$10 - $20 7th Grade Social Emotional Learning Lesson (by date, oldest first)

Growth Mindset Lesson | Growth Mindset Activities | Growth Mindset PowerPoint

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• Growth Mindset BUNDLE
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• ELA/SEL MEGA BUNDLE

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ABOUT THIS RESOURCE

• Topic - Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset
• Total of 56 pages
• 34 pages (Lesson and Worksheets)
• 22 PowerPoint Slides (uneditable due to copyright purposes)
• Print and Digital
• Suitable for Middle and High School Students
• Includes an editable hardcopy lesson plan
• Absolutely no prep time needed
• SEL - related resource

This resource includes:

---- Detailed, Step-by-step Lesson Plan

---- EDITABLE Lesson Plan version (Modify as you wish)

---- PowerPoint (22 slides)

---- Do Now Worksheet

---- DIFFERENTIATED Do Now Worksheet

---- Guided Practice Worksheet

---- Video #1 Worksheet and Answer Key

---- Video #2 Answer Question Worksheet and Answer Key

---- Formative Assessment Worksheet (Answer Key embedded in Lesson Plan)

---- Groupwork Worksheet and Answer Key

---- Final Assessment Worksheet

---- DIFFERENTIATED Final Assessment Worksheet

---- Final Assessment RUBRIC

---- Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Final Assessment

---- 2 Reflection Sheets (Groups and Self Reflection Sheets)

---- 2 Growth Mindset Bookmarks

---- Growth vs. Fixed Mindset Colorful Overview Handout

---- 2 Video Links

---- 2 Google Slide Links (Lesson Worksheets and PowerPoint)

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✅ This detailed, step-by-step Growth Mindset Lesson Plan and PowerPoint Packet contains a variety of worksheets, assessments, videos, and activities to teach the concept of Fixed vs. Growth Mindset and support your students' development of a growth mindset. It provides clear, step-by-step teacher directions and visuals to help facilitate the lesson and engage students in a variety of activities associated with a Growth vs. Fixed Mindset. (You just can’t get lost!)

✅ Some worksheets include differentiated versions to meet the learning needs of different level students.

✅ ANSWER KEYS for all parts of the lesson are included!

✅ LESSON POWERPOINT (PowerPoint and Digital)

This resource also includes 22 graphic, student friendly, fun-looking PowerPoint slides that cover EVERY aspect of the Growth Mindset lesson. The PowerPoint is also included in Google Slides, in which you can review online or share with your students.

✅ There are two videos related to Growth Mindset included in the lesson with supplemental activities and worksheets. Using the worksheets and keys provided, you can set students a "Purpose for Listening" when watching these videos. The video links are provided in the Lesson Plan.

✅ There is one Formative Assessment and one Final Assessment (also differentiated to meet the needs of different level learners in your classroom). The Final Assessment comes with a clear, student-friendly rubric and beautifully created Bulletin Board Task Display Page to showcase student work!

✅ Additionally, there are two Reflection Sheets - Groupwork Reflection Sheet and Lesson Reflection Sheet - for students to reflect about their experiences and learning with both the lesson and their collaborative sessions with peers.

✅ You have everything you need to score the Final Assessments, and display on bulletin boards with the Bulletin Board Task Display Page, Rubric, and Reflection Sheets!

✅ Finally, included are two beautifully created growth mindset bookmarks that you can reward students with after engaging in all activities!

✅ Both the lesson worksheets and PowerPoint are 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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If you like this resource, you may also be interested in:

• Self-Care Lesson and PowerPoint Packet
• Self-Care Activity Worksheets
• Self-Care SCENARIOS
• Self-Care Questions Packet
• Mindfulness Lesson Plan and PowerPoint PACKET
• Growth Mindset and Mindfulness Lesson BUNDLE

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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

---- Motivational Water Color Growth Mindset Posters

---- 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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Empathy Lesson Plan | Empathy Worksheets | Empathy Activities | Empathy Lesson

ABOUT THIS RESOURCE

★ 2 LESSON VARIATIONS - Mature and Cartoonish Graphics!

