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Kickstart the new 2024 school year with "Character Traits Middle School: Resilience" designed specifically for middle school students (Grades 4-8). This comprehensive resource beautifully blends Social Emotional Learning (SEL) principles with growth mindset strategies, focusing on the key character trait of resilience. If you're ready to update your behavior management plan, this might be the lesson for you!

What's Inside?

• Interactive Google Slides: No need to print, students can engage in this activity from their devices!
• Differentiated Texts: Engaging, leveled reading materials for Grades 4-8 about people who have shown resilience in real life (Thomas Edison, J.K Rowling, Lizzie Velazquez)
• Resilience Video: Begin the lesson with an engaging video and writing prompts.
• Interactive Role-Play Scenarios: Group activities to practice resilience in real-life situations.
• Creative Mind Mapping Exercises: Visual aids to explore and connect ideas about resilience.
• Dual Format: Available as a printable PDF and an editable Google Slides resource.
• Lesson Plan: Google Doc, time-stamped lesson plan included!
• Poster: Resilience poster for your classroom!

Our toolkit offers a unique blend of differentiated texts, ensuring that students of various reading levels can participate and learn effectively. The interactive role-playing activities encourage group engagement, helping students to understand and practice resilience in real-life scenarios.

Enhance the learning experience with our innovative mind-mapping activity. This creative approach allows students to visually connect concepts and ideas about resilience, fostering deeper understanding and retention.

We understand the importance of flexible teaching methods. Hence, our toolkit comes in two formats: a printer-friendly PDF for a tech-free classroom experience and a Google Slides version where students can engage digitally, typing directly into the resource.

Who is this for? Ideal for middle school teachers (Grades 4-8) looking to integrate Social Emotional Learning into their curriculum. This toolkit is especially beneficial for educators focusing on character development, resilience building, and fostering a growth mindset in their students. It's a versatile resource for both in-person and digital classroom settings.

Perfect for the beginning of the school year, our Resilience Toolkit is an essential addition to your classroom resources, aiding in the development of resilient, confident, and emotionally intelligent young individuals.

Check out another character education lesson: Character Education Middle School: Teamwork SEL digital lesson, video, writing (TeachShare.com)

Family is one of the most important relationships in life. Learning and understanding the role of each family member, their contribution and the way they communicate are essential in keeping family relationships happy, healthy and harmonious.

This mini-lesson includes activities on appreciating family members, recognising the importance of family traditions,learning and understanding the importance of responsibilities towards family members, learning to address family issues and recognising the importance of effective communication. Lecture on family conflicts and how to improve communication to family members are also included. Processing questions are included to facilitate better learning experiences

Social Scenarios Worksheets for High School SEL | Problem-Solving and Conflict Resolution Activities

About This Resource

**★ Topic - **Socially Awkward Situations

**★ **Activity Worksheets

**★ **6 pages

**★ **Print and Digital

**★ **Suitable for Middle School and High School

**★ **Social Emotional Learning

**★ **Detailed Suggested Responses included

This resource includes:

**★ 2 ***Socially Awkward Situations *Worksheets

**★ 2 **Bulletin Board Task Display Pages to choose from (to display with student work on Bulletin Boards)

**★ **Sample Responses

**★ **Google Slide link

Help your high school students develop essential social-emotional learning (SEL) skills with this engaging resource featuring two printable worksheets packed with real-life awkward social scenarios. Each worksheet contains five realistic social situations that teens may encounter in their daily lives, along with space for students to brainstorm possible responses and choose the best course of action.

These worksheets encourage students to reflect on their social interactions, emotional intelligence, and decision-making skills. The resource also includes detailed answer keys to help guide classroom discussions and provide teachers with insights into each scenario’s ideal responses.

What's Included:

✅ Two worksheets, each with 5 unique, relatable scenarios

✅ Comprehensive answer keys with suggested responses for each scenario
✅ Two bulletin board display pages to showcase student work as soon as they finish! Perfect for saving time and creating a polished, eye-catching display!

❌ Lesson plans are not included. This product can be used in addition to your own lesson plans and in such a way that best meets the needs of your students.

Key Topics Covered:

✔️ Navigating awkward social situations
✔️ Problem-solving and conflict resolution
✔️ Respectful communication and empathy
✔️ Developing healthy relationships
✔️ Building confidence in social settings

These scenarios are perfect for SEL lessons, advisory periods, or life skills classes. The relatable, real-life situations will resonate with high school students and prompt meaningful discussions on handling difficult social interactions with empathy and respect.

Whether you're teaching social-emotional learning, life skills, or personal development, this resource is an excellent tool to boost your students' interpersonal skills while keeping them engaged in relevant, practical exercises.

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"The Kindness Crew Readers Theatre Script: A Heartwarming Lesson in Kindness"

Get your students tuned into the power of kindness in your classroom with this 'The Kindness Crew' Readers Theatre Script. This funny and heartwarming script is an engaging and entertaining way to teach students the invaluable lesson of kindness and empathy.

