Growth Mindset/SEL

COMPASSION LESSON IDEAS and ACTIVITIES for upper elementary morning meetings or social emotional learning: Your 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students will be exposed to a literature-rich environment that encourages personal improvement, character development, community building, teaching themes in literature and ELA skills. Suggested read materials will engage your students in compassion related lessons and promote character education.

Teaching students to persevere through challenges, find motivation from within, and set/work towards goals can help them become more successful in our classrooms and in their everyday lives. Check out this list of diverse picture books perfect for your morning meeting, social-emotional lessons, and responsive classroom practices to teach your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade upper elementary students these important life skills of perseverance, intrinsic motivation, and goal-setting...

Create an inclusive classroom community in your upper elementary classroom with my free belonging unit. Back to school is the best time to establish your expectations for classroom community and student behavior in your 3rd grade, 4th grade, or 5th grade classroom. Use these ideas and activities to build classroom community and develop a classroom climate of acceptance, individuality, and responsibility. Add this to your morning meeting or other lessons to create an inclusive environment.

Incorporating engaging responsibility activities for kids is the perfect way to teach about accountability, and this 15-day social emotional learning unit is packed with resources to make it easy! With role-playing scenarios, reflection prompts, responsibility worksheets, SEL journal pages, bulletin board materials, and Google Slides for digital learning. Perfect for morning meetings or SEL lessons, this unit streamlines your planning while helping students build responsibility and grow!

Help your students develop determination and resilience! This blog post explores how to build grit in upper elementary students through meaningful perseverance examples, real-life grit examples, and engaging classroom discussions. You’ll discover practical tips, examples of perseverance kids can relate to, and activities that show how grit helps students push through challenges. A great resource for anyone teaching grit and perseverance in a way that truly sticks!

What’s the difference between sympathy and empathy? This post breaks down the key distinctions in a clear way, with definitions, empathy vs sympathy examples, and teaching ideas. You’ll find an empathy vs sympathy worksheet, discussion prompts, and empathy vs sympathy activities to help students understand these important concepts. Plus, explore visual tools like an empathy vs sympathy poster and a worksheet that supports note-taking from the well-known sympathy vs empathy Brené Brown video.

Increase your students' responsibility and accountability in your upper elementary classroom! This blog post is packed with practical tips and engaging activities to help build these essential skills. From teaching about the 7 habits of highly accountable students to role-playing scenarios, you’ll find strategies that work for all learners. Help your students become more responsible and accountable with these effective teaching ideas!

This year long, hands on and done for you curriculum to teach social emotional learning is perfect for elementary school classrooms. It includes topics such as kindness, being a good sport, anti bullying, being helpful, volunteering, being a good friend. It includes reading lists, conversation starters, writing prompts, activities, power point lessons explaining concepts, worksheets, and vocabulary activities.

Want to blend mindfulness and social skills? You'll love this mindfulness group activity! Students work on giving and accepting compliments.

If you're looking at this product, it's likely because it's getting to be 'that time of year' again, and you're thinking about asking your students to consider the topic of new year's resolutions. This FREE inquiry study product helps them focus on the 'why' as much as the 'how', as in 'how to succeed' in keeping them, if they choose to make any. It could be a good way to focus on the coming months, in terms of school, as well as in one's personal life. Start off strongly!

Wondering how to teach empathy to kids in a meaningful way? This post shares 10 powerful empathy classroom activities that really work! From engaging lessons and role-playing empathy scenarios to empathy quotes and compassion activities, these ideas are perfect for building empathy in the classroom. If you're looking for creative ideas on how to teach kids about empathy, this post offers practical, ready-to-use strategies to help students understand and show empathy in everyday situations.

Teaching respect, honesty, and gratitude in the classroom requires these social-emotional learning lessons and hands-on activities for kids.

Explore the 5 conflict styles and discover how to manage conflicts effectively! Learn about different conflict management styles to improve communication and problem-solving. Giving students the knowledge of when and how to use each conflict handling style can make a significant difference in fostering a positive and inclusive classroom environment. Perfect for teachers, parents, and students, this guide offers practical tips and strategies for handling conflicts calmly and constructively.

Videos on life lessons make a great addition to any social emotional learning lesson. So try including these SEL videos in your next lesson! Our videos cover a range of topics and help teach high school students important life lessons and advice for getting through the issues teen face growing up.

Help your middle school students build healthy friendships and manage peer conflict with this engaging Valentine’s Day-Themed Friendship & Conflict Mini Lesson! Includes a classroom lesson plan, student worksheet, and a print-and-cut conversation heart activity. Perfect for school counselors or teachers teaching SEL, communication skills, and relationship-building.