★ Topic - Empathy / Social Awareness

★ Resource Type: Lesson Plan, PowerPoint Presentation, and Activity Worksheets

★ Print and Digital (PDF and Google Slides)

★ 116 pages (including Lesson Plan, Worksheets, Keys, PowerPoint Slides)

★ Suitable for grades 6-9

★ Excellent for ANY subject area!

★ Answer Keys included

★ SEL-related topic

This resource includes 2 VARIATIONS of the following items:

------ POWERPOINT (22 slides / Uneditable)

------ Detailed Lesson Plan (3 full pages)

------ EDITABLE Lesson Plan (3 full pages)

------ Quick Write Writing Prompt Worksheet (Higher-Level)

------ Differentiated Quick Write Writing Prompt Worksheet (Lower-Level)

------ Quick Write Writing Prompt Worksheet ANSWER KEY

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Quick Write Worksheet

------ Empathy Note-Taking Sheet

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Note-Taking Sheet

------ Mini Lesson Follow Along Worksheet and ANSWER KEY

------ Guided Practice Worksheet and ANSWER KEY

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Guided Practice Worksheet

------ Formative Assessment (Empathy Word Web) and ANSWER KEY

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Empathy Word Web Worksheet

------ Pair Activity #1 Worksheet (What Would You Do?) and ANSWER KEY

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for What Would You Do? Worksheet

------ Pair Activity #2 Worksheet (Empathetic vs. Non-empathetic Responses) and ANSWER KEY

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Empathetic vs. Non-empathetic Responses Worksheet

------ Pair Activity #3 Worksheet (Overcoming Barriers to Showing Empathy) and ANSWER KEY

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Overcoming Barriers to Showing Empathy Worksheet

------ 2 Empathy Role Playing Scenarios (Student and Teacher versions)

------ Role Playing Reflection Worksheet

------ Closing Questions Worksheet and ANSWER KEY

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Closing Questions Worksheet

------ BLANK PowerPoint Slides for you to create your own content

------ 4 Google Slide Links

DIGITAL VERSIONS (GOOGLE SLIDES)

• Lesson Plan Worksheets
• PowerPoint

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This resource 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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This is a very COMPREHENSIVE lesson that requires ABSOLUTELY NO preparation on the teacher’s part. There are supplemental lesson worksheets to help you cover ALL parts of the lesson plan from beginning to end! Included is an editable version lesson plan (3 pages), so you can modify it as you please to meet the needs of your students. (Worksheets are not editable due to copyright purposes.)

❤️ ❤️ This resource offers two Empathy lesson packets with identical content. However, one packet features mature graphics, while the other incorporates more cartoonish images. The content is designed for middle school and lower-level high school students, allowing you to choose the version that best suits your students. ❤️ ❤️

This resource focuses on noticing and understanding others’ feelings, thoughts, perspectives, and circumstances. Emphasizing real-life social scenarios, it provides a platform for students of diverse levels and abilities to hone their social skills, with a special focus on fostering EMPATHY. If students know how to empathize, they will be better students, friends, employees, community members, and leaders. The benefits of developing students’ empathy extend to all areas of life, in and beyond the classroom.

This full lesson packet teaches students the following:

✅ what empathy means, its benefits, and why it is important to show empathy.

✅ how to see situations from the perspective of others and respond appropriately.

✅ how to develop and demonstrate empathetic behaviors.

✅ identify barriers to showing empathy and strategies to overcome them.

✅ the difference between empathetic and non-empathetic responses to situations.

▶️ LESSON PLAN

✅ This resource comprises a comprehensive Lesson Plan, available in both PDF and Editable versions, offering a detailed, step-by-step guide to introduce the concept of Empathy. Supporting all segments of the lesson plan, there are accompanying lesson activity worksheets and Answer Keys.

✅ To ensure maximum accessibility and ease of use, the left side of the lesson plan features images of the activity worksheets corresponding to each section. This eliminates the need to navigate or decide which worksheets to utilize – I explicitly present the designated ones for each part of the lesson plan.

✅ Furthermore, an editable hardcopy version of the lesson plan is included, allowing you the flexibility to customize it according to the unique needs of your students.