In this Readers Theatre script, your students will meet the unique characters of the Kindness Crew: Charlie, Grace and Emma, as they embark on a mission to teach Zog, an alien from Planet Meany, about the importance of kindness.

Through a series of humorous and heartwarming scenes, your students will witness the transformation of Zog from a misunderstood alien to a kind and compassionate friend.

Key Features:

• Educational and Entertaining: This script combines education and entertainment seamlessly, making it an ideal teaching tool. It's perfect for enhancing social emotional learning (SEL) in the classroom.

• Character Development: The characters in the script are relatable and well developed, allowing your students to connect with them on a personal level.

• Engaging Dialogue: The witty and heartwarming dialogue keeps students engaged and eager to see what happens next, making it an excellent choice for classroom readings and performances.

• Literacy centres or social emotional learning lessons: Perfect to integrated into your literacy centres or your social emotional learning lessons!

• Lesson on Kindness: The central theme of kindness is woven throughout the readers theatre script, imparting a valuable life lesson to young minds.

• Perfect for Years 3 - 7: Suitable for middle - upper elementary and middle school students, this script can be adapted for various grade levels, ensuring that every student can benefit from its message of kindness.

• Easy to Use: All you need to do is print, staple and go!

By using 'The Kindness Crew' Readers Theatre Script you can create a positive and inclusive classroom environment while promoting important values such as kindness, empathy, and friendship. Your students will not only enjoy the entertaining story but will also gain a deeper understanding of the impact of their own kindness on the world around them.

Simply download, print, staple and you're good to go! Woo hoo!

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Is peer pressure pushing your students in the right direction, or leading them astray?

This interactive activity equips students (grades 6 - 12) to navigate the tricky world of peer pressure!

Here's what you get:

• 39 engaging scenarios: Covering both positive and negative peer pressure situations (think: joining a study group vs. ditching class).
• Good or bad? Analyze it! Students will dissect each scenario, explaining the pressure involved and its potential consequences.
• Spark discussions, ignite learning: Perfect for individual reflection or lively group debates. ️
• Benefits for students: Develop critical thinking, decision-making skills, and build confidence to say no. ✅
• Teacher bonus! Create your own custom scenarios with the blank template to keep things fresh.

This activity is a goldmine for:

• Health Class discussions on social influences and healthy choices.
• Language Arts Class to analyze persuasive tactics and communication skills.
• Character Development exercises across subjects.

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A fun, interactive way to introduce classmates to one another. These two Bingo-like sheets have squares labeled "Find Someone Who...has a pet, has a hobby, has traveled out of state" and much more. Easy to customize to your students' interests and needs. Each square includes a place for name, email, and cell phone number/contact info. Great for Study Buddies and peer tutoring!

This Enneagram Test Resource is for middle and high school students to learn about their personality type and results. It includes an introduction, test instructions, reflection worksheets, type analysis pages, personal growth plans, and activities for understanding relationships.

Teachers can use it anytime during the school year for personality studies or social-emotional learning.

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Help the girls in your classroom or home develop emotional awareness and self-regulation with this fun, engaging emotions chart! This resource is designed specifically for girls to check in on their feelings, learn to identify emotions, and find healthy ways to manage them. Perfect for fostering emotional intelligence, this chart is ideal for teachers, counselors, and parents looking to support young girls in their social-emotional growth.

What’s Included:

• Daily Feelings Check-In Chart: A fun, interactive way for girls to express their emotions each day.
• Emotional Regulation Strategies: Simple techniques and strategies to help manage and understand different emotions.
• Empowering Visuals and Positive Language: Beautiful designs that girls will love, featuring affirmations and encouraging prompts.

Why You'll Love It:

• Builds Self-Awareness: Encourages girls to recognize and label their emotions, a crucial step in emotional development.
• Promotes Emotional Resilience: Helps girls learn ways to cope with their feelings in a healthy, positive way.
• Easy to Use: Perfect for classroom settings, small groups, or at home.

Fun mandala coloring pages to print at home ! Take a look at our huge range of designs, from beautiful flower mandala patterns to Teacher Appreciation mandalas, holiday-themed designs, intricate geometric mandalas, and many more! We invite you to create something beautiful and restore your inner calm with one of our printable mandalas.

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• 30 coloring pages ( PDF + PNG )

• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys, girls, and teens

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The Online Trap - A Comprehensive Cyberbullying Unit for Grades 5-8

Engage your students in a meaningful exploration of cyberbullying and digital citizenship with "The Online Trap," a comprehensive unit designed for grades 5-8. This powerful resource centers around an original, thought-provoking story that follows the journey of Samantha, a creative and kind-hearted student who faces the challenges of cyberbullying. As students dive into the story, they will develop a deeper understanding of the impact of online harassment, the importance of self-advocacy, and the power of resilience and empathy.

