School Basics Book Elementary School Social Emotional Learning Common Core Educational Resources

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Service can bring out the best in people and communities. In this lesson, students discuss what it means to serve and explore ways that they would like to support their school and community with service work.

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Service for Our School Community

Lesson Plan

Service for Our School Community

Service can bring out the best in people and communities. In this lesson, students discuss what it means to serve and explore ways that they would like to support their school and community with service work.

Second Grade

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The Power of Living with Integrity

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The Power of Living with Integrity

Fourth Grade

Help your child write a children’s book about the power of living with integrity! Students will draft a short story about someone who embodies integrity and how their actions impacted those around them, then turn it into a children's book.

Worksheet

The Power of Living with Integrity

Worksheet

The Power of Living with Integrity

Help your child write a children’s book about the power of living with integrity! Students will draft a short story about someone who embodies integrity and how their actions impacted those around them, then turn it into a children's book.

Fourth Grade

Worksheet

Letter to Future Students

Worksheet

Letter to Future Students

Second Grade

Use this worksheet to have students write a letter to future students, offering support and guidance for the upcoming school year.

Worksheet

Letter to Future Students

Worksheet

Letter to Future Students

Use this worksheet to have students write a letter to future students, offering support and guidance for the upcoming school year.

Second Grade

Worksheet

Fall Reflective Writing Prompt #1: Fall Into Place

Worksheet

Fall Reflective Writing Prompt #1: Fall Into Place

Fourth Grade

Writing

Think about what you want to improve about yourself as you start the new school year with this writing prompt!

Worksheet

Fall Reflective Writing Prompt #1: Fall Into Place

Worksheet

Fall Reflective Writing Prompt #1: Fall Into Place

Think about what you want to improve about yourself as you start the new school year with this writing prompt!

In this lesson, students will explore the meaning of integrity through the book Stand Tall!. They will also answer questions connected to making choices with integrity when faced with challenging situations.

In this lesson, students will explore the meaning of integrity through the book Stand Tall!. They will also answer questions connected to making choices with integrity when faced with challenging situations.

In this lesson, students will hear the story Drawn Together and create a Diversity Board. They will consider how appreciating each other's differences in school supports relationships and community.

In this lesson, students will hear the story Drawn Together and create a Diversity Board. They will consider how appreciating each other's differences in school supports relationships and community.

Second Grade

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Appreciating Diversity and Differences

Lesson Plan

Appreciating Diversity and Differences

Second Grade

In this lesson, students will hear the story Lovely and work in small groups to create a book or a symbol of appreciation for others' differences. Students will consider how appreciating differences supports community and relationships.

Lesson Plan

Appreciating Diversity and Differences

Lesson Plan

Appreciating Diversity and Differences

In this lesson, students will hear the story Lovely and work in small groups to create a book or a symbol of appreciation for others' differences. Students will consider how appreciating differences supports community and relationships.

Deliberate practice of gratitude is a powerful way to grow happiness and build resilience. In this lesson, students will create a book as a way of reflecting on being human and practicing gratitude.

Deliberate practice of gratitude is a powerful way to grow happiness and build resilience. In this lesson, students will create a book as a way of reflecting on being human and practicing gratitude.

After reading the book The Sound of Silence by Katrina Goldsaito, students will reflect on several questions about how silence can build and support our relationships with ourselves, others, and our community.

After reading the book The Sound of Silence by Katrina Goldsaito, students will reflect on several questions about how silence can build and support our relationships with ourselves, others, and our community.

In this social skills lesson plan, students will get to practice identifying how to be a friend. Friendship is an important social skill for kindergarten students to master as they begin to form a new community of peers at school.

In this social skills lesson plan, students will get to practice identifying how to be a friend. Friendship is an important social skill for kindergarten students to master as they begin to form a new community of peers at school.

Students will explore self-esteem through the book I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont. They will write secret kindness notes to others and to themselves, and reflect on how self-esteem can support connection with oneself and the community.

Students will explore self-esteem through the book I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont. They will write secret kindness notes to others and to themselves, and reflect on how self-esteem can support connection with oneself and the community.

