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Free character education thematic unit plans
Curriculum Map for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
UPDATED WITH 2023-2024 Curriculum Maps! Planning for the year can be overwhelming. This year-long clickable curriculum map broken down by week will help you plan your year using themes.Planned for each theme are: • math and literacy centers• dramatic play sets• character (aka social skills) topic & lessons• science • STEM challenges• a sensory table idea• a booklist What's included:2023-2024 EDITABLE Curriculum Pacing Map (you must open and edit it in PowerPoint)!2023-2024 Curriculum Pacing
Grades:
PreK - K
Also included in:Â Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten Complete Curriculum BUNDLE
Feelings Faces Craft FREEBIE - Emotions
Feelings Faces Craft FREEBIE - Emotions
Engage your students in a discussion about their feelings and emotions with this fun and easy to assemble "Feelings Faces Craft Freebie!" We love to use this as part of our Feelings and Emotions Math and Literacy Unit for Kindergarten, but this is also a great addition to beginning of the school year talks about handling feelings, as a component of a writing center, as a way to get writers to consider feelings of characters, or just as a fun little activ
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Banish Bullying
This four-day lesson plan can be implemented with very little preparation. Each lesson takes about 20 minutes and centers on class discussions of various free-access, online videos with anti-bullying themes.
Day 1- Write a single word on the board, show a video, and spark the students' interest.
Day 2- Add words to the board, show additional video(s), and continue the anti-bullying conversation.
Day 3- Add a thought-provoking question to the board, show additional video(s), and challeng
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Back to Basics- Social Emotional Learning Series: Respect
As educators we recognize that what we do in our classrooms plays an essential role in preparing our students to become respectful, compassionate, knowledgeable, responsible, and caring adults. To support the social emotional learning of students, Creativity That Works suggests The Back to Basics: Social Emotional Learning series as a perfect learning tool for use as an introduction to building a strong learning environment. This series will help with setting the tone/classroom management in t
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Respect- Character Education Resources- Bee Themed- FREEBIE!
Adorable "Bee Themed" Character Education Freebie! This is a small portion of a larger Character Education product. Character Education- HUGE- Bee Themed Product
This freebie includes 2 Respect posters, a writing prompt, and "caught BEing respectful" slips.
The complete 101 page product includes 23 Character Traits. Teach your students to BE: responsible, hard working, respectful, honest, kind, helpful, courteous, friendly, motivated, cooperative, caring, generous, grateful, patriotic, cour
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Grades:
K - 5th
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Martin Luther King Book Companion - Martin's Big Words FREEBIE
Help your primary grade students read about, reflect upon, understand important vocabulary words, and write in response to the life and causes of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with this FREE literacy activity pack. This resource was designed to compliment the following picture book read-alouds:Martin's Big Words Written by Doreen Rappaport and illustrated by Bryan CollierMartin Luther King DayWritten by Linda Lowery and illustrated by Hetty MitchellI Have A DreamPaintings by Kadir NelsonThe Othe
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Harry Potter Theme Behavior Clip Chart - Dots Chevron and BW
Check out the year-long literacy units below!Check out our Harry Potter literacy packet HERE!Find our Harry Potter third grade math packet HERE!And lastly, check out our Harry Potter fourth grade math packet HERE!This Harry Potter themed packet includes everything you need to create a behavior management clip chart for your magical classroom! Your students will love this and you will see improvements in your classroom behavior right away when you begin implementing this technique. Instructions
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Staff
DISNEY CHARACTERS THEMED ALPHABET FLASH CARDS (FREE RESOURCE!)
When I was a toddler until I grew up, I always dreamed to be one of popular characters I watched in cartoon movies on my television. I also always admired people who had great achievements on popular sports. They always inspired me up! That is the reason why I love making digital resources themed about those people and characters like those I loved.Get this DISNEY CHARACTERS themed alphabet flash cards for FREE! 26 alphabet cards + 6 additional cardsI really hope this resource can help your teac
Grades:
PreK - K
Community Helpers - Fostering Positive Relationships with POLICE
FREE Download FOREVER! This is a great week unit to help foster positive relationships with our police officers in our community. You can incorporate this in your community helper units. It is a five day plan aligned with K-2 Common Core Standards. It is important to have a guest police officer come talk to your students with this unit. I created this unit and made it free out of the need for this resource in my own room to help make a difference in today's society giving the current problem
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Grades:
PreK - 4th
Character Cash for Kindness Positive Behavior Incentive for Character Education
Character Cash is a positive behavior incentive that will coincide with the character traits that are taught in your school, classroom, home...any setting! Start now or add to your current character education program by recognizing students for their efforts in representing good character.What's IncludedThis character cash FREEBIE is for the character trait of kindness. Click on the link below to see a resource that represents the trait of kindness:KindnessHow To Use ItCharacter cash can be us
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
SEL Read Alouds: Overview
If you purchased the Social Emotional Read Alouds bundle (or are thinking about it), START HERE! This is a companion to the Read Alouds for Social Emotional Learning. It allows you to see everything that is included in the SEL Read Aloud bundle. This overview provides a checklist of all the SEL skills that are covered, the picture books that you will use and the Common Core Standards that are addressed in the interactive read alouds. This companion also includes Frequently Asked Questions ab
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in:Â Social Emotional Learning: Read Alouds Bundle
Leadership Mini-Course
This product is a four week mini-course on LEADERSHIP. It is meant to be used during the FIRST or LAST 5 minutes of class in order stimulate conversation about leadership. In one month, imagine presenting your students with some of the most AMAZING words ever spoken by some of the most INSPIRING leaders the world has ever seen.Simply DO the following:1. Write the day’s quote on the board.2. Allow 5 minutes for student writing and thought.3. Discuss!!!As educators, it is our job to not only tea
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Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
Playdough Mats
Included in this set are 4 pdf letter size files which could be use for Play Dough mats for Feelings, Social and Emotional or All About Me.No Credit Required. Commercial or Personal Use. Only request is to leave feedback. More feedback equals more freebies in my store.
