Missing My Class - End of Year Writing Prompt
Give young students a reflective end-of-school-year writing and drawing prompt about what they will miss from their class.
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Give young students a reflective end-of-school-year writing and drawing prompt about what they will miss from their class.
A set of creative writing prompts connecting Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy to students' own imaginations and reflections, for use on MLK Day or during related units.
Anxiety can easily overwhelm children if fears and “what-ifs” grow too big in their heads. This creative visualization worksheet provides a launchpad for students to address their biggest worry in a manageable, step-by-step way.
Invite students to write a goal in the center of each flower and place manageable steps on its petals. As they complete a step, they color the matching petal to record their progress. Use the single-page garden for an initial goal-setting conversation and return to it during brief check-ins.
The pledge page presents thirteen first-person statements about classroom conduct and belonging, including effort, kindness and honesty. Students read the prewritten commitments, then can sign the page and add a thumbprint in the designated box.
Help students reflect on what comes easily and what feels challenging in schoolwork, friendships, sports, and other everyday situations. Discussion posters introduce the ideas before students compare strengths and weaknesses in themed T-charts. Choose a relevant topic, then use the writing templates to develop a reflection with an accompanying drawing.
Combine coordinate-graphing practice with an SEL/identity get-to-know-you activity.
Reflecting on one’s ups and downs is an integral part of building emotional intelligence. This worksheet provides a framework for children to highlight their weekly wins and challenges in a structured, visual way.
A short back-to-school reading passage and comprehension worksheet about a student making a new friend on the first day of school.
Activity Introduction An amazing activity designed for the students to learn more about social and soft skills in our daily life. Online Etiquette Have you ever read about soft skills or social skills?
This Patience Character Reading Comprehension Worksheet is perfect for helping your students build their reading comprehension skills.
Introduces peer-pressure-related vocabulary (e.g., succumb, influence, refuse, resist) through puzzles as part of a social-emotional learning unit.
What we tell ourselves can leave a powerful impact on our self-esteem and potential. I love these personal affirmation pages so students can tailor what they want to be or what positive messages they want to repeat to themselves daily, or…
Recognizing anger as it builds internally is an essential skill for children’s healthy development. This interactive worksheet creatively guides students to evaluate their own escalating anger levels and identify tailored calming…
A reading comprehension and social-emotional learning unit teaching students about Pink Shirt Day, an anti-bullying/anti-homophobia awareness event, through a nonfiction narrative story and follow-up literacy activities.
A set of three word puzzles (word search, word scramble, crossword) built around positive self-talk vocabulary, to help students learn the meaning of words like worth, capable, believe, proud, resilient, strong, kind, valid, encourage, affirm, deserve, and progress.
How we internally process situations greatly impacts our emotions and behaviors. This insightful worksheet helps kids identify unhelpful thought patterns and reframe thinking to cultivate resilience.
A fill-in-the-blank daily journal encouraging students to reflect on their feelings and record positive moments, gratitude, and things they're proud of, to build optimistic thinking and emotional resilience.
A French-language back-to-school activity workbook (eduKted #696, 'Première semaine d'école, vol 1') covering icebreakers, classroom vocabulary, social skills, drama, and writing activities for the first week of school.
Nine worksheets consider manners in school, table, public and online situations through varied response formats. The polite-word page moves from judging behavior to choosing language such as please, thank you or sorry. Discuss the reason for a response so students connect the label with its effect on others.
This Problem Solving Reflection Worksheet can help you and your students reflect on a problem and find a solution. This is a great resource for teachers to use in the classroom.
A set of vocabulary puzzles to teach terminology for the steps of problem-solving (e.g. identify, think, choose, cause, effect) as part of a social-emotional learning unit.
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.
A short mental-health/self-reflection worksheet (part of a numbered series, #2061) helping adults identify mood patterns, triggers, and routines to support emotional well-being.