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Emergency Kindergarten Sub Plans | Free NO PREP Sub Plans Kinder | Friendship
Free kindergarten emergency sub plans all about friendship! These free kindergarten sub plans are perfect for any emergency sub day or a day packed with friendship themed activities! These are no prep - just print and leave for your sub! Students and substitutes will love the friendship activities included in this resource! These sub plans include reading, math, writing, social studies and science activities. These plans also include an editable PowerPoint file of substitute instructions that yo
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PreK - 1st
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100+ Questions to Build Relationships - Free SEL Activity
Use this free list of over 100 questions to help build relationships, integrate social emotional learning, and develop a positive class climate with your students! Strong, positive, and genuine relationships are a foundational element for success for all learners. This includes relationships between students as well as relationships between students and adults. Spend some extra time discussing positive qualities, friends, hopes for the future, and more with these questions. Getting to know your
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Social Emotional Learning: Self Control Lesson and Printables
Are you curious about my Character Education curriculum, but want to try a sample out first? Do your students need a refresher on using self-control to handle big emotions? I created this pack for you!
This is the first lesson from my Self-Control, and includes a lesson plan, anchor chart, printables, and a poem to use for shared reading! :)
If you're interested in other Character Education lessons, be sure to check out the other units below!
Kindness
Fairness
Respect
Self-Control
Confli
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K - 2nd
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Gratitude Activities - Free Thankfulness List from A-Z
Help kids and young adults practice gratitude by learning what we are thankful for. Gratitude promotes happiness, positive thinking, and creates a positive classroom climate. Practicing thankfulness and gratitude is an activity for any time of year, but especially helpful during Thanksgiving time!Why Teach GratitudeResearch has shown many positive outcomes when you increase your gratitude. With time and practice, gratitude can potentially help strengthen relationships with others, help us to fee
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3rd - 8th
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I Wish My Teacher Knew {Now Your Teacher Knows}
If you're like me, you were extraordinarily moved by the "I wish my teacher knew..." movement and hashtag on Twitter. Thanks to Denver teacher Kyle Schwartz, many of us have begun to discover things that our students want us to know but have not before shared with us. This is a way to build and maintain a #ClassroomCommunity.
I created this writing center addition based upon Kyle Schwartz's original lesson; I take no credit for her idea, hashtags, or anything else -- that was all that amazing t
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Not Grade Specific
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Rewards and Incentives FREE List
Use these rewards lists to help encourage, promote, and reward positive behavior in the classroom. Rewards lists are easy to read, post, or keep in a binder when coming up with ideas for student success. This can be an essential component to making behavior plans work, helping students work towards goals, and building a positive classroom climate.What's Included: This resource includes 3 pages of printable lists, including: Rewards for elementary studentsRewards for middle/high school studentsCl
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Not Grade Specific
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Mindfulness Breathe Boards
Use these two free mindfulness breathe boards to help kids and young adults practice mindfulness to help promote happiness, attention, and emotional control. By learning to first focus on our own breathing, we can begin the mindfulness practice. Using a breathe board can help learners more concretely and visually understand what it means to control our breathing.Mindfulness means being present in the moment with your thoughts and feelings without making judgements. It is being aware of what is h
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Mindfulness Coloring Pages Free Activity
Use these free coloring pages to help kids and young adults practice mindfulness to help promote happiness, attention, and emotional control. Mindfulness means being present in the moment with your thoughts and feelings without making judgements. It is being aware of what is happening but not being overwhelmed. Coloring is one technique that helps practice mindfulness in a fun way.Why Teach MindfulnessResearch has shown many positive outcomes when you practice mindfulness. People of all ages and
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Not Grade Specific
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8 FREE Social Skill Mini Lessons for School Counseling and SEL
As school counseling providers, we are often strapped for time to plan for classroom lessons, small groups and individual student counseling sessions, due to the many hats we wear. This E-Book, 8 FREE Social Skill Mini Lessons was designed to be used with little to no-prep! It’s perfect to use when you have a few minutes to pop into a class for a quick mini-lesson or if a teacher asks you to join their class for a discussion during morning meeting. Perhaps you are struggling with ideas for a sma
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PreK - 4th
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Classroom Lesson on Empathy: Walking In Other Peoples' Shoes
Empathy? What's that?! Oh, you mean that thing where people should consider what it's like to walk in someone else's shoes? **Insert obligatory comment from students wanting to trade shoes.**This lesson provides a nice, brief concrete activity to help demystify that abstract life skill we call empathy. Every student completes a short, shoe-themed activity. These are then collected and randomly redistributed. With your superpowers of facilitation, this brief lesson becomes one of those profound '
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7th - 12th
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Kindness is a Kite String Book Companion Lesson - Read Aloud Activities
Want to encourage more kindness in your classroom? This book companion resource for Kindness is a Kite String by Michelle Schaub can help! Teach kids how to be kind and promote acts of kindness in your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade classroom with this engaging read aloud lesson and social-emotional learning activities.⭐Kindness is a Kite String book companion lesson helps us understand that kindness is something we can pass on. Kids will think of simple ways to spread kindness to
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PreK - 2nd
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First Week of School | Read Aloud & Activity Guide for Educators
Back-to-School Lesson Plans and Activities Kit for Elementary Teachers! Are you ready to kick off the school year with a bang? Look no further! This comprehensive Back-to-School Lesson Plans and Activities Kit is here to make your first week of school a breeze. Designed specifically for elementary teachers, this resource-packed kit has everything you need to start the year off right.Key Benefits of This Product:Low Prep Resource: Say goodbye to last-minute planning and stress! My Back-to-School
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PreK - 6th
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Growth Mindset Task Cards FREE Sampler
Use these free task cards to help kids and young adults learn about growth mindset by understanding hard work, persistence, grit, and dedication impact your success. Students use the task cards to practice a growth mindset in all areas of their life, including at school, home, activities, with friends, and in their own belief system. A total of 20 unique task cards are included.
