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Managing Testing Anxiety SEL Lesson
By Erin Cusumano
This lesson addresses testing anxiety with a focus on using appropriate strategies and coping skills to manage stress and anxiety before and during testing. That a certain amount of stress while testing is normal and helpful is also discussed and how to handle feeling overwhelmed when given a long/difficult test (like state testing).
The aim of the lesson is to give students the tools to feel prepared to manage the stress that may arise when preparing for or taking a test- working self-awareness and self-management.
The lesson includes a presentation (10 slides) and a presentation guide including suggestions for accompanying activities (3 pages).
The slides and worksheet are simple to increase comprehension and suit middle through high school students.
Understanding Identity SEL Presentation + Activity
By Erin Cusumano
This lesson emphasizes where students derive their sense of identity from and how to go about exploring their self-identity, with a no-prep activity to practice.
Older kids are capable of not just knowing characteristics about themselves, but starting to deepen their self-identity with understanding of why they are the person they are. Students will explore their self-identity while considering that they have social roles and influences that shape how they understand themselves.
If age appropriate, this can lead to discussion about family/community patterns. I find children often know their triggers and problem behaviors, but if they can identify why they have a trigger self-compassion can be applied and solutions may become more clear.
Ex. My older brother is in all honors classes and my parents compare me to him. This makes academic corrections and poor grades a big trigger for me because it reminds me of that feelings I get at home.
The slides and worksheet are simple to increase comprehension and suit middle through high school students.
This lesson includes presentation notes (discussion points and questions slide-by-slide included) (2 pages) and slides to present (6 slides, including instructions to a no prep activity, creating an Identity Map).
Expressing Feelings SEL Presentation and Activity
By Erin Cusumano
This lesson teaches about expression of feelings to others by breaking down positive and negative forms of expression, organizing positive expression into steps, encouraging taking responsibility for your own feelings, and teaching I-Statements.
Middle and high school students can begin to explore how they are responsible for managing their feelings through this topic. The aim of the lesson is to give students the tools to identify and use positive forms of expression and communication. This lesson ties together multiple CASEL skills including self-awareness, social awareness, and self-management.
An I-statement worksheet is included to allow practice of the skill and a no-prep expressing feelings activity is outlined.
The lesson includes a presentation (9 slides), a worksheet (2 pages), and a presentation guide (4 pages).
The slides and worksheet are simple to increase comprehension and suit middle through high school students.
Disagreeing Respectfully SEL Presentation + Worksheet
By Erin Cusumano
This lesson provides a framework (including a step-by-step break downs and examples) for situations where disagreement arises. The lesson covers when it is productive to voice disagreement, when it is not, steps to handle both situations, and how to move past disagreement when it is not able to be resolved.
With middle and high school students I find this topic is relevant just about everyday in the classroom with peers and staff. I carefully made this lesson to cover disagreement neutrally, not framing it as universally good or bad, but dependent on context and delivery.
This lesson is a great chance to add in activities that promote self-advocacy and larger themes of pro-social communication. The lesson includes a presentation (10 slides), a worksheet (2 pages), and a presentation guide (1 page). With other free sources (which I discuss in the presentation guide) I made this lesson span over 4 days.
The slides and worksheet are simple to increase comprehension and suit middle through high school students.
Making Responsible Decisions w/ Values SEL Lesson + Worksheet
By Erin Cusumano
This lesson provides a framework (including a step-by-step break down) for decision making. A pivotal part of the framework is applying values to help you decide on the best choice for you. Values are explored, promoting self-awareness, and incorporated into decision making skills. The lesson also differentiates between consequential and inconsequential decisions to encourage thinking about what choices require more thought and energy.
As middle and high schoolers are headed toward bigger, more consequential decisions this lesson enables them to identify their values and emphasizes the role knowing your values plays in making choices that align with the life students want and the people students want to be.
The slides and worksheet are simple to increase comprehension and suit middle through high school students.
This lesson includes presentation notes (discussion points and questions slide-by-slide included) (2 pages), slides to present (8 slides) , and a worksheet (1 page).
Stress Management SEL Presentation + Worksheet
By Erin Cusumano
This lesson emphasizes identifying stress as a process that takes place in the brain and body, identifying when stress can be helpful (eustress), when stress becomes overwhelming (distress), and emphasizes the use of coping skills to mitigate the negative effects of stress.