In this lesson, students will explore how to use mindfulness to reflect on, label, and express emotions. They will each help design a page for their classroom book on mindfulness of emotions, including tools to cope with strong emotions.

In this lesson, students will explore how to use mindfulness to reflect on, label, and express emotions. They will each help design a page for their classroom book on mindfulness of emotions, including tools to cope with strong emotions.

Fourth Grade

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Role-Playing Scenarios

Lesson Plan

Role-Playing Scenarios

Second Grade

In this lesson, students will learn the term "restorative justice." They will discuss the role of restorative justice in the book What are you staring at?, and they will brainstorm ways they can bring these practices into the classroom.

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Role-Playing Scenarios

Lesson Plan

Role-Playing Scenarios

In this lesson, students will learn the term "restorative justice." They will discuss the role of restorative justice in the book What are you staring at?, and they will brainstorm ways they can bring these practices into the classroom.

In this lesson, students will learn about the importance of doing one thing at a time and listen to the book What Does It Mean to Be Present?. Then, they will experience the inefficiency of multitasking by doing three things at once.

In this lesson, students will learn about the importance of doing one thing at a time and listen to the book What Does It Mean to Be Present?. Then, they will experience the inefficiency of multitasking by doing three things at once.

Kindergarten

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Perseverance to Achieve Goals

Lesson Plan

Perseverance to Achieve Goals

Fourth Grade

Motivation, perseverance, and grit are all key in learning and in the classroom! In this lesson, students will explore the term "perseverance" and research ways they can stay motivated in school and in their lives.

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Perseverance to Achieve Goals

Lesson Plan

Perseverance to Achieve Goals

Motivation, perseverance, and grit are all key in learning and in the classroom! In this lesson, students will explore the term "perseverance" and research ways they can stay motivated in school and in their lives.

Words can uplift others, but they can also cause harm. In this lesson, students will hear the story Desmond and the Very Mean Word, and they'll discuss the power of positive and negative words in friendships, school, and community.

Words can uplift others, but they can also cause harm. In this lesson, students will hear the story Desmond and the Very Mean Word, and they'll discuss the power of positive and negative words in friendships, school, and community.

Second Grade

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Acts of Kindness Letter

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Acts of Kindness Letter

Pre-K

Use this worksheet to have students write an Acts of Kindness Letter, in which they will thank and appreciate a member of their school's community.

Worksheet

Acts of Kindness Letter

Worksheet

Acts of Kindness Letter

Use this worksheet to have students write an Acts of Kindness Letter, in which they will thank and appreciate a member of their school's community.

Pre-K

Worksheet

Random Acts of Kindness

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Random Acts of Kindness

Kindergarten

Kind acts can make a big difference in somone's day. These kind acts can multiply and create a culture of kindness in schools and communities. In this lesson, students will reflect on the importance of kindness and commit to kind actions!

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Random Acts of Kindness

Lesson Plan

Random Acts of Kindness

Kind acts can make a big difference in somone's day. These kind acts can multiply and create a culture of kindness in schools and communities. In this lesson, students will reflect on the importance of kindness and commit to kind actions!

Kindergarten

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Welcoming All Feelings

Lesson Plan

Welcoming All Feelings

Fourth Grade

In this lesson students will be guided through a session of reflecting on their day and their emotions. They will also practice ways they can welcome and befriend their emotions with kindness and curiosity.

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Welcoming All Feelings

Lesson Plan

Welcoming All Feelings

In this lesson students will be guided through a session of reflecting on their day and their emotions. They will also practice ways they can welcome and befriend their emotions with kindness and curiosity.

In this lesson, students will learn how their breath can be their greatest friend. They will practice and learn how to use their breath when they feel tense or overwhelmed, just like a magical tool!

In this lesson, students will learn how their breath can be their greatest friend. They will practice and learn how to use their breath when they feel tense or overwhelmed, just like a magical tool!

Kindergarten

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Going on a Feelings Hunt

Lesson Plan

Going on a Feelings Hunt

Pre-K

Everyone has feelings! In this lesson, students explore different feelings by recognizing them on faces. As they look through books, students will find pictures that show a variety of expressions.