▶️ POWERPOINT (22 slides / DIGITAL included)

This resource includes a lesson POWERPOINT that consists of 22 slides to support the delivery of the empathy lesson from start to finish. The slides contain visually appealing background paper, clipart images, and fonts to increase your students' interests. The PowerPoint is uneditable due to copyright purposes.

✅ There are TWO PowerPoint versions: one with mature graphics and the other with cartoonish graphics.

A blank PowerPoint Slide is included for you to add your own content!

▶️ LESSON WORKSHEETS and ANSWER KEYS (Print and Digital)

This resource features a comprehensive lesson PowerPoint encompassing 22 slides designed to facilitate the delivery of the empathy lesson from beginning to end. The slides incorporate visually engaging background paper, clipart images, and fonts aimed at capturing and maintaining your students' interest throughout the lesson.

Please note that the PowerPoint is not editable, as this is restricted by copyright regulations.

▶️ BULLETIN BOARD TASK DISPLAY PAGES

This resource comprises a set of 8 Bulletin Board Task Display Pages that correspond to the activities. These pages are intended for immediate use in showcasing student work upon completion.

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This resource is also included in the following discounted Bundles

• Empathy BUNDLE
• SEL Lesson Plan and PowerPoint BUNDLE
• Social Skills BUNDLE
• SEL Mega Bundle
• ELA/SEL MEGA BUNDLE

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Other Empathy resources you might be interested in:

• Empathy BUNDLE
• Empathy Lesson Plan and PowerPoint HUGE PACKET
• Empathy Scenario Task Cards and Worksheets
• Empathy Activity Worksheets

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Social Skills Lesson and Activities

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• SEL Lesson Plan and PowerPoint BUNDLE
• SEL Mega Bundle
• Social Skills and Empathy Lesson Plan and PowerPoint BUNDLE
• Social Skills BUNDLE
• ELA/SEL MEGA BUNDLE

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ABOUT THIS RESOURCE

★ Topic - Social Skills

★ Lesson Plan, PowerPoint Presentation, and Activities

★ 94 pages

★ Print and Digital

★ Suitable for Middle and high School Students

★ Lesson Duration: 2-3 days

★ PowerPoint includes 39 slides (Uneditable)

★ SEL-related topic

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This resource includes:

------ POWERPOINT (39 SLIDES / PowerPoint and Digital)

------ Step-by-Step Lesson Plan (4.5 pages – PDF)

------ Editable Hardcopy Lesson Plan version (for modifications)

------ General Note-Taking Sheet

------ Mini Lesson Note-Taking Sheet and ANSWER KEY

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Note-Taking Worksheets

------ 4 Differentiated Quick Write Worksheets

------ 3 Bulletin Board Task Display Pages for Quick Write Worksheets

------ Good vs. Poor Social Skills Worksheet and ANSWER KEY

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Good vs. Poor Social Skills Worksheet

------ 3 Differentiated Guided Practice Worksheets and ANSWER KEYS

• Evidence of Good Social Skills Scenario, Reflection Question, and KEY
• Evidence of Poor Social Skills Scenario, Reflection Question, and KEY
• Evidence of both Good and Poor Social Skills Worksheet, Reflection Question, and KEY

------ 3 Bulletin Board Task Display Pages for ALL Guided Practice Worksheets

------ 2 Differentiated Formative Assessment Worksheets and ANSWER KEY

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Formative Assessment Worksheets

------ 3 PAIR Activities and ANSWER KEYS

• Social Skills Worksheet and ANSWER KEY
• Navigating Through Socially Awkward Situations Worksheet and ANSWER KEY
• How Would You Respond Worksheet and ANSWER KEY

------ 2 Bulletin Board Task Display Pages for ALL PAIR Activity Worksheets

------ 2 End-of Lesson Assessments and ANSWER KEY

------ 2 Bulletin Board Task Display Pages for End-of-Lesson Assessments

------ 2 Assessment Rubrics (in 2 different formats totaling 4 Rubrics)

------ ANSWER KEYS for everything!!

------ Google Slide Links

DIGITAL VERSIONS (GOOGLE SLIDES)

• Lesson Plan Worksheets
• PowerPoint

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PRINT and DIGITAL versions!