I find older kids often know their preferred copings skills and have often already spent time with their helping adults exploring/practicing them. So, this lesson does NOT teach specific coping skills. Instead, it explains what is going on in the brain and body when stress is felt, how stress is natural and normal, and why use of coping skills is important to capitalize on stress when we need it. Teaching about stress as normal, and even positive, offers a validating and empowering approach to encouraging the use of positive coping skills.
The slides and worksheet are simple to increase comprehension and suit middle through high school students.
This lesson includes presentation notes (discussion points and questions slide-by-slide included) (2 pages), slides to present (8 slides) , and a worksheet (1 page).
Using Coping Skills SEL Lesson + Activity
By Erin Cusumano
This lesson teaches about how coping skills work to improve our mental health when practiced. Positive vs. negative coping skills are covered, problem-focused vs. emotion-focused coping skills are distinguished, and how coping skills work to affect thoughts, feelings and actions are all broken down.
If middle and high school students have been in any SEL program before they likely have heard a lot about the importance of coping skills and been instructed to identify their own. So, this lesson aims to help students understand how coping skills affect their mental health to make informed choices when choosing and implementing them. Then, students choose a coping skill to focus on and make a project about. This aims to give students a chance to talk about coping skills using the knowledge provided, instead of passively taking in more information on the topic.
This lesson is a great chance to get students talking with each other about helpful coping skills! The lesson includes a presentation (7 slides), a worksheet (1 pages), and example project (1 page) and a presentation guide (4 pages).
The slides and worksheet are simple to increase comprehension and suit middle through high school students.
Preparing for Social Situations SEL Presentation + Activity
By Erin Cusumano
This lesson teaches students about the value of thinking ahead before entering new/challenging social situations, walks through how to do so, and uses a worksheet for practice.
The aim of the lesson is to give students the tools to think ahead- working goal setting and self-management skills. The main takeaways from this lesson should be the value of learning about social norms, goal setting, planning ahead, and how to do these things. It is also stressed that while social norms may feel ambiguous they are most often specific and can be learned.
The lesson includes a presentation (10 slides), a worksheet (2 pages), and a presentation guide (3 pages).
The slides and worksheet are simple to increase comprehension and suit middle through high school students.
Character Education Middle School: Teamwork SEL digital lesson, video, writing
By TooBookedUp
Start the new year by empowering your middle school students with our comprehensive "Character Traits Middle School: Teamwork" lesson plan, a perfect tool for teachers focusing on Social Emotional Learning (SEL), character education, and behavior management plan at the start of the 2024 school year.
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Ideal for teachers looking to reinforce teamwork and collaborative skills in their classrooms, this lesson plan offers a balanced mix of learning and interactive fun. Whether you're resetting for a new school year, tackling SEL objectives, or enhancing character education, this resource is tailored to make your teaching experience more effective and enjoyable.
Check out another character education lesson here:
Character Traits Middle School: Resilience SEL digital lesson, video, writing (TeachShare.com)
Character Education Middle School: Empathy SEL digital lesson, video, interview (TeachShare.com)
Character Education Middle School: Resilience SEL digital lesson, video, writing
By TooBookedUp
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?
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)
October Writing Journal Prompt Slides | Social Emotional Learning | Grades 4 - 6
By MrsBaileyandHerClass
Enhance Social-Emotional Learning with Our 30 Pack of SEL Writing Prompts with a Halloween Theme!
Cultivate a nurturing and empathetic classroom environment with our comprehensive set of 30 Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Writing Prompts. These prompts are thoughtfully designed to help students explore and understand their emotions, build resilience, and develop crucial social skills. The added Halloween aspect will help your students dig deeper throughout the month of October with fun and playful scenarios to help them learn and reflect.
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Foster Emotional Growth and Build Strong Relationships in Your Classroom!
Our 30 Pack of SEL Writing Prompts is an invaluable resource for teachers looking to support their students' social-emotional development. By integrating these prompts into your daily routine, you'll create a classroom environment where students feel understood, valued, and equipped to navigate their emotions and relationships effectively.
