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Empower your middle school classroom with our comprehensive "Empathy Lesson Plan," expertly crafted for teachers focusing on Social Emotional Learning (SEL), character education, and behavior improvement. This versatile resource is designed to resonate with students across all subjects, including Special Education and intervention programs. This is the perfect lesson set for the new school year of 2024!

What's Inside?

• Engaging Empathy Video & Discussion Prompt: Start your class with an inspiring video about empathy, followed by thought-provoking questions to engage students right away.
• Differentiated Reading Texts: Includes leveled texts on empathy featuring Fred Rogers, Malala Yousafzai, and Doctors Without Borders, perfect for 4th, 6th, and 8th-grade reading levels. Each story exemplifies empathy in a relatable and inspiring way, tailored for diverse learning needs.
• Reflection Writing Prompt: Encourage deep thinking with a text-to-self connection writing prompt, helping students relate the lessons of empathy to their own lives.
• 'Walk in My Shoes' Coloring Activity: A creative exercise where students share aspects of their lives and perspectives, promoting empathy and understanding among classmates.
• Empathy Interviews: Foster meaningful conversations with guided empathy interviews, allowing students to explore and understand each other's experiences and emotions.

Key Features:

• Behavior and Character Development Focus: This resource is specially designed to address classroom behaviors by nurturing positive character traits through empathy.
• Adaptable Across All Subjects: Ideal for middle school teachers of various subjects, looking to integrate character education into their curriculum.
• Ready-to-Use: No prep needed, available in easy-to-use formats, perfect for busy educators. Choose between a print-and-go PDF or an editable Google Slides version.

Perfect for creating a more empathetic, understanding, and supportive classroom environment, this lesson plan is an essential tool for enhancing student behavior and emotional intelligence. Whether you're resetting for a new school year, dealing with challenging behaviors, or aiming to strengthen your students' character, this empathy-focused resource is tailored to make your teaching experience more impactful and rewarding.

Check out the other resources in this series:

• Character Education Middle School: Teamwork SEL digital lesson, video, writing (TeachShare.com)
• Character Education Middle School: Resilience 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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Supercharge your classroom energy with our Interactive Students' Feedback Worksheets! Specially crafted for teachers, these engaging activities are the perfect antidote to end-of-year blahs.

Here's how your students will win:

• **Lights, Camera, Feedback! : Interactive exercises spark creativity and reflection, making feedback sessions fun and memorable.
• **Goodbye, Boring Forms! : **Explore a variety of exciting themes and formats that keep students engaged until the very last day.
• **Level Up Your Voice! ️ : Promote student agency by giving them a platform to share their thoughts and experiences.

Teachers, you'll love:

• **Actionable Insights! : Gain valuable feedback to improve your teaching for next year.
• **Easy to Use! ✅ : A range of formats means you can find the perfect fit for your class.
• **End the Year on a High! : Wrap up the school year with positive energy and a celebration of learning!

Don't settle for dull surveys! Transform feedback sessions into memorable experiences with our innovative resources. Elevate your teaching toolkit TODAY with Interactive Students' Feedback Worksheets!

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Encourage empathy, gratitude, and kindness by having students complete these black and white cards to make and give for appreciating teachers. Includes: Many variations of foldable cards Directions Diverse ethnicities Black and white images to color Spaces for written messages Quotes pages (use alone or as inside of cards) Increase emotional intelligence skills with these reflective make and give cards. Use for ELA centers, building character education, critical thinking, fact based writing, and writing process. Great for Teacher Appreciation Week!

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.

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

• 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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• You can print as many copies as you want.

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Empower your middle schoolers to understand and combat bullying with this comprehensive novel study centered around "The Bully in the Mirror." This engaging story follows Jayden, a student who uses bullying to mask his own insecurities, as he embarks on a journey of self-discovery and learns the power of empathy and change.

This ready-to-use resource provides everything you need to guide your students through a meaningful exploration of the story's themes, including:

• Chapter-by-chapter summaries and analysis: Deepen comprehension and encourage critical thinking.
• Engaging discussion questions: Spark thoughtful conversations about bullying, empathy, personal growth, and the importance of support systems.
• Varied writing prompts: Inspire creative writing and encourage students to connect with the story on a personal level.
• Project-based learning activities: Foster deeper understanding through hands-on projects like designing anti-bullying campaigns, creating soundtracks, and conducting interviews.
• Vocabulary building exercises: Expand students' vocabulary with key terms related to the story's themes.

"The Bully in the Mirror" novel study unit is perfect for:

• Language Arts and Reading classes
• Advisory or Homeroom periods
• Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum
• Bullying prevention initiatives

This resource is designed to:

• Enhance reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.
• Spark meaningful discussions about bullying and its impact.
• Cultivate empathy and understanding among students.
• Encourage self-reflection and personal growth.
• Provide a framework for creating a more positive and supportive classroom environment.

Give your students the tools they need to recognize, understand, and combat bullying with this impactful and engaging novel study unit. Download "The Bully in the Mirror" today!

This counselor resource is a great card game to help introduce and reinforce learning about coping and calming strategies. These are a great way to start or finish a group counseling session!

Add this resource to your counseling resource toolbox today!

HOW TO PLAY

1.Simply pass out the cards to all the players individually.

2.Encourage everyone to sit in a circle.

