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Reacting Vs. Responding-A lesson about self-control and impulsivity teaching resource preview
Coping & self-regulationRelationships & communication

Reacting Vs. Responding-A lesson about self-control and impulsivity

A social-emotional-learning lesson teaching students the difference between reacting and responding, building self-control and impulse-control skills.

Includes: 10-slide presentation with slide notes · itch analogy explanation of reacting vs. responding · hazards of reacting / benefits of responding slides

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Microsoft PowerPoint
Level
4–9
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Emotions I.D | Differentiated SEL Activities teaching resource preview
Emotions & self-awarenessCoping & self-regulation

Emotions I.D | Differentiated SEL Activities

Helps students identify and label their own and others' emotions as a step toward emotional regulation, using discussion scenario cards and editable activity templates.

Includes: 'How Would You Feel?' scenario discussion cards · an 'Emotionally Scrambled' card activity (title partly garbled in extraction) · editable PowerPoint template pages with 'Type Here'/'Add Your Text' and 'Add Picture' placeholders for student writing or drawing

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PDF
Level
Pre-K, 1–5
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Feelings Spelling Game | Interactive PowerPoint Activity | Vocabulary teaching resource preview
Emotions & self-awarenessChoices & problem solving

Feelings Spelling Game | Interactive PowerPoint Activity | Vocabulary

This Feelings Spelling game gives students a chance to practice feelings vocabulary and spelling at the same time. How to play: Students start by choosing a picture. They then look at the feeling shown, work out the word, and complete it by clicking on the correct letters. Once the word is finished, they can return to the main page and choose another…

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Active Listening word search, scramble and crossword puzzle teaching resource preview
Empathy & perspective

Active Listening word search, scramble and crossword puzzle

Reinforce active-listening vocabulary through word-puzzle practice (word search, word scramble, crossword) as part of a social-emotional learning unit.

Includes: crossword puzzle (14 clues) with answer key · word scramble with answer key · word search puzzle

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–6
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Selfie Self Portrait, Social Emotional Learning Activity teaching resource preview
Emotions & self-awareness

Selfie Self Portrait, Social Emotional Learning Activity

Forever June Digital Design's Selfie Self Portrait printables encourage self-expression and positive affirmations. Students create unique self-portraits by coloring in a hand holding a phone to take a "selfie." They choose positive affirmation speech bubbles to pair with their selfie, such as "I am capable of amazing things." Use this social-emotional…

Includes: RSBWPoster.jpg · RSBWSB1.jpg · RSBWSB2.jpg

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Image: JPG
Level
Pre-K–6
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Vaping and Peer Pressure SEL Lesson teaching resource preview
Empathy & perspective

Vaping and Peer Pressure SEL Lesson

Social-emotional learning lesson exploring vaping, peer pressure, and personal responsibility through a podcast and a fictional narrative discussion activity.

Includes: 'The Party' fictional narrative about a teen who starts vaping at a party · Rank Sheet listing 9 characters for students to assign percentage of responsibility (must total 100%, no 0% or 100% individual scores) · Vaping Lesson Outline (step-by-step teacher instructions)

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Microsoft Word
Level
7–12
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High School The Outsiders 4-Week Unit Study (Growing Bundle) teaching resource preview
Emotions & self-awarenessRelationships & communication

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.

Includes: 4-Week Lesson Plan (day-by-day, 20 days across 4 weeks) · 4-Week Scope and Sequence summary · 4-Week Pacing Guide (day-by-day objectives/activities/homework)

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Perspective Taking Activity Pack | For In-Person and Online Teaching teaching resource preview
Emotions & self-awarenessRelationships & communication

Perspective Taking Activity Pack | For In-Person and Online Teaching

Build students' perspective-taking and empathy skills (understanding others' thoughts, feelings, and points of view) through a multi-format activity pack usable in person or online

Includes: Empathy Cards (PDF + animated PPSX version): teacher and student definitions of empathy plus a set of discussion cards · Graphic Novel Style Templates for Perspective Taking (PDF + editable PPTX + animated PPSX): blank comic-style templates with a list of whimsical scenario/story-starter prompts, for in-person (print/laminate) or online (screen-share/annotate) use · Perspective Taking Activity Cards - Facial Expressions (PDF + animated PPSX): card set referencing facial-expression interpretation (instructional text not legible - see internal_notes)

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Multiple File Types
Level
1–5
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Martin Luther King Jr. Writing & History Prompts teaching resource preview
Empathy & perspective

Martin Luther King Jr. Writing & History Prompts

A writing and history activity pairing viewing of the film 'Selma' with structured writing about Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement, aimed at building empathy and historical understanding.

Includes: complete lesson plan · proof-reading handouts · notes and references

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PDF
Level
5–8
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Leadership | SEL Openers/Bellringers and Weekly Activity teaching resource preview
Emotions & self-awarenessCoping & self-regulation

Leadership | SEL Openers/Bellringers and Weekly Activity

Social-emotional learning (SEL) resource providing daily 'opener'/bellringer activities plus a weekly SEL lesson built around leadership-related topics (e.g., 'I can show leadership in groups'), aligned to the CASEL framework.