All Lesson Plan Worksheets and the PowerPoint are 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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This Social Skills Lesson Plan and PowerPoint HUGE Packet is a complete, COMPREHENSIVE, no-prep resource that teaches students:

⭐ what “social skills” means

⭐ the differences between good social skills and poor social skills

⭐ the benefits of having good social skills

⭐ how to develop and practice good social skills

This HUGE packet provides LITERALLY all the materials you need to complete the entire lesson. Included are supplemental worksheets and activities that highlight real-life social scenarios and situations to help students of all levels and abilities to practice and build social skills. These highly relevant activities and scenarios expose students to skills they need to interact with others effectively, forge positive relationships, negotiate conflicts, improve social skills and behavior, and most importantly, build confidence in managing their emotions.

There is absolutely NOTHING you need to create to complete this resource.

ITEM DESCRIPTIONS

▶️ In-depth Lesson Plan (Step-by-Step Directions)

✅ This resource includes an in-depth, step-by-step lesson plan that helps you teach social skills in a fun and engaging manner. This full Social Skills Lesson Plan Packet also contains a variety of collaborative and engaging activities to enhance students’ understanding of the concept of social skills. Students will have many opportunities to practice good social skills right in their own classrooms.

✅ Most activity worksheets include ANSWER KEYS!

✅ On the left side of the lesson plan, I included a picture/image of the worksheet that you will use/distribute to students for that section of the lesson! No need to “figure out” what worksheets to use – it explicitly SHOWS you which ones to use and when!

✅ Also included is a hard copy editable lesson plan so you can modify and tailor the lesson to the needs of your students.

Topics/Information covered in this Lesson:

⭐ Break Down of the Terms "Social" and "Skills"

⭐ Personal Experiences with Social Skills

⭐ Good vs. Poor Social Skills (and examples)

⭐ Outcomes/Effects of Poor vs. Good Social Skills in Certain Situations

⭐ How Your Behavior Affects/Impacts Others

⭐ Social Skills Scenarios

⭐ Social Skills

⭐ Navigating Through Socially Awkward Situations

⭐ Text Messaging - How Would You Respond (showing good Social Skills)

⭐ Reflection

⭐ Personal Connections

▶️ PowerPoint (39 slides / Digital version included)

✅ This resource includes a PowerPoint Presentation to go with the lesson plan and consists of 39 slides that covers the entire lesson from start to finish. (Slides are uneditable due to copyright purposes.)

✅ The PowerPoint Presentation is visually appealing, contain creative clip arts, fonts, and background paper. The images appeal to diverse populations.

✅ The PowerPoint is also included in Google Slides. That means you have the freedom to share these slides with your students!

✅ Please note that the slides cannot be edited due to copyrighted graphics, fonts, background paper, etc. 

❤️ Why this Lesson PowerPoint Presentation is so unique❤️

★ It’s visually appealing as it contains amazing, diverse “urban-like” clip art images, background paper, and fonts.

★ It provides plenty of “teaching points” as well as “student contributions” slides to maintain student participation and attention.

★ There are no “nonsense” slides.

★ It LITERALLY covers ALL parts of the lesson plan, including the activities from the supplemental worksheets, so you can review them with students.

★ Included are slides for ALL PAIR activities, so you can discuss the activities and review students’ responses if you wish!

▶️ Assessments and Rubrics

✅ There is a formative assessment and ANSWER KEY when you reach the middle of the lesson to check students' understanding. Additionally, at the end of this entire social skills lesson are two different final assessments where students demonstrate their understanding of social skills. You choose which ones you want them to complete, or they can complete both – it’s up to you! Each assessment includes a Rubric.

✅ The rubrics are NOT generic; They have been created to specifically align/reflect the assessment tasks.

✅ There are two different rubrics that come in two different formats:

⭐ The first set of rubrics contain just the rubric by itself.

⭐ The second set of rubrics include the same rubric with a "Comments/Feedback" section at the bottom.

▶️ Bulletin Board Task Display Pages
Every single worksheet comes with a colorful image and task filled Bulletin Board Task Display Page!! As soon as students complete an assignment or activity, you can display their work IMMEDIATELY upon completion! Just collect, grade, and display! Super time-saver!