3.Pick one player to go first.

4.They are to read one of their cards. For example, “I have Breathing. Who has Exercise?”

5.The next person who has the Exercise card reads their card and so forth.

6.Play continues until all of the cards are read.

7.If you want to make this more challenging, you can time the game and see if you can break your own record!

Simply cut, laminate and keep these cards for a long time! There are a total of 20 cards.

This is all about making learning about coping and calming strategies fun!

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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.

What do you get?

1 directions slide

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

Files included:

· Teacher & Student Resources

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

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

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

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

Approximate Lesson Duration:

· 1 (50 minute) class period

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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.

Whether you're an AVID teacher looking to enhance your classroom community or simply looking for a fun and engaging way to get your students excited about learning the AVID Clap Google Slides Presentation is a perfect choice. Download now and start building a stronger, more supportive classroom environment today!

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15 AVID Clap Google Slides

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Digital Writing Prompts for Growth Mindset - Fun and Engaging!

Post the link in Google Classroom, or project the link so your students can make a copy of this Google Slides presentation.

The students open the Google Slides Document “Copy of Growth Mindset Journal” from their Google Drive.

Don't want to use a digital copy? Print the included PDF for your kids!

Each Journal is 10 pages - a total of 20 slides for both the digital and print copy.

Each month the students complete one slide of the Growth Mindset Journal. This can be done in one day, or one section of the journal each week. Instructions for each slide are in the notes section of Google Slides.

At the end of the year, you can print each student’s journal so they can have a hard copy.

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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.

This lesson comes with a great icebreaker to set the stage, while providing a fun and interactive activity to truly test the classes knowledge of one another. All of my middle school classes have LOVED this activity so far and it has sparked a ton of conversation and connections! All you will need is a small piece of paper for each student and you're all set for a fun, interactive SEL lesson that focuses on community building, friendships, and connectedness + belonging! Enjoy.

The power of Values Education and character building are essential parts of a student's life because they help shape who we are and how we treat others. Learning about respect, honesty, and kindness helps students understand the importance of making good choices and being responsible. By using affirmations and mottos, students can reflect on their thoughts and feelings, reminding themselves of their goals and the kind of person they want to be.

Included in this product are:

* A list of Affirmations

* "Mottos to Live By" list

* Worksheet to write and illustrate students' mottos or affirmations

* Brainstorming worksheet: "Ideas I am Curious About Investigating"

* "Using your creativity" ideas list

* "Butterfly A Day" coloring and activity

* "Match Game" Vocabulary Game (values such as empathy, accountability, and perseverance

* Take Home Vocabulary Study Sheet

* Values vocabulary quiz

* A "Reflections" worksheet for students to discuss their own experiences

* Kindness Cards for peers and teachers

* Suggested booklist on Kindness

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)

Growth Mindset Interactive Activity | Growth Mindset | Fixed Mindset

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ABOUT THIS RESOURCE

★ Growth Mindset Partner Interactive Activity

★ 25 pages

★ Topic - Growth Mindset

★ Print and Digital

★ Suitable for all grades

This resource includes:

---- 12 Growth Mindset Partner Sticky Notes Activity Worksheets

---- Google Slide Link

Engage your students in a fun, collaborative activity with a partner and sticky notes! This resource includes 12 worksheets that come in 2 variations. Each worksheet contains two Fixed Mindset statements where students will work in pairs to change to Growth Mindset statements. For each Fixed Mindset statement, students write two Growth Mindset statements. This activity not only provides students with opportunities to exhibit a Growth Mindset , but can help them to think positive in every situation and adjust negative thoughts.

❤️ Worksheet Variation #1 - Worksheets come without Post-It Graphics. Students can use real post- its when completing these activities.

❤️ Worksheet Variation #2 - Worksheets contain Post-It Graphics. No need to use "real" post-its when completing these activities.

Posting this activity on your bulletin board will enhance the overall appearance of your classroom!

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This product is also included in Google Slides! Text boxes have already been created to make it easier for you and your students! Each slide includes two instruction solution tabs for when students accidentally delete text boxes and when they want to zoom in (to enlarge worksheets). It's super helpful for students who are not that familiar with how to use Google Slides or need the extra assistance.

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Other GROWTH MINDSET resources you might be interested in:

• Growth Mindset BUNDLE
• Growth Mindset Activity Worksheets and Answer Keys
• Growth Mindset and Mindfulness Lesson Plan BUNDLE
• Growth Mindset Lesson Plan and PowerPoint Packet
• Mindfulness Lesson Plan and PowerPoint Packet
• Growth Mindset Text Messaging
• Growth Mindset Quote Analysis Packet
• Growth Mindset Scenario Task Cards and Worksheet Packet
• Growth Mindset Reflection Questions Task Cards Packet
• Growth Mindset Bookmarks
• Growth Mindset Sticky Note Worksheets

Growth Mindset POSTERS

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---- Growth Mindset Posters Volume 1: (Colorful)

---- Growth Mindset Posters Volume 2: (Black and Blue)

---- Growth Mindset Posters Volume 3: (Colored Pencils)

---- Growth Mindset Posters Volume 4: (Black and White)

---- Growth Mindset Poster Bundle (Volumes 1-4)

---- Growth Mindset Vocabulary Word Wall/Bulletin Board

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