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Free critical thinking social emotional learning resources
Social Problem Solving Task Cards & Journal Prompts - Free SEL Skill Activities
These are a set of 10 free task cards that highlight social scenarios and situations that kids can discuss and identify how they would solve each situation. The cards are organized into five different sets that target different situations: With friends, with family, in the classroom, at recess, and at lunch. This free set includes 2 task cards from each set. Digital VersionI've included a FREE digital version with prompts for students to answer! Just follow the link to access the Google Drive co
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2nd - 5th
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FREE Growth Mindset Quote Posters & Coloring Pages - SEL Character Education
This FREE Growth Mindset sample includes 5 different growth mindset mantras. You will receive a poster and coloring sheet for each of the 5 included. Use these posters to teach children about their elastic brain, a fixed and growth mindset, perseverance, learning from mistakes, failures, challenges, and the power of YET. The Growth Mindset curriculum includes a FULL set of mantra posters + a variety of thought-provoking lessons, discussions, community building ideas, and tons of engaging activit
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K - 2nd
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Christmas Would You Rather Questions to Print FREEBIE! Fun Holiday Activity!
Here are 20 Fun Would You Rather Questions to use with your students. These are great discussion starters for when you have a few extra minutes. They can also be used for classroom polls or journal prompts.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:1 Page with 20 Would You Rather QuestionsGreat for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teachers are saying: ✏️ "My students loved this resource. I’m sure they weren’t even thinking
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1st - 8th
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FREE Accepting Differences Inclusion Social Stories Social Skills Activities SEL
Use this social skills story and these social-emotional learning activities to encourage accepting differences in your classroom! Accepting Differences Social Skills Story & SEL Activities is a perfect social-emotional learning tool for supporting kindness and inclusion in your classroom. Students will develop an understanding of the importance of accepting differences and be inspired by the examples of acceptance in this social skills story and these social-emotional learning activities.Thi
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PreK - 4th
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Also included in: Social Stories Social Skills Activities Expected vs Unexpected Behaviors
Thanksgiving Would You Rather Questions with Poll FREEBIE
Here is a set of 20 Would you Rather Questions about Thanksgiving. Great for discussion starters, class polls and journal prompts.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:List of all 20 Would You Rather ChoicesDIGITAL:Classroom PollGreat for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teachers are saying: ✏️ "My students love this activity and shared with some others at home! with all the stressful things going on at this point in t
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1st - 8th
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FREE Perspective Taking Scenarios! Social Skills for Middle & High School
This is a FREE, shortened sampler version of one of my most popular sellers!Your students will get perspective practice with these 9 task cards! Each card features a situation relatable to teens, where the student must identify 3x different perspectives of both characters. Regular education teachers, special education teachers, SLPs, or other support professionals could all benefit from using these task cards with their students. These cards are specifically designed for middle and high school
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8th - 12th
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Executive Functioning Escape Room Activity
This free escape room activity is a puzzle challenge related to executive functioning skills. Students can work together or independently to solve a puzzle and discover the secret phrase to unlock the door and win the challenge in a specified amount of time. This escape room activity is ideal for small groups, advisory periods, morning work, resource rooms, or just for fun!Note that this is a free sample puzzle that includes only one challenge. If you are interested in more similar challenges pu
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4th - 8th
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FREE Halloween Would You Rather Questions Print, Easel, and Google Slides
Here is a set of 20 FREE Would you Rather Questions about Halloween. Great for discussion starters, class polls and journal prompts. What's Included:Print copy Easel Assessment (great for a class poll!)Easel Activity - digital activity that requires students write about why it's there favoriteGoogle Slides digital activity - more challenging for advanced technology users! The students move move around a flashlight to try and read the questions.Great for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th,6th, 7th, or 8th g
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1st - 8th
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Animal Walk Movement Cards - Music, Transitions, Calm Down, Brain Breaks
Animal Walk Movement Cards are just what you need to add more movement to your day!Gross motor is vital to child development! Gross motor movement is the movement and usage of the large muscles in the body; think shoulders, core, legs, upper arms, neck, etc. Students need to move and develop their gross motor muscles to help their fine motor muscles (small muscles) develop. Prep: Print, laminate, and cut out the cards. Place on a book ring.Fun Ways to Use Animal Walk Cards•Music & movement t
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten Complete Curriculum BUNDLE
Empathy Worksheets - Free!
