

A large emoji-based SEL unit teaching 30 emotion words (e.g., happy, furious, embarrassed, nauseated) through labeling, matching, fill-in-the-blank, word search, and crossword activities, provided in two versions (upper grade / lower grade spacing).

Includes: 30 labeled emojis reference page · 2 draw-the-emoji activities · 2 label-the-emoji activities

File: PDF

Hope and Healing Words word search, scramble and crossword puzzle teaching resource preview

Emotions & self-awareness

Hope and Healing Words word search, scramble and crossword puzzle

Reinforce social-emotional-learning vocabulary about hope and healing (e.g., renew, hope, future, optimism, trust, bright) through three puzzle formats.

Includes: crossword puzzle with across/down definition clues (14 words: renew, hope, future, optimism, smile, trust, bright, light, etc.) · word scramble (separate PDF) · word search (separate PDF)

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–6

A Social Story: Keep Clothes on at School teaching resource preview

Coping & self-regulationRelationships & communication

A Social Story: Keep Clothes on at School

A social story teaching the expectation of keeping clothes on while at school, intended as a proactive/preventative behavioral teaching tool rather than a punitive one.

Includes: introductory guidance slide on how/when to use social stories · title slide · 13 narrative slides explaining the expectation, reasons, consequences, and alternative strategies

File: Microsoft PowerPoint

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

Emotions & self-awarenessRelationships & communication

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 · "Feelings in Focus" feeling-identification activity

File: Boom Cards
Level: Pre-K, 1–6

Awesome Icebreakers S-U: Activities to Bring Out the Best in Your Group teaching resource preview

Coping & self-regulationChoices & problem solving

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) · Sound Off (sound-passing elimination game)

File: PDF

Consent and Safety word search, scramble and crossword puzzle teaching resource preview

Relationships & communicationEmpathy & perspective

Consent and Safety word search, scramble and crossword puzzle

Vocabulary reinforcement puzzle set (crossword, word scramble, word search) built around personal-safety and consent vocabulary and their definitions, for a social-emotional learning/health unit.

Includes: 1 crossword puzzle (14 clues, across/down) with a filled-in answer key page · 1 word scramble (15 items) with answer key page · 1 word search grid (11 hidden words) with word bank/answer reference page

Answers included

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–6

Disability Awareness Vocabulary word search, scramble and crossword pu teaching resource preview

Community & collaboration

Disability Awareness Vocabulary word search, scramble and crossword pu

Build disability-awareness vocabulary (e.g., wheelchair, braille, prosthetic, deaf, blind, dyslexia, mobility) through three puzzle formats for a social-emotional learning/inclusion unit.

Includes: crossword puzzle (blank grid with across/down clues) · crossword puzzle answer key (filled grid) · word scramble worksheet (13-15 scrambled words with definitions)

Answers included

File: PDF

Student Design Portfolio for 3D Printing - Utensil Redesign teaching resource preview

Empathy & perspective

Student Design Portfolio for 3D Printing - Utensil Redesign

A multi-page design-thinking student portfolio that guides students through a 3D-printing challenge to design and print a utensil that helps someone eat a specific food more easily.

Includes: Discovery Research page (utensil history questions) · Seeing Opportunities page (utensil-use log chart, self + another person) · Debrief / How Might We statement page with specifications and constraints (must be 3D printed, one food, size limits; cannot be a knife or an existing product)

File: PDF
Level: 2–12