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A one-page cut-sort-and-glue worksheet that has students sort short scenario phrases or pictures into two contrasting categories (poor vs. good sportsmanship) as social-emotional-learning (SEL) practice.
A no-prep, 5-day Grade 6 end-of-school-year ELA packet (teacher guide, student worksheets, and answer key as separate files) combining literacy skill review with reflective/celebratory last-week-of-school activities.
Teach social-emotional concepts of kindness ('bucket filling') versus unkind behavior ('bucket dipping') through an origami bucket craft, gratitude/compliment writing cards, a reflection writing page, a star drawing/writing activity, and a sorting activity distinguishing filler vs. dipper behaviors.
Teaches students to distinguish expository from narrative essay prompts (using the 'because' test) and introduces 'explan-a-story writing' - using short personal-experience stories (action-dotes) to connect factual answers to reader emotion in expository essays.
A one-page cut-sort-and-glue worksheet that has students sort short scenario phrases or pictures into two contrasting categories (say it (appropriate to say aloud) vs. think it (keep to yourself)) as social-emotional-learning (SEL) practice.
Use thirty photo prompts to explore possible emotions and the clues that support an interpretation. The sets progress from faces to additional gestures and body language, with teacher questions for discussion and a slideshow version for display. Encourage more than one plausible reading and distinguish a thoughtful guess from knowing how someone actually feels.
Guide a full novel study of the fourteenth Wings of Fire book, The Dangerous Gift, through a 5-week/27-day pacing plan combining vocabulary instruction with reading comprehension and literary-analysis practice.
A one-page cut-sort-and-glue worksheet that has students sort short scenario phrases or pictures into two contrasting categories (BIG problem vs. small problem) as social-emotional-learning (SEL) practice.
Thirty numbered emoji icons are matched to their corresponding emotion words in this no-prep worksheet, moving beyond basic feelings like happy and sad into more nuanced vocabulary such as unamused, secretive, mind-blown, and nauseated. Students write the number of the matching emoji beside each word, working down a single-page list without scissors or extra materials. A second page provides a complete numbered answer key, so every one of the thirty matches can be checked without additional guesswork. The wide emotional-vocabulary range makes the activity useful both as an SEL check-in and as a vocabulary-building exercise, since spelled-out feeling words are paired directly with a recognizable image.
A countdown-themed (10 to 1) end-of-year writing packet giving students a different reflective or creative writing/drawing prompt for each number.
A one-page cut-sort-and-glue worksheet that has students sort short scenario phrases or pictures into two contrasting categories (matching the group (chameleon) vs. not matching) as social-emotional-learning (SEL) practice.
Social-emotional/behavior resource teaching students to distinguish cooperative from uncooperative behavior when working or playing in a group, differentiated for K-2nd and 3rd-5th grades.
A squirrel-themed set of feelings/emotions cards paired with a playdough face-building activity.
In this lesson, students will learn about their feelings and moods using an airplane analogy. There is an engaging opening video that I self-made and published explaining the analogy of the student as a pilot controlling their feelings and moods with the metaphor of an airplane. The airplane represents feeling down or sad when it flies down into the…
A no-prep, 5-day Grade 8 end-of-school-year ELA packet (teacher guide, student worksheets, and answer key as separate files) combining literacy skill review with reflective/celebratory last-week-of-school activities.
A one-page cut-sort-and-glue worksheet that has students sort short scenario phrases or pictures into two contrasting categories (responsible vs. not responsible) as social-emotional-learning (SEL) practice.
A back-to-school 'time capsule' activity where students record facts about themselves and the current times at the start of the school year, to be reopened and compared at the end of the year.
A multi-day (4-day) ELA study unit built around Brandon Stanton's 'Humans of New York' photoblog/book, guiding students through picture analysis, discussion of photoblogging, a class photoblog activity, and exploration of NYC's cultural diversity.
An end-of-year SEL (social-emotional learning) craft where students reflect on challenges they faced during the year and reframe them into positive outcomes, using a 'making lemonade out of lemons' metaphor.
ESL worksheet built around the animated TV series ESL Animated TV Series Activity Worksheets - Adventure Time - Season 1 (season 1), in which students record factual details about the show and then write a multi-page diary/journal entry in English from the point of view of a character in the series.
A fine motor art activity where students dot-paint pictures themed around different feelings words.
ESL worksheet built around the animated TV series ESL Animated TV Series Activity Worksheets - Adventure Time - Season 2 (season 2), in which students record factual details about the show and then write a multi-page diary/journal entry in English from the point of view of a character in the series.
An SEL (social-emotional learning) activity where students practice following multi-step spatial directions by cutting out and gluing pictures onto a tree scene in specified positions, then coloring the result.
ESL worksheet built around the animated TV series ESL Animated TV Series Activity Worksheets - Adventure Time - Season 3 (season 3), in which students record factual details about the show and then write a multi-page diary/journal entry in English from the point of view of a character in the series.