Lesson Plan

Going on a Feelings Hunt

Lesson Plan

Going on a Feelings Hunt

Everyone has feelings! In this lesson, students explore different feelings by recognizing them on faces. As they look through books, students will find pictures that show a variety of expressions.

Pre-K

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Appreciating Diversity

Lesson Plan

Appreciating Diversity

Kindergarten

Everyone belongs and is welcome in this lesson on diversity and inclusion. Students will hear a story and learn a song connected to welcoming and including others.

Lesson Plan

Appreciating Diversity

Lesson Plan

Appreciating Diversity

Everyone belongs and is welcome in this lesson on diversity and inclusion. Students will hear a story and learn a song connected to welcoming and including others.

The Earth is constantly giving us clean water, shelter, food, and so much more! Through this lesson, students will learn about how nature is always giving and discuss ways we can appreciate and take care of our environment.

The Earth is constantly giving us clean water, shelter, food, and so much more! Through this lesson, students will learn about how nature is always giving and discuss ways we can appreciate and take care of our environment.

The first step to helping students develop empathy is teaching them about feelings. In this lesson, students learn what feelings look like by crafting their own emotional faces.

The first step to helping students develop empathy is teaching them about feelings. In this lesson, students learn what feelings look like by crafting their own emotional faces.

In this lesson, students will hear the story Say Something and make promises to each other to speak up when others are lonely or hurt. They will also have an opportunity to express themselves through acts of service and painting.

In this lesson, students will hear the story Say Something and make promises to each other to speak up when others are lonely or hurt. They will also have an opportunity to express themselves through acts of service and painting.

Kindergarten

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Seeing the Beauty All Around!

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Seeing the Beauty All Around!

Fourth Grade

Foster self-awareness, gratitude, and stress-management skills with this social emotional worksheet. This three-page activity prompts children to reflect on the word "beauty" and compile a list of things they are grateful for in their life.

Worksheet

Seeing the Beauty All Around!

Worksheet

Seeing the Beauty All Around!

Foster self-awareness, gratitude, and stress-management skills with this social emotional worksheet. This three-page activity prompts children to reflect on the word "beauty" and compile a list of things they are grateful for in their life.

Students will read a story and listen to a song to explore the sound of silence, its meaning, and significance. They will share their experience and reflect on how and why silence or space can be important.

Students will read a story and listen to a song to explore the sound of silence, its meaning, and significance. They will share their experience and reflect on how and why silence or space can be important.

Emotions are natural and temporary, just like passing clouds, rain, or the shining sun. In this lesson, students learn how to be mindful of their emotions and discuss how emotions change, just like the weather.

Emotions are natural and temporary, just like passing clouds, rain, or the shining sun. In this lesson, students learn how to be mindful of their emotions and discuss how emotions change, just like the weather.

Kindergarten

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How to Be a Good Friend

Lesson Plan

How to Be a Good Friend

Pre-K

We all want to be good friends. But what does this look like? Help students to understand what it means to be a good friend by reading a story, acting out a skit, and creating a friendship picture.

Lesson Plan

How to Be a Good Friend

Lesson Plan

How to Be a Good Friend

We all want to be good friends. But what does this look like? Help students to understand what it means to be a good friend by reading a story, acting out a skit, and creating a friendship picture.

Pre-K

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Changing 'I Can't' to 'I Can't Yet'

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Changing 'I Can't' to 'I Can't Yet'

Second Grade

In this lesson, students will explore phrases related to growth mindset through the eyes of basketball player Michael Jordan. They will hear a story about Jordan overcoming his self-doubts and reflect on ways they can approach challenges.

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Changing 'I Can't' to 'I Can't Yet'

Lesson Plan

Changing 'I Can't' to 'I Can't Yet'

In this lesson, students will explore phrases related to growth mindset through the eyes of basketball player Michael Jordan. They will hear a story about Jordan overcoming his self-doubts and reflect on ways they can approach challenges.

Second Grade

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Elementary School Social Emotional Learning Common Core Educational Resources for 'school basics book'

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