I hope you find this resource just as helpful for your students as it has been for mine! If you have any questions or would like to share feedback, please reach out to me on Instagram: MrsBaileyandHerClass.
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Stress Management + Coping Skills SEL Bundle
By Erin Cusumano
These two lessons naturally go hand in hand!
Stress management explores identifying stress as a process that takes place in the brain and body, identifying when stress can be helpful (eustress), when stress becomes overwhelming (distress), and emphasizes the use of coping skills to mitigate the negative effects of stress.
Coping skills explore multiple options for positive copings skills and encourages students to identify one that works for them. The lesson looks at positive vs. negative coping skills, problem-focused vs. emotion-focused coping skills, and how coping skills work to affect thoughts, feelings and actions.
Together these lesson explain the processes behind stress and how coping skills counteract when stress becomes overwhelming.
This build includes 2 presentations ( 7 slides in one, 8 slides in another), a stress management worksheet (1 page), a coping skills worksheet (1 Page) that can accompany a no-prep activity, and guides for both lessons.
A Personal Identity Project for Middle Schoolers SEL Digital Resource
By TooBookedUp
Description:
Embark on a transformative journey with "Discovering Me," a comprehensive personal identity research project tailored for middle school students. This engaging resource, crafted with a focus on Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and community building, invites students to delve deeply into five key aspects of their identity: Name, Family, Interests, Character Traits, and Values.
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"Discovering Me" is more than just a project; it's a journey into the heart of what makes each student unique. It's perfect for educators looking for an 'assign and go' solution that resonates on a personal level and builds classroom camaraderie.
Back to School SEL and Community Building Toolkit for Middle School 10 protocols
By TooBookedUp
Elevate your middle school classroom environment with our "Ultimate SEL and Community Building Toolkit." This all-encompassing resource is expertly crafted to enrich your classroom with Social Emotional Learning (SEL), community builders, behavior management techniques, and much more. Whether you're hitting the reset button mid-year, kicking off a new semester, or integrating SEL into your daily curriculum, this toolkit is your go-to resource.
What’s Included:
Each activity in this toolkit comes with comprehensive protocols, clear instructions, essential materials lists, suggested teacher dialogues, and practical considerations. Additionally, you'll find ready-to-use worksheets or engaging Slide presentations to seamlessly integrate these activities into your daily teaching routine.
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This toolkit is more than just a collection of activities; it's a pathway to creating a nurturing, empathetic, and engaged classroom community. Equip yourself with this invaluable resource and witness the transformative power of SEL in your middle school classroom!
Valentines Day Fun Activities Speed Friending: Community & Relationship Building
By TooBookedUp
Transform your classroom into a hub of meaningful connection with our "Speed Friending" activity - the ultimate icebreaker for middle and high school students. Perfect for New Year, Valentine's Day, the beginning of the year, or any time you want to strengthen the bonds within your class, Speed Friending is a dynamic and engaging way to foster community and enhance behavior management.
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Speed Friending isn't just an activity; it's a powerful tool to break down barriers, build empathy, and create a supportive classroom environment. By encouraging open communication and mutual understanding, it lays the foundation for a positive and inclusive classroom culture.
Whether you're looking to reset classroom dynamics or just want to help your students bond, Speed Friending is the perfect solution. Get ready to witness the magic of connections being formed and the classroom community flourishing like never before!
"A Day in My Life" Digital Resource SEL, Public Speaking, Photography Project
By TooBookedUp
Description:
Dive into the world of visual storytelling with our "A Day in My Life" Photo Essay resource, meticulously designed for middle school educators. This comprehensive package is your key to unlocking students' creativity, observational skills, and self-expression through the art of photography and narrative.
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Whether you're looking to enhance your language arts curriculum, add a creative twist to your photography class, or incorporate an engaging SEL activity, our "A Day in My Life" Photo Essay resource is perfect. It not only hones students' photography and writing skills but also encourages them to explore and share their world with peers, fostering empathy and connection.
Get ready to be amazed by the stories your students tell through their lenses!
Yoga Tools For Social Emotional Learning
By Lara Hocheiser
In this accessible, simple learning sequence, explore SEL with children through yoga and mindfulness.