▶️ ANSWER KEYS
Every worksheet also comes with an Answer Key/Suggested Response Sheet. No thinking is needed on your part! The Answer Keys are detailed allowing you to deliver the lesson and PowerPoint with ease!

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You may also be interested in the following Social Skills resources:

• Social Skills BUNDLE
• Social Skills Lesson Plan and PowerPoint Packet
• Social Skills Worksheets and ANSWER KEYS Packet
• Social Skills - Dealing with Teachers PACKET
• 192 Social Skills Scenario Task Cards and 192 Worksheets BUNDLE
• 192 Social Skills Scenario Task Cards (only)
• 192 Social Skills Scenario Worksheets (only)
• Social Skills - Filtering Your Thoughts" Task Cards and Worksheets
• Thinking Before Responding Task Cards and Worksheets PACKET
• High School Drama - Teen Dating and Romantic Relationships Packet
• Social Skills Scenario Task Cards and Worksheets using SLANG Words
• Social Skills - Teen Dating and Romantic Relationships Task Cards and Worksheets BUNDLE
• Social Skills Text Messaging - How Would You Respond?
• Social Skills Differentiated Text Message Conversations
• Reading and Responding to Body Language and Social Cues

Social Skills Task Cards and Worksheets

• Bullying, Teasing, and Put-downs Task Cards and Worksheets
• Dealing with Conflicts Task Cards and Worksheets
• Effective Communication Task Cards and Worksheets
• Empathy Task Cards and Worksheets
• Friendship Task Cards and Worksheets
• Giving Advice Task Cards and Worksheets
• Good Manners Task Cards and Worksheets
• Kindness Task Cards and Worksheets
• Negotiating a Compromise Task Cards and Worksheets
• Interview Questions Task Cards and Worksheets
• Problem Solving Task Cards and Worksheets
• Apologizing Task Cards and Worksheets (Grades 2-4)
• Apologizing Packet (Grades 1-2)

Empathy resources:

• Empathy BUNDLE
• Empathy Lesson Plan and PowerPoint HUGE PACKET
• Empathy Task Cards and Worksheets
• Empathy Worksheets

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This mental health curriculum includes suggested activities and tips to support mental health education and instruction for students in 5th through 8th Grade. Depending on students ability levels, this product could be used in 4th and 9th grade as well.

What's in this product:

Mental Health Promoting Self Care and Strength Notes - This product includes a 2 page teacher guide with tips and tricks when teaching self-management - promoting self-care for mental health and overall well being, an activity that relates with self-management, and a 12 page teacher guide with tips and tricks when teaching resiliency - students will learn from adversity and become a stronger, wiser person. Students will learn about overcoming problems that have helped them to become stronger, sometimes when we have problems we get pushed down and there are different choices we can make. Those choices are reviewed in this product. Students will discuss the importance of learning life lessons, positive feedback, poor habits, and good habits. They will learn the importance of being open-minded and how being open-minded leads to change, growth, and new possibilities. Students are also presented with different words that will help them to remember to have an open mind. Students will learn how to express positive feelings about themselves to help build self-esteem, strengthen their own identity, appreciate positive traits about their peers, and practice appropriate use of social media and mobile technology tools. Students will be presented with a real-life situation about how one woman defined herself and found happiness, they will discuss this individuals feels, how positive traits inspired her, and how she built up her self esteem. Students will discuss positive and neutral character traits, they will identify unique character traits about themselves and discuss them further and how these positive traits promote their overall well being.

