Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Mini-Unit Bundle

Help your students improve their social-emotional well-being! This bundle of 3 mini-units includes lessons on cognitive distortions (AKA negative thought patterns), perfectionism, and micro-aggressions. Also included is a resource with 25 fun brain breaks and a lesson on how to express gratitude by writing thank you notes!

With this download, you will receive:

Cognitive Distortions/Negative Thought Patterns Mini-Unit

• A colorful, aesthetically-pleasing Google Slides file that takes an audience through the 12 most common cognitive distortions: All or Nothing Thinking, Blaming Others, Catastrophizing, Emotional Reasoning, Fortune Telling, Labeling, Magnifying the Negative, Minimizing the Positive, Mind Reading, Overgeneralization, Self-Blaming, and Should Statements. This slideshow features definitions and examples for each as well as a 2-minute stretch break halfway through :)
• A Google Doc file containing a note-taking organizer for your audience to make use of during the slideshow and a matching-style review activity to use for review after the lecture. An answer key for the matching activity is included as well.

Anti-Perfectionism Mini-Unit

• Google Doc of daily suggested lesson plans including Do Now journal questions, instructions on how to lead affirmation activity, the requisite relevant TikTok to keep those kids engaged, easy-to-use links to all materials
• Google Doc of exemplar of completed affirmation activity
• Google Slides file titled "Perfectionism: A Commitment to Self-Doubt": presentation including a run-down of perfectionism, signs you may be a perfectionist, examples of perfectionist behavior, discussion questions, the dangers of being a perfectionist as an adult, and ways to heal from perfectionism
• Google Slides file titled "TED Talk Discussion Questions" containing think-pair-share questions related to TED Talk titled “Perfectionism Holds Us Back. Here’s Why” by Charly Haversat

Micro-Aggressions Mini-Unit

• A unit plan doc containing essential questions, CCSS, suggested daily lesson plans, and journal questions to start each with each day
• Links to 2 videos that offer students many perspectives on the topic of microaggressions
• Ready-to-print handout - excerpt from Claudia Rankine's poetry collection Citizen
• Ready-to-print handout - Discussion questions for radio broadcast titled “Microaggressions are a big deal: How to talk them out and when to walk away”

25 Fun Brain Breaks

• A Google Slides file containing 25 puzzles, riddles, and conversation topics to help students interact with each other and build confidence

BONUS: How to Write a Thank You Note

• A Google Doc of a 2-page handout containing step-by-step instructions for writing a thank you note. It's aesthetically pleasing and includes graphics and examplars.

What my customers are saying about my materials:

• "This is a great... it took a load of work off my shoulders in preparing for this unit. Thank you so much for putting this together."
• "Good presentation of material and I love the detail included in each lesson... I felt prepared to answer questions about the history because of the complexity of the docs and slides provided."
• "What's not to love?... The kids could follow with this resource, no problem."

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Check out my other lesson plans and materials! I'm an award-winning English and creative writing teacher and a serious perfectionist. My lessons aim to be high-interest without compromising on the rigor.

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