The unit includes:

• An analysis of themes.
• The complete story, "The Online Trap," in a printable format for easy distribution to students.
• A set of 10 discussion questions that encourage critical thinking and reflective conversations about the story's themes, including empathy, bystander intervention, digital footprint, and more.
• Five unique writing prompts that allow students to explore various perspectives and experiences related to cyberbullying, from personal narratives to persuasive essays.
• A collection of 10 engaging projects and assignments that extend the learning beyond the story. These include developing a digital citizenship campaign, creating a podcast series, conducting research on cyberbullying, and organizing a kindness challenge.
• A 20-word vocabulary table that supports language development and enhances comprehension of the story and related concepts.

By integrating "The Online Trap" into your curriculum, you will be providing your students with a safe and structured space to explore the complex issues surrounding cyberbullying. The unit's thought-provoking discussions, writing exercises, and projects will help students develop crucial social-emotional skills, such as empathy, resilience, and responsible decision-making, while fostering a positive and inclusive classroom environment.

This comprehensive unit is designed to be flexible and adaptable to your classroom's unique needs. Whether you choose to use the entire unit or select specific components to complement your existing curriculum, "The Online Trap" offers a valuable opportunity to engage your students in meaningful conversations and activities that promote digital citizenship and social-emotional learning.

10 page document which includes various scenarios to brainstorm, discuss and explore individual values, potential responses and a sense of wrong and right.

This document helps to explore individual differences as well as reflect upon what may be perceived as the right/wrong responses as well as potential consequences of actions.

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Do you teach a college and career course? Are you an AVID teacher or maybe a counselor? Are your students needing to enhance their academic career with extracurricular activities? Then this product is for you! Your students will move around the room and form different groups while discussing 10 important questions related to extracurricular and involvement activities. Get your students excited about clubs and sports they could join to enhance their academic career.

Directions:

• Students walk around the room to music.
• When the music stops students get into a group with however many people are listed in the corner of the slide.
• Each member says their name and answers the question shown.
• Each time students must meet with new people until everyone has been met with.

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10 questions related to extracurricular and involvement activities

10 walk/transition slides

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In this lesson, students learn about Red Ribbon Week as they complete a WebQuest (Internet Scavenger Hunt) to answer questions about the topic. A complete answer key is provided for easy grading, along with resources for both teachers and students. Two versions of the WebQuest are included to let teachers print the questions or to provide them digitally as an interactive page in an editable Microsoft PowerPoint file.  Additionally, a word search puzzle (with answer key) is included to use for early finishers or as a part of the lesson.

This lesson was designed for middle school (grades 6-8) but could be used in upper elementary as well.

Materials Required:

· Computers with Internet access for each student (or pair of students)

· Software such as Microsoft Word or Google Docs

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· Teacher & Student Resources

· WebQuest questions for students - print and digital versions (editable)

· WebQuest Answer Key (non-editable, .pdf)

· Word Search Puzzle (non-editable, .pdf)

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This AVID Claps Google Slides Presentation is the perfect addition to your classroom to foster a sense of community and support for your students. This presentation includes 15 unique AVID claps, each featuring a different chant with an accompanying image that students can learn and follow along with.

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Thanksgiving is here. We're thankful for, and show gratitude for, many people, places and things in our lives. Students will find and circle the people and things that they are thankful for in their lives with this Thanksgiving-themed Word Search Puzzle! A great way to start a discussion with your students.

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Encourage Acts of Kindness with this cute poster, tracking chart, and postcard set. This is perfect to build a community of students that are excited to care for one another! Check out the preview! ***************************************************************************** More Great Products from Kile's Classroom Regions of the United State Research Project. Interactive Word Wall. Reading Logs for a Full Year. Burlap Classroom Decor. ***************************************************************************** Customer Tips: How to get TeachShare credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TeachShare gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: strong> • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Voila! You will now receive email updates about this store. ☺ *************************************************************************

This set introduces the power of empathy, social-emotional learning, social skills, growth mindset, character education, coping strategies, and self-awareness. Our Empathy Scenario Task Cards provide a comprehensive and enriching experience that nurtures children's empathy, compassion, and positive social interactions. Let us embark on this journey together, cultivating a generation of individuals who embrace empathy and make a positive difference in the world.

The Book of... sometimes ridiculous but also sometimes funny and waaaay better than doing coursework... Icebreakers! This ice break collection can be used for all school aged children and gives a wide variety of options for different classroom personalities and expectations!

Instill a love of learning and a growth mindset in students with this creatively designed coloring book! This 30-page digital download features unique growth mindset quotes embedded into artful imagery perfect for coloring.

Filled with inspirational sayings like "Challenges help me grow," "I can do hard things," and "My effort leads to success," this coloring book promotes a positive mindset around effort, persistence, and viewing challenges as opportunities to learn.

Designed for elementary students but suitable for any age, this coloring book is ideal for:

*Morning work or bell ringers to set an intention for the day

*"Brain breaks" to reset focus during testing days

*Counseling and SEL lessons on mindfulness and resilience

*Independent art time when students need self-directed activities

With thought-provoking quotes and space for students to add their own creative color, this growth mindset coloring book is perfect for classrooms, counseling offices, intervention services, and more!