Understanding Emotions - In this product, students will discuss what to ask for help for oneself and others. Students will identify and express a variety of feelings, common emotions that students feel, compare their emotions to a roller coaster ride and why that may happen, examples of emotional highs and emotional lows, when we feel emotional highs and lows, we may feel more pressure, and as students grow and develop – they need to deal with pressure. When students feel pressured, they can read the list of healthful ways to handle pressure, the list of feelings that it is okay to feel, what it is never okay to do, feelings and their definitions are included: embarrassment, depression, awkwardness, isolation, confusion, disappointment, hopefulness, optimism, happiness, and excitement. The importance of controlling emotions, suggestions for handling emotions are provided, mood swings, feeling pressure, and irritability are discussed. Students will be presented with different situations where they are required to identify the feeling, helpful ways to deal with the feeling, and harmful ways to deal with the feeling. Transition from elementary to middle school and adolescence are discussed and reviewed. Better techniques that can be used to form healthful relations are taught. Gossiping and annoying behaviors are reviewed and why they are frowned upon is included in this product. Students will also identify emotions, have students describe their own feelings and act out emotions. 10 emotion scenarios are provided for students to identify how students would feel if they were in that situation, students will track their emotions in a 7 day journal that is provided in this packet, coping skills are discussed and how they help us handle emotions in productive and positive ways, so our actions match our behavior, a list of poor coping skills is included along with healthy coping skills. Comprehension questions are asked throughout this product for students. They can be answered individually or as a group and can also be used as a group discussion. A teacher’s guide along with tips and activities is included with this product.

Social Communication Skills Adapted Notes and Review - In this product, students will begin to understand what words mean to others, get students to learn to actively listen to someone telling them information or telling them to complete a task, get students to verbalize more clearly, and get students to effectively communicate. Students will work with a partner by following their partners directions, and after the activity, students will evaluate the easiest part of the activity, hardest part of the activity, and answering the question why communication is important when verbalizing or interacting with others, students will read communication starters using facial expression, intonation, and tone of voice, the importance of using facial expression, intonation, and tone of voice are discussed in depth when having a conversation with others, Examples of different tones of voice are included in this product. Students will practice saying an expression a few different ways so they can understand how tone of voice is important, when we are frustrated or annoyed about something our tone of voice changes as does our intonation and facial expression, therefore, alternative strategies students can implement in their day to day routine are provided for when they feel frustrated, and when talking to others, students will learn that by listening to their conversation partner that they will understand how they are feeling based on their facial expressions, intonation, and tone of voice.

Emotional Awareness - In this product, students will identify how powerful positive and negative words are and for students to build empathy. Students will talk about words and actions that can hurt someone's heart/feelings. Students will learn the power of words and how they impact others, students will discuss the meanings of words: bullying, cattiness, discrimination, gossiping, self-esteem, and teasing, a list of hurtful words and actions, and helpful words and actions are provided, and students will be required to add onto all of these lists, students will talk about the effects of hurtful words on the heart, when students are frustrated what they can do to feel better, and how to better handle situations in the future when someone uses a hurtful word or you go to use a hurtful word.

Forgiveness Activities - In this product, students will learn what forgiveness is, to understand what forgiveness looks like, to discuss what forgiveness means, discuss the benefits of forgiveness, and to strategize how to practice forgiveness. Students will talk about what forgiveness means and how forgiveness means letting go of anger or resentment, Elizabeth Eckford and Tariq Khamisa are discussed in this product and what happened to them, how forgiveness was important in their situations, how forgiveness is important in these situations. Comprehension questions are asked that relate with Elizabeth and Tariq's situations and how students would handle forgiveness in these situations. Students will learn when they may want to forgive someone, when you may want someone to forgive you, and who you are hurting if you don't forgive someone. Students will learn that forgiveness requires compassion, empathy, and courage, it takes time and that is okay. Students will learn what to say to someone when they forgive them, how to show someone that you forgive them, and how you can ask forgiveness.

Gratitude Activity – Students will complete a gratitude scavenger hunt, where will they look for things in their environment that they are grateful for and students will answer questions about what they are grateful for such as something that they are thankful for that shows a vibrant color, something that makes them feel strong, something that they recently learned/discovered, etc.

