Calming Strategies Checklist
A one-page self-assessment worksheet that has students rate a list of calming strategies for how well each works for them when they are angry, supporting self-regulation and emotional awareness.
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Check social-emotional understanding with student reflection, checklists and scenario-based questions. Use responses to plan discussion and support around feelings, coping and relationships.
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A one-page self-assessment worksheet that has students rate a list of calming strategies for how well each works for them when they are angry, supporting self-regulation and emotional awareness.
Help young children identify, name, and express emotions using printable flashcards and related activities for social-emotional learning.
A social-emotional-learning tool for identifying a student's anger and anxiety triggers and building a corresponding safety plan, aligned to Illinois SEL Goal 1A.
A social-emotional learning lesson introducing the difference between introverts and extroverts through a slideshow, a self-assessment survey, and group discussion.
A set of differentiated self/teacher checklists that let students reflect on whether they demonstrated specific 'good sport' behaviors (playing fairly, trying their best, having fun, keeping emotions under control, accepting rules, encouraging teammates, staying positive, performing their role, and winning/losing respectfully)…
A poster-and-worksheet set that teaches and reinforces 10 'good sport' reminders (play fairly, play the whole game, try your best, have fun, keep emotions in control, accept the rules when enforced, say 'Good Game!', stay mostly positive, support your team, win or lose respectfully) through discussion posters and…
A social-emotional learning lesson teaching students to distinguish optimistic and pessimistic thinking patterns, using the 'three Ps' framework (Permanent, Personal, Pervasive), a self-assessment survey, and group discussion.
A set of student-facing behavior intervention/coping-skills checklists helping elementary students identify and choose calming strategies for specific emotional states (angry, anxious, overwhelmed, distracted, off-task, and a blank customizable feeling).
Help students (ages 7-12) recognize and manage test-anxiety feelings around state testing, through a personalized social story with self-reflection and coping-strategy activities.
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.
A social-emotional learning (SEL) game-show style PowerPoint teaching and practicing conflict-resolution skills through scenario-based questions.
Build critical-thinking and life-skills competency around your personal relationships through leveled reading-comprehension passages organized by Bloom's Taxonomy, paired with hands-on activities and word puzzles.
Teaches 1st-grade students to identify physical and emotional differences in themselves and others, as Unit 2 of a 7-unit Health curriculum series.
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.
Lesson teaching students that emotions vary in intensity/size and giving them tools to identify and manage escalating ('big') emotions.
A small/whole-group social-emotional curriculum ('Worry Wizards') designed to help young students understand anxiety and learn coping strategies.
Help students identify bullying and develop conflict-resolution and coping strategies through structured worksheet activities and teacher-led discussion.
A single-chapter excerpt ('Coping with Life') from the 'Real World Life Skills: Self-Sustainability Skills' resource (grades 6-12+), combining a reading-comprehension passage with related vocabulary and assessment activities.
Teach self-sustainability skills concepts to grade 6-12 students through a structured reading-comprehension resource covering Coping with Life, Stress Management, Mental & Physical Health, Healthy Relationships, Cohabitation & Family Life, Emergencies, Self-Defense & First Aid.