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
Ms. Wilkie's Classroom Economy
Great file to get you started on a classroom economy in your primary OR intermediate classroom! Included are:
Job Cards
Job Duties
Job Applications for Primary and Intermediate
Tickets
Fine Cards
Class Store Item Examples
Description of Classroom Jobs
Photographs of Posters in my Classroom
And more!!
Grades:
K - 6th
Bible Story Mini-Unit: The Pumpkin Patch Parable
Our Bible Story Units can be used as a Christian education supplement to your current curriculum. They can also be used for Sunday School lessons, Moms Morning Out programs, and part time Christian preschool programs.
Each daily lesson plan includes ideas for the following:
*Circle Time (Opening Prayer, Songs, Shared Reading, Games)
*Creative Arts
*Closing Activities (Bible Verse, Game, and Closing Prayer).
Our Bible Story Units consist of:
*3 Days of Lesson Plans
*Weekly Learning Center Id
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Grades:
PreK - K
A Heart of Gratitude: A Thanksgiving Bible Study
A Heart of Gratitude is a 4 week study about giving thanks and having gratitude for all that we have. It goes into studying the scriptures and learning what the bible has to say about thankfulness. In this free study your students or homeschool family will read a section of scripture and discuss it. They will answer some questions related to the scripture reading. Each week there is a memory verse to soak in and recite at the end of the week. There is copywork and gratitude journal to do every d
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Grades:
1st - 12th
Lion and the Mouse Lesson Plan Ideas
To go along with The Lion and the Mouse Felt Story , I've also created a collection of lesson plan ideas for preschool and pre-k children.
This activity collection includes:
- Social Skills
- Creative Art
- Classroom Team Building
In addition, each activity includes National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) criteria and California Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) criteria.
File is in pdf form.
If you're interested in purchasing a felt story for this theme
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Grades:
PreK - K
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Character Education Resources | Responsibility & Respect | Bee-Themed FREEBIE!
"BEE" Inspired by this FREEBIE containing two character education posters. Each poster includes theCharacter TraitDefinitionSynonymsQuoteExamplesThis product contains a sign for BE RESPECTFUL and BE RESPONSIBLE.If you love these signs, please check out the complete set containing all 20 Character Education Signs. Click the link:Character Education Resource | Bee-Themed | 20 Classroom SignsDon't forget to FOLLOW my store. I'll be listing new products weekly.Please let me know if you need somethin
Grades:
PreK - 8th
Emergency 9-1-1 Mini Activity Pack (Lesson Plan Ideas)
This is a mini activity pack full of activities and ideas to help teachers or parents prepare their children for emergency situations in which they might need to dial 9-1-1.
For photos of this unit in action, visit us here: http://thenatureofgrace.blogspot.com/2013/04/lesson-theme-emergency-9-1-1.html
Items in this activity pack:
*Cover
*Lesson Ideas and Suggestions
*Emergency Situations (or Not) - stamp or write the numbers 9-1-1 next to the situations which are true emergencies.
*Emer
Grades:
K - 2nd
Disability Awareness: Assistive Devices Informational Photos
Photos of real kids to educate about medical conditions, disabilities, and neurodiversity!Appropriate for ages 4+These informational visual aids supplement the Nautilus & Readers' Favorite Award-Winning children's picture book, Meeting Exceptional Friends. Each flyer displays 4 photos and describes devices that a person with certain medical conditions, disabilities, or neurodivergence may use to help them participate in daily living activities. The visuals can be displayed on a screen or pr
Grades:
PreK - 3rd
School Workers Packet
Teaching the character trait "Responsibility" can be tricky! Children make the personal connection more easily when you use the resources available right there at your school. The School Workers packet is designed to create a sense of community within the school and help children understand the responsibilities of the various people working within the school building. This unit includes lesson plans for 5 school workers. Based on first person research, students learn to generate questions for in
Grades:
K - 2nd
FREE STEM Activities and Challenges: Exploring STEM Careers for Girls and Boys
The purpose of this lesson plan is to encourage children to explore STEM careers (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and to foster an understanding that an interest in certain jobs and careers should not be limited by gender or any other factor. By listening to the story and talking about their own feelings and interpretations, students can develop a greater understanding of their potential to work in fun and exciting STEM-based jobs.
Grades:
PreK - 3rd
The Grouchy Ladybug and Kindness
This lesson contains activities that teach the character trait of kindness using Eric Carle's The Grouchy Ladybug. This material contains bible based activities, although many activities are not religious based.
Included in the lesson:
Guess that Book
Storytime
Word of the Day
Bible Story
Circle Time
Prayer
Nature/Science Time
Creative Movement
Role Playing
Finger play
Craft
Snack
Game
Activity Page
Take Home Page
This lesson may be used for a literature unit, character unit, bible lesson or
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
Freebie Character Trait Annual Plan
Freebie Character Trait Annual Plan. Attached, you will find an Annual Plan with Character Traits. This Plan could be the proposal for your Admin team, explaining how the program works if you are willing to take your school to the next level and have a program school-wide. The Character Traits of the months are responsibility, respect, empathy, leadership, honesty, patience, courage, integrity, caring, and giving. Also, in the month of respect, you can align your Red Ribbon Week and your Anti-Bu
Grades:
PreK - 6th
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