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4th - 7th
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Growth Mindset | Character Education Mini-Lesson | FREEBIE!
Your students will love this engaging character education lesson all about growth mindset, and you'll love that it's no-prep and ready to teach. Each lesson slide is meant to be projected on your whiteboard to guide short and sweet discussions about important social-emotional skills. Use these slides as a stand-alone lesson, or as a supplement to your existing curriculum.Lesson Formats Included:⭐ PDF⭐ Powerpoint⭐ Google SlidesInside this Product is...16 no-prep slides that include:Video ClipsJou
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: Character Education Mini-Lessons BUNDLE | PowerPoint & Google Slides
First Week of School Inner Outer Self Portraits Freebie
Looking for an engaging activity for the first few days of school? This lesson teaches individuality and uniqueness.Your download includes:1 PDF fileYour PDF file includes a LINK to the editable slideshowPicture book recommendation with discussion questionsPrintable face outline for self portrait
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Not Grade Specific
Autism Acceptance Awareness Lesson | FREEBIE | Neurodiversity Affirming
Teaching students about autism? This is a no prep 10+ page Neurodiversity Affirming lesson on autism acceptance and awareness. You can present the lesson remotely or in person, and then test students' knowledge at the end! This activity could be used with elementary school students, middle school, high school or students of varying ages and special education backgrounds. Use along with the CUSTOM VIDEO (free) to create discussion in your classroom!As a multiply neurodivergent teacher, I create
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Not Grade Specific
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Morning Message SEL Writing Prompts Back to School {FREEBIE}
This week long set includes 5 questions that will help to build a strong community in your classroom. These make it so easy to build in SEL lessons. They are perfect for morning meetings or morning work! The last slide is editable so you can personalize your Fun Fact Friday. Work well as morning messages, whiteboard questions, morning journals, or a writing center.I use these questions daily and my students look forward to finding out the question each day and answering them! Start building your
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Morning Message SEL Writing Prompts Morning Work & Bellringer BUNDLE
Reading & Writing Free Activities for Each Kindness Mentor Text (grades 3-5)
This free sample provides reading activities and a writing prompt designed to use with the mentor text, Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson from my resource, Better Than Basal for Volume 3. (Book not included.)Why is this better than a basal? Because YOU get to choose the order and even the skills you want to cover with each book! A GOOD mentor text will provide opportunities to teach or review a variety of skills, not the ONE the teacher manual says you have to teach.***************************
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3rd - 5th
Beginning of the Year: Back to School Icebreaker Activity FREE
This activity 'Myself as a Superhero' is a fun and different way to start to get to know your students at the beginning of the year. It integrates literacy and art. Not much prep required depending on the art technique you choose to explore (you could easily just use crayons/pencils if you have no time for prep).
Included in the download is a lesson plan plus two worksheets that will need to be photocopied to carry out the activity.
I have written about using this resource in a bit more detai
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1st - 6th
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Getting to Know You Parter Interview Questions | Back to School Free Activity
Kids can use this free list of over 30 questions to ask partners about themselves. This can be a helpful getting to know you activity for back to school. Kids will then write what they've learned about their partners on a student response sheet. To help promote a positive classroom community, each set of partners can share out what they have learned about each other.More About What's Included• This resource contains a printable list of over 30 getting to know you questions. Topics for questions
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Not Grade Specific
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Be Kind: SEL Read Aloud
Interactive read aloud lesson plans for Social Emotional Learning that are ready for you to simply print and teach!Book Title: Be Kind by Pat Zietlow MillerSEL Skill: Self-Awareness: Showing Kindness__________________________________________________________________How to use this resource:★ Teacher GuideEach interactive read aloud includes a teacher's guide that outlines the lesson. It provides an introduction to help prepare your students for their learning and set a purpose for the read aloud
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Social Emotional Read Alouds: Self-Awareness Bundle
Heart Art SEL Lesson/ Back to School
This Back to School SEL Art Project is a creative way to attend to the social-emotional needs of your students while developing a caring classroom community. Great for back to school or ANY TIME of the year for students in kindergarten through second grade. In this lesson, students create a personalized piece of a heart puzzle and put it together with classmates to develop school connectedness and feel part of the classroom community.Included in this Artful Lesson:Teacher Guide (1 page)· The Tea
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K - 2nd
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Free Interactive Morning Meeting Slides Question
Free Interactive Morning Meeting Questions Slide is a sample from my Digital Calendar Math Slides. Students can simply drag a corresponding color up for how they're feeling, which means the overall result doesn't have to single any student out. All rights reserved © Teaching in the Tongass
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Digital Resources Whole Class Reward System Classroom Behavior Chart
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) KINDNESS Lesson Plans and Writing Activities
It’s important that we explicitly teach kindness and compassion to our students. We cannot assume they already know what these traits encompass. And sometimes, it’s just nice to have a reminder of what kindness entails. This free download includes 4 lessons and writing activities to help teach kindness in your classroom. You can easily use one lesson or activity per day, week, or month depending on the needs of your class. Character education has become an integral part of today’s curriculum.
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3rd - 6th, Staff
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Also included in: Social Emotional Learning Lesson Plans and Activities MEGA BUNDLE
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