Feelings and Mental Health Activities and Tips - In this product, students will learn to ask for help for self and others, students will use their imagination and visualization to release bad feelings, recognize when a situation needs help, students will identify the adults in school to ask for help from, identify the adults out of school to ask for help from, understand what trusting a person means, students will learn how we are all connected, learn what it means to work as a team, learn about different forms of communication, and practice different forms of communication. Students will talk about stuck feelings and how they get stuck, because you don't know that they are there, or you don't know how to let them go, a story about stuck feelings will be presented to students, and they will be required to answer questions about how they would best solve the problem if they were in the characters shoes, students will talk about pulling out their feelings, sending them away, and letting them go, students will focus on one uncomfortable feeling and will discuss where they can send it to let it go, so it doesn't return, students will talk about what they can do when they feel an unpleasant feeling, they will work on a feelings survival kit that will help them handle a situation in the future where they feel unpleasant feelings, students will discuss the definition of trust and who they can trust to help them when they are feeling unpleasant feelings, they will complete activities such as a buddy walk, trust fall, and trust drawing to help build trust, and students will complete a human knot and will work together with their peers to get out of the knot. Upon completing the human knot, students will complete the journal questions that are included in this product. Students will talk about the importance of communication and how we effectively communicate with others both verbally and nonverbally. Students will play the games telephone, charades, and hello with partners/groups and will reflect on their communication skills in the journal included in this product.

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This mental health curriculum includes suggested activities and tips to support mental health education and instruction for students in 4th through 7th Grade. Depending on students ability levels, this product could be used in 3rd - 9th grade as well.

Self Management - This product includes a teacher guide for self-management, promote self-care for mental and emotional health, identify what emotionally and mentally healthy means, self-management ideas and activities, creating a mindful classroom, mindful moments, identifying your feelings, experiencing feelings in our bodies, identify how we felt in the past when we were stressed, angry, frustrated, etc., a teacher guide for resiliency - learn ways to manage stress, improve self-esteem, and recognize failures and non-successes, listening to my negative voice, listening to my positive voice, discussing negative and positive voice scenarios, resiliency building amongst the group, a teacher guide for feelings - discuss 30 feelings cards, write in the learning journal - feelings, emotional, and mental health that include positive and negative feelings and when they were felt in the past.

Relationships - This product includes a teacher guide for communication in relationships - communication skills - verbally or nonverbally, communicating effectively, teacher guide for assertive statements activities, assertive statements notebook for students to fill out, answer questions regarding aggression, examples of aggression, how students handled aggression in the past is asked and discussed, being assertive instead of aggressive, examples of being passive, assertive, and aggressive, how to communicate assertively - eye contact, clear conversation, facial expression, etc., examples of aggressive and assertive responses to show students the difference, students will play charades that focuses on feelings - students can play in a small group or a large group, feeling cards are included in this product, empathy, compassion, and acceptance are included in this product as well, students will learn about personal space and boundaries, they can fill in the packet called, My Personal Space Bubble, students will act out and write out how close is too close to have a conversation, how they felt when they were too close to a friend, the importance of staying in your own personal space bubble, how you could make others feel if you do not stay in your own personal space bubble, reading body language, what someone's body language is telling you and why that is important, the 4 zones of space are discussed - intimate - hugging and whispering, personal - with close friends and family, social space - conversations with acquaintances, and public space - public speaking space, students will answer questions about their personal space bubble, students will learn about compassion and can fill out the Compassion Journal included in the product, students will learn what compassion is, students are provided with examples of how they can show compassion, students will learn about gratitude and forgiveness and how they benefit one's mental health and relationship building, students can complete a 7 day I'm Grateful Because journal that includes prompts to answer as to why they are grateful, students can participate in the Grateful Scavenger Hunt and answer questions aloud or write their answers down to 14 different things they could be grateful for, and students will learn about the four part apology in this product - apologize, take responsibility, how will this be resolved, and ask for forgiveness. Teachers can use this packet as a guide while have conversations with students or teachers can have students fill out the packets that are included.

Resource Management - This product includes a teacher guide for resource management to help students identify and express a variety of feelings by rating their feelings on a scale of 0 - 10, students will identify very strong feelings and how they may feel a feeling a little bit or not at all, when students feel angry what they can do, sharing with students that it is okay to feel angry, upset, etc., but what it is not okay to do, coping with upsetting feelings, when to ask for help, recognize when a situation needs help, filling out a feelings survival kit (tips are included), where to ask for help, who in your school you can talk to and trust, understanding what trusting someone means, trust activities that help studies build trust, questions for social workers, counselors, or psychologists, how to ask for help from people that students trust, how people you trust can help you when you feel angry or upset, and when should students ask for help.

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