3rd - 7th Grade Social Emotional Learning Common Core Educational Resources

Use this reflective writing worksheet to encourage a growth mindset in students and strengthen important social emotional skills!

Children build their understanding of synonyms in this SEL-meets-vocabulary worksheet.

Help students make body-mind connections by creating an emotions body map! They'll use different colors to signal different emotions, then color in the parts of the body to show where they feel each emotion.

Students read background information about May as Mental Health Awareness Month and then respond to reflective questions.

Help your child make sense of their feelings by creating an emotions wheel. Students will reflect on a time when they have felt each of the emotions listed around the wheel, then they will create drawings to illustrate those times.

Encourage students to explore the notion of identity with this reflective writing and drawing prompt!

Write a heartfelt letter to someone who has impacted your life with this SEL writing prompt for middle grades!

Get students thinking deeply about their personality traits with this engaging reflective writing prompt!

Learners offer advice to a younger version of themselves in this engaging reflective writing activity.

Help students practice seeing and understanding through others' eyes by participating in scenarios that illustrate different points of view. Students will work in groups to understand and discuss the differing perspectives that arise in difficult situatio

After reading The Way I Act by Steve Metzger, students can apply what they have learned about making healthy choices by choosing and completing two activities from this choice board.

Use the Care for the Earth worksheet to have students practice conservation for a week, then reflect on how small changes can create a big impact on the planet.

Use the How to Use Kind Words worksheet to teach students the steps to take in using kind words with others, then have them practice while interacting with each other.

Children will select from a word bank of descriptive emotion words to write about their feelings, then use them to create a unique word search puzzle.

After completing S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, allow students to connect to the theme of identity with this engaging reflection activity! 

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.

Use the Teaching Others to STOP worksheet to introduce students to the STOP mindfulness method, then have them creatively teach STOP to someone else.

Children will go on a nature walk and observe their surroundings, then write a letter to nature, in this two-page mindfulness worksheet.

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.

Use the Mentors: Mindfulness of Anger worksheet to have students teach others how mindfulness can help them cope with anger.

Get kids in the holiday spirit by practicing 30 Days of Gratitude! This activity is perfect for November, but can also be done year-round.

Use this bubble chart to brainstorm your favorite superhero's real strengths.

Use this worksheet to have students write a love letter to the Earth, expressing their love and gratitude for our giving planet.

Children will create their own “best self” journal to log moments where they have been at their best. They are guided to find inspiring quotes and images, decorate their journal, and use the provided prompts to get them started on their journaling.

With a tendency to focus on the negative, it's helpful to learn how to cultivate feelings of positivity, joy, and calmness. Children will practice seeing the bright side as a way to improve self-awareness, manage stress, and build social emotional skills.

This social emotional worksheet helps students develop an understanding of the word "integrity." Students will reflect on what it means to be honest with ourselves and with others by keeping promises and making healthy choices.

Use the Food Conservation Poster worksheet to get students to create a poster including statistics about food waste and the importance of food conservation.

Use the Thank You, Trees worksheet to have students spend quiet time reflecting in nature. Then, they will write a letter and thank a tree for all that it provides.

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

There are so many activities and talents that you have not yet discovered for yourself! In this social emotional learning worksheet, students will brainstorm activities they love and things they would be interested in learning or trying.