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Participate in a check-in and video-based discussion, then use ladder/mountain/stairs/clouds worksheets to write how they act at each step as an emotion intensifies, given a baseline emotion (e.g., anger, sadness).
Students discuss what mental health means, learn vocabulary, watch a short video twice and complete a comprehension worksheet (multiple choice, gap-fill, true/false), match life events to feelings, write a short reflective paragraph on one of three prompts, and create a group poster with 5 tips for good mental health.
Students engage in discussions and differentiated activities practicing listening, exchanging ideas, staying on task, offering/receiving suggestions, compromising, and discussing feelings about group transitions/endings.
Match pictures of feelings to words, play a miming game guessing feelings, complete a word memory/spelling game, and match each feeling to an appropriate response (e.g. 'I'm cold' -> 'Wear a coat').
Practice speaking/listening in 'Talk Time', play 'Emotional Response BINGO' matching situation cards to responses on a bingo board, play the 'Emotions Snowball Fight/Toss' game sharing emotion words and reactions, and complete bonus behavior chart/map activities.
Free download For each of the 6 lessons (A Friend's Promise; The Rumor; Finishing Together; Seniors Acting; Funland; Back to School), students answer pre-reading discussion questions, respond to during-reading prompts, learn and apply story vocabulary via vocabulary and vocabulary-question exercises, answer writing questions,…
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…
Listen to read-alouds, discuss vocabulary and character feelings via turn-and-talk prompts, complete a name-letter-count graphing activity by cutting and gluing letters of their name, take home and complete a family name-origin letter, draw their name 'as a song,' complete a class book page for Chicka Chicka Boom…
Students discuss and use laminated problem-size scale cards (5-point 'DISASTER' to 'NO PROBLEM' version, or a simplified 1-3 K-3rd grade version) to fill in problem examples and how they would feel; in a separate 'Identifying Emotions' activity, students look at emotion pictures/cards (12 example cards per emotion),…
Guided Reading Lesson Plan & Activities for Grade 9. Open the product page to see the full resource details.
Listen to or watch a read-aloud of the story, discuss what it feels like to be included/excluded, rotate through 5 discussion-question stations using UV invisible-ink pens to reveal and answer hidden questions, write a compliment for a secret partner, and complete a written exit ticket reflecting on personal…
Take part in a teacher-led guided reading lesson built around Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: warm-up/prediction discussion, shared or independent reading, and post-reading comprehension/discussion or writing activities focused on themes of friendship, isolation, and dreams; character analysis; vocabulary;…
Participate in a weekly small-group session (suggested ~10 weeks, 30 minutes, groups of 4-6): complete a feelings check-in, play a 2-minute game, learn and practice a coping strategy (e.g., deep breathing, 5-4-3-2-1 grounding, glitter jar, positive self-talk, yoga), earn a 'Worry Toolbox' button each session, and…
Each week, students work through a 9-page lesson: read/hear a story or scenario, participate in class discussion, complete two activity worksheets, do a colouring/game/craft/movement activity, complete a reflection page, and take home a Family Link page.
Over 4 weeks (5 days/week) students read the novel in chapter chunks, participate in discussions and group work on themes/symbolism/character analysis, complete journal entries and a timeline, take weekly quizzes, watch and compare the 1983 film adaptation, draft and peer-review a personal reflection essay, complete…
Each week, students work through a 3-page-per-lesson scripted lesson with objectives, key terms, discussion, and (per unit topic) debate facilitation activities; teachers use a full answer guide and an editable family letter to support the lesson.
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.
Each week, students work through a scripted lesson with vocabulary, a story/scenario, class discussion, activity worksheets, and a reflection component; teachers use a full answer guide and an editable family letter to support the lesson.
Students read/listen to the story about a boy who visits rooms representing five feelings, then answer comprehension questions, complete a true/false reading check and sequencing activity, fill in a story map graphic organizer, complete SEL reflection sheets connecting each 'room' to their own feelings, do a creative…
Complete 22 worksheet activities across 5 scripted 45-minute daily lessons: My Year in Review (memory paragraph & sequencing); Friendship Letters (letter writing & kind words); Summer Reading Adventure (reading comprehension); Word Detectives (word study & vocabulary); Dreams for Third Grade (goal-setting & creative…
Complete 22 worksheet activities across 5 scripted 45-minute daily lessons: My Year in Review (reflective writing & sequencing); Friendship Letters (multi-paragraph letters); Summer Reading Adventure (comprehension & theme); Word Detectives (prefixes, antonyms, word meaning); Dreams for Fourth Grade (goal-setting &…
Complete 22 worksheet activities across 5 scripted 45-minute daily lessons: My Year in Review (reflective essay writing); Friendship Letters (opinion essays & precise word choice); Summer Reading Adventure (theme & figurative language); Word Detectives (suffixes, roots, figurative language); Dreams for Fifth Grade…
Complete 22 worksheet activities across 5 scripted 45-minute daily lessons: My Year in Review (reflective essay writing); Friendship Letters (argument writing with rebuttal); Summer Reading Adventure (theme, POV & word choice); Word Detectives (connotation, figures of speech, analogies); Dreams for Seventh Grade…
Complete 22 worksheet activities across 5 scripted 45-minute daily lessons: My Year in Review (reflective essay writing); Friendship Letters (opinion essays with counterarguments); Summer Reading Adventure (theme, point of view & analysis); Word Detectives (roots, idioms/proverbs & homographs); Dreams for Middle…