These print and go empathy worksheets are perfect for helping students understand what empathy is and how they can respond empathetically to the feelings of others! These are great to use in your friendship or social skills lessons!Looking for more character education worksheets? Click here to check out my set of 50 worksheets that cover 25 character traits!****************************************************************************************************************************Ideas For Use:Em
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1st - 3rd
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Art Easel Routine for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
Art easel routine is a fabulous, visual way to teach and remind students how to paint and create at the easel independently! Just print, cut, and laminate. Super simple and so effective for your little learners.Check out more Character Education & Social Skills units!•Red and Green Choice •Class Rules and Circle Time Rules •Problem Solving Techniques •Feelings and Emotions •Hand Washing Book & Routine •Clean Up Routine •All About Me •All About My Family •Calm Down Techniques•Fire Drill
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Social Skills (SEL) and Character Curriculum Bundle for Little Learners
Feelings Emotions Play Dough Mats (SEL) for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
Feelings and Emotions play dough mats are a fun activity to teach and build your student's emotional vocabulary and social skills. What's included:Feelings and Emotions Emoji Play Dough MatsPencil Feeling Mat (use dough or manipulatives to make the feeling faces)Love these feeling and emotions activities? Grab the Feelings and Emotions Units or the Social Skills (SEL) Bundle for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten! Buy the bundle and save over 20%!Check out more Character Education & Social
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Social Skills (SEL) and Character Curriculum Bundle for Little Learners
Anger & Calming Down (FREEBIE) | Self Management | Social Emotional Learning
This social emotional learning and social skills lesson on anger and self management will help students understand positive choices they can make when they feel angry. Anger is a feeling that everyone has from time to time. It is important for us to teach students the appropriate skills to calm down so that they can do so without hurting others, throwing/breaking things or screaming and yelling, etc.What is this?Let's teach student about positive calm down choices when they are angry! This is si
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PreK - 3rd
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Gratitude Jar Thankful Writing Activity | Social Emotional Learning
Students fill their Gratitude Jar by writing down things they are thankful for. This would be great as part of a mental health or social emotional learning lesson, or could also be used as an activity around Thanksgiving. Included in this resource: Blank Gratitude Jar, ready for students to "fill up"Brainstorming sheet A-Z: students think of ideas for each letter of the alphabetBlank brainstorming sheet: blank lines for students to write ideas onGratitude is such an important life lesson. Thank
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2nd - 4th
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Logic Puzzle FREEBIE
If you are wondering what a logic puzzle is, it is a puzzle where you use clues, a grid, and some deductive reasoning to figure out who matches with what, or what items go together. It is a great way to exercise your students' brains!Here is my blog post about the benefits of logic puzzles!Bringing Logic Back by Carrie Whitlock These would also be great early finisher work, early work, or even for a classroom center.If you want an even harder challenge, try my free "triple matrix" logic puzzle
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2nd - 5th
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Book vs. Movie Compare & Contrast FREEBIE! No-Prep Worksheets | Fun Movie Day!
Book vs. Movie Printables: FREEUse these two printables after you have read the book and then seen the movie version. Great for comparing and contrasting and thinking critically about how the movie was made. A super fun, NO PREP activity for the end of the year!For more Book vs. Movie questions, click here!!More resources you'll enjoy!Compare & Contrast Task CardsELA Test Prep Task CardsELA Test Prep PostersInformational Text Structures Task CardsShiloh Book Chapter QuestionsThis product is
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3rd - 9th
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Maze Run Escape Room Logic Puzzle Game Challenge Activities Freebie Pack No Prep
Maze Run Escape Room Puzzles provide a fun brain boosting challenge for students. Great for School Party Activities, Puzzle Competitions, Extra Credit, Individual or Team Building Activities! These escape room games are designed to help exercise problem-solving, critical thinking, and focusing skills. It is a great way to keep the students busy and help build/improve essential skills. There are 4 Fun Unique Levels of the Maze Run to choose from. Each level is different and as the levels increase
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Crack the Codes - A Murder Mystery
A crime has been committed an it is up to your class to solve it!
This activity is themed as a murder case where students need to use their problem solving skills and code breaking abilities to reduce the suspects and determine who committed the crime.
What is included:
- Five Clue Cards
- A suspect list card
- Student worksheet (2 pages)
- Teacher instructions
- Answers
If you liked this activity check out the second in the Crack the Codes series by clicking the link below.
Crack the Codes 2
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3rd - 6th
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School Rules Social Story - Preschool Social Skills Autism - Following rules
Looking for a simple school rules social story for preschool? A social skills activity for your autism learners or any young learner? These very simple visuals for following rules are perfect for back-to-school or coming back from break or just a good refresher anytime! CLICK HERE to see the Boom playable preview ❤️ This is I Can Follow Class Hidden Rules. A 14-slide social narrative about greetings and then the last 10 slides include scenarios to practice who is following the rules. Includes a
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PreK - 1st
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St. Patrick's Day Would You Rather Questions
Here are 20 Fun St. Patrick's Day themed Would You Rather Questions to use with your students. You can use them digitally with the Google Slides Version or you can print them to pass out to the students. These are great discussion starters for when you have a few extra minutes. Teacher Tip: Share the digital version as a collaborative file with editing rights and your students can drag a gold coin to mark their choice.Use for discussion, classroom polls or journal prompts.You can get 200 Would
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1st - 8th
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FREE! End of the Year: Teach the Teacher Day! {Now with Google Drive link}
This is my favorite project for the last week of school! Students plan a lesson about any topic of their choice. On one of the last days of school, have students present their lesson. You will be amazed at what you learn from your students!This freebie includes a lesson plan template for students and teacher tips. I just updated it with a rubric, too!Just added 5/21/2020 Google Drive option for distance learning. This would make a fun Zoom activity for the last week of school! *******You might
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2nd - 5th
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Making Inferences Role Play Activity
Students with language difficulties struggle to make inferences and draw conclusions when faced with text in the classroom and on tests. Teach them that these skills are actually things that they do everyday! Help them master the art of making inferences and drawing conclusions - exclusive of text - then they can grow from there! Take out your cell phone in language therapy, and role play (or have them role play) the phone conversations in this fun and funtional activity. Even do the different
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2nd - 7th
Social Emotional Learning: 10 Free Worksheets
Looking for easy to use materials that will help your students learn about and practice important social emotional learning topics? These 10 no prep worksheets are perfect to keep on hand for last minute lessons or when working with individual students. There are 2 worksheets for each of the 5 CASEL competencies: Self Awareness, Self Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills and Responsible Decision Making. *********************************************************************************
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4th - 6th
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FREE! Common Core Mathematical Practices Classroom Posters
8 Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practices Classroom PostersRemind students of these valuable Math Practices with these colorful and simple legal-size posters. Each practice has a specially designed icon to help students not only remember the 8 Math Practices, but use them as well.You can print all 8 posters in color at your local office/print center on 8.5 x 14 white card stock for around $5-$6.You might also like:Tangram Fraction Task CardsIt Takes Two to TangramPattern Block Fraction
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K - 12th
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