Includes: daily SEL opener teacher slides (also available as Google Slides) · no-prep student workbook (color and black-and-white versions) · 5 rotating daily opener activity types: Post-Its, Social Scenario, Be the Artist, word search, Mirror Mirror

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PDF
Level
3–6
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Courage and Bravery word search, scramble and crossword puzzle teaching resource preview
Emotions & self-awareness

Courage and Bravery word search, scramble and crossword puzzle

A themed vocabulary practice set (word search, word scramble, and crossword puzzle) built around courage/bravery vocabulary for social-emotional learning.

Includes: crossword puzzle (blank + answer key, 2 pages) · word scramble (blank + answer key, 2 pages) · word search (puzzle + word list, 2 pages, appears duplicated in extraction)

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–6
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Conflict Resolution word search, scramble and crossword puzzle teaching resource preview
Relationships & communication

Conflict Resolution word search, scramble and crossword puzzle

Vocabulary practice resource pairing three puzzle formats (crossword, word scramble, word search) to build recognition and spelling of conflict-resolution vocabulary for a social-emotional learning unit.

Includes: crossword puzzle (blank grid + solved answer grid, with clue list) · word scramble worksheet (9 scrambled vocabulary words with definitions, captured)

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–6
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Feelings Conversation Cards | 16 Sentence Starters for Speaking teaching resource preview
Emotions & self-awarenessRelationships & communication

Feelings Conversation Cards | 16 Sentence Starters for Speaking

Give students simple sentence-starter cards to practice speaking about feelings and emotions.

Includes: 16 conversation cards with sentence starters covering emotions: angry, confused, calm, excited, cold, hot, sad, happy, sick, nervous, embarrassed, scared, thirsty, hungry, tired, upset

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Friendship Activity teaching resource preview
Relationships & communication

Friendship Activity

Help students identify and sort behaviors/traits that characterize a good friend versus behaviors that do not.

Includes: single-page cut-and-paste sort activity with two headings ('Good friend' / 'Not a friend') and a bank of trait/behavior word cards

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–8
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Apology and Forgiveness word search, scramble and crossword puzzle teaching resource preview
Relationships & communication

Apology and Forgiveness word search, scramble and crossword puzzle

A three-activity vocabulary packet (crossword, word scramble, word search) built around social-emotional learning vocabulary for apology and forgiveness.

Includes: crossword puzzle with answer key filled in · word scramble with answer key filled in · word search with word list

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–6
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Teamwork, Cooperation, and Closure, Differentiated Activities For K-5th teaching resource preview
Emotions & self-awarenessRelationships & communication

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.

Includes: Teamwork and Cooperation explanatory section · Closure explanatory section (about end-of-year transitions and saying goodbye)

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PDF
Level
Pre-K, 1–5
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Profiles in Courage Vocabulary word search, scramble and crossword puz teaching resource preview
Emotions & self-awarenessCoping & self-regulation

Profiles in Courage Vocabulary word search, scramble and crossword puz

A three-puzzle vocabulary practice set (word search, word scramble, crossword) reinforcing vocabulary related to moral courage and civil disobedience, in a biography/social-emotional-learning context.

Includes: Crossword puzzle with completed answer-key grid · Word scramble puzzle (answer key presence not directly confirmed in captured text, but format matches the companion producers-and-consumers puzzle set which does include one) · Word search puzzle (answer key presence not directly confirmed in captured text)

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SEL Boom Cards-Thoughts-Feelings-Behaviors Connections With Audio teaching resource preview
Emotions & self-awareness

SEL Boom Cards-Thoughts-Feelings-Behaviors Connections With Audio

Introduce the CBT-triangle concept - the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors - via a printable handout; the primary interactive activity (24 audio task cards) is hosted externally on the Boom Learning platform.

Includes: printable handout explaining the CBT triangle, plus a click-through link/button to access the Boom Deck

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Boom Cards
Level
1–5
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Emotional Response BINGO, Differentiated SEL Activities For K-5th teaching resource preview
Emotions & self-awarenessCoping & self-regulation

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.

Includes: editable PPTX bingo board template (blank 'Add Your Text' placeholders) · 2 detailed lesson plans (Group 1: Talk Time/Introduction/BINGO; Group 2: Talk Time/Review/Snowball Fight) · Emotional Response BINGO situation cards (e.g., 'You drop your pencil', 'You lost your homework')

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Multiple File Types
Level
1–5
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SEL Daily Openers/Bellringers | Self-Motivation and Self Discipline teaching resource preview
Coping & self-regulation

SEL Daily Openers/Bellringers | Self-Motivation and Self Discipline

Provide a structured SEL (social-emotional learning) daily opener/bellringer routine and week-long lesson built around the CASEL framework topic of self-management, focused on self-motivation and self-discipline.

Includes: 000-TS SEL Daily Openers and Weekly Lesson Self-Management- Self Discipline and Self Motivation.pdf (41 pages, text layer present)

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PDF
Length
41 pages
Level
3–6
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How to Be the Best Student You Can Be eBook teaching resource preview
Emotions & self-awarenessChoices & problem solving

How to Be the Best Student You Can Be eBook

An eBook offering K-12 students tips, strategies, and advice for succeeding academically and personally as a student.

Includes: Copyright/Dedication/Acknowledgements front matter · Introduction · Chapter 1: Why School?

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PDF
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Personality and Feelings Pre-Intermediate ESL ELA ELL Lesson Plan teaching resource preview
Emotions & self-awarenessRelationships & communication

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…

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Multiple File Types
Level
7–12
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