School Basics Book 2nd - 4th Grade 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

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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!

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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.

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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 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.

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.

Second Grade

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Role-Playing Scenarios

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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

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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.

Second Grade

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Perseverance to Achieve Goals

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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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Welcoming All Feelings

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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.

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.

Fourth Grade

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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.

Fourth Grade

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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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Listening to What Matters

Lesson Plan

Listening to What Matters

Second Grade

In this lesson, students will learn the importance of nonviolent communication and listening to others in order to have a more supportive community.

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Listening to What Matters

Lesson Plan

Listening to What Matters

In this lesson, students will learn the importance of nonviolent communication and listening to others in order to have a more supportive community.

Second Grade

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Elaborating on My Feelings

Lesson Plan

Elaborating on My Feelings

Second Grade

Identifying and describing their feelings is an important part of the way children develop social skills. This lesson teaches your students how to identify feelings, and then elaborate on them by speaking and writing in complete sentences.

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Elaborating on My Feelings

Lesson Plan

Elaborating on My Feelings

Identifying and describing their feelings is an important part of the way children develop social skills. This lesson teaches your students how to identify feelings, and then elaborate on them by speaking and writing in complete sentences.

Strong emotions like anger can sometimes take over, but mindfulness tools can help to manage them. In this lesson, students will learn mindfulness techniques for managing anger and write and implement a lesson to teach a younger student.

Strong emotions like anger can sometimes take over, but mindfulness tools can help to manage them. In this lesson, students will learn mindfulness techniques for managing anger and write and implement a lesson to teach a younger student.

Fourth Grade

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Kindness Goes a Long Way

Lesson Plan

Kindness Goes a Long Way

Second Grade

Performing acts of kindness and love can bring classrooms together! In this lesson, students will hear true stories of random acts of kindness and will perform kind deeds of their own in groups.

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Kindness Goes a Long Way

Lesson Plan

Kindness Goes a Long Way

Performing acts of kindness and love can bring classrooms together! In this lesson, students will hear true stories of random acts of kindness and will perform kind deeds of their own in groups.

In this lesson, students will hear the story "The Way I Act" and complete two activities connected to the story. They will practice mindful breathing and explore how to have more control over their bodies, behaviors, emotions, and choices.

In this lesson, students will hear the story "The Way I Act" and complete two activities connected to the story. They will practice mindful breathing and explore how to have more control over their bodies, behaviors, emotions, and choices.

Second Grade

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Training Our Puppy Mind

Lesson Plan

Training Our Puppy Mind

Second Grade

In this lesson, students will practice mindfulness and learn how our minds can be like a puppy. They will learn that we can use mindfulness to train our wandering minds by bringing our thoughts back to our bodies, breathing, or sounds.

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Training Our Puppy Mind

Lesson Plan

Training Our Puppy Mind

In this lesson, students will practice mindfulness and learn how our minds can be like a puppy. They will learn that we can use mindfulness to train our wandering minds by bringing our thoughts back to our bodies, breathing, or sounds.

Second Grade

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Mindfulness: The Present Moment

Lesson Plan

Mindfulness: The Present Moment

Pre-K

Mindfulness 101! Students focus on the present moment using their senses to observe what is happening right now. They are introduced to the idea that mindfulness is about paying attention to the present.

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Mindfulness: The Present Moment

Lesson Plan

Mindfulness: The Present Moment

Mindfulness 101! Students focus on the present moment using their senses to observe what is happening right now. They are introduced to the idea that mindfulness is about paying attention to the present.

Are you a bucket filler? Children with good social skills lift each other up with compliments and praise, instead of put downs and negative comments. Use this lesson to teach your students about bucket filling and how to compliment others.

Are you a bucket filler? Children with good social skills lift each other up with compliments and praise, instead of put downs and negative comments. Use this lesson to teach your students about bucket filling and how to compliment others.

In this lesson, students will read the story My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss, and reflect on the many different feelings we may experience. They will use body maps to color in where they may feel different emotions in their body.

In this lesson, students will read the story My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss, and reflect on the many different feelings we may experience. They will use body maps to color in where they may feel different emotions in their body.

A calm jar works as a visual reminder when teaching emotional regulation techniques. In this lesson, students will practice mindfulness of emotions and create a class calm jar together as a class.

A calm jar works as a visual reminder when teaching emotional regulation techniques. In this lesson, students will practice mindfulness of emotions and create a class calm jar together as a class.

In this lesson, students will create a paper chain based on their greatest strengths and attributes. They will also work with peers to share and identify each other's strengths.

In this lesson, students will create a paper chain based on their greatest strengths and attributes. They will also work with peers to share and identify each other's strengths.

Fourth Grade

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2nd - 4th Grade Social Emotional Learning Common Core Educational Resources for 'school basics book'

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