10 slides total, including links to download or learn the activities and printables referenced for FREE
mindful glitter jar
breathing activities
powerful poses
mantra/positive affirmations
CASEL's SEL framework
Can be used for PD or with students on a smartboard or on devices, or print individual slides
Managing Testing Anxiety SEL Bundle
By Erin Cusumano
This bundle combines general information of managing stress and how coping skills work to improve mental health with a lesson specific to testing anxiety.
Stress management explores identifying stress as a process that takes place in the brain and body, identifying when stress can be helpful (eustress), when stress becomes overwhelming (distress), and emphasizes the use of coping skills to mitigate the negative effects of stress.
Coping skills explore multiple options for positive copings skills and encourages students to identify one that works for them. The lesson looks at positive vs. negative coping skills, problem-focused vs. emotion-focused coping skills, and how coping skills work to affect thoughts, feelings and actions.
Managing Testing Anxiety aims to give students the tools to feel prepared to manage the stress that may arise when preparing for or taking a test- working self-awareness and self-management.
Together these lessons create a comprehensive week of preparing students to effective manage stress and anxiety relating to tests and academics generally.
This bundle includes 3 presentations, 2 worksheets, a project, and a guide for each lesson.
Social Skills SEL Bundle: Communication
By Erin Cusumano
These lessons combined aim to prepare students to manage communicating their thoughts and feelings, even in emotionally charged moments.
Preparing for Social Situations teaches skills to think ahead towards challenging/new situations- working goal setting and self-management skills.
Expressing Feelings to Others teaches positive and negative forms of expression, organizing positive expression into steps, and encourages taking responsibility for your own feelings
Disagreeing Respectfully covers when it is productive to voice disagreement, when it is not, steps to handle both situations, and how to move past disagreement when it is not able to be resolved.
This bundle includes 3 presentations, 3 worksheets, activity suggestions, and a guide for all lessons.
Feelings and Emotions Check-In | Emotional Regulation | Feelings | Emotions
By Queen's Educational Resources
Feelings and Emotions Check-In | Emotional Regulation | Feelings | Emotions
ABOUT THIS RESOURCE
★ Emotional Check-in - Feelings
★ 135 pages
★ Print and Digital (PDF and Google Slides)
★ Suitable for Middle and High School Students
★ SEL-related product
This resource includes:
★ 24 Colored Question Task Cards
★ 24 B&W Question Task Cards
★ Editable PowerPoint Slides (24 Slides)
★ Uneditable PowerPoint Slides (24 Slides l Complete Graphics and Fonts)
★ 24 Question Worksheets with LINES (Same Questions in Task Cards and PowerPoints)
★ 24 Question Worksheets with CLIPBOARD graphic (Same Questions in Task Cards and PowerPoints)
★ 3 Emotional Check-In Feelings Activity Worksheets
★ 1 Emotional Check-In Feelings Question LIST (Easy Access for Teachers)
★ 4 Google Slide Links
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Middle and High School can be a whirlwind of emotions, new experiences, and self-discovery. It is essential for students to understand and manage their feelings effectively. This resource is designed for students to participate in self-reflection exercises where they can explore their emotions, build emotional intelligence, and develop essential life skills that will serve them well into the future.
These age-appropriate exercises and questions can help students:
⭐ identify, understand, and express their feelings and emotions
⭐ develop empathy and understanding towards others' emotions and feelings
⭐ manage their stress
⭐ focus on solutions and coping strategies when they experience negative emotions
This resource features 24 questions related to students' feelings and emotions. This resource gives students an opportunity to recognize, reflect about, and communicate their feelings. The more students are self-aware of their feelings, the better they will be at managing their emotions and experiences in different situations. It may help build their confidence in verbalizing their feelings to others when necessary.
▶️ The questions are included in different variations:
▶️ This resource also includes 3 Emotional-Check-In Activites.
▶️ Digital Versions are included (4 Google Slide Links)
ABOUT EACH ITEM
▶ TASK CARDS (PDF/Print only)
▶ POWERPOINTS - Editable and Uneditable (POWERPOINT and Digital Version)
There are two PowerPoints – one editable and one uneditable. The uneditable contains all copyrighted graphics and fonts and cannot be edited or altered, while the editable version contains the SAME exact format, but with graphics and fonts that are not copyrighted and can be moved around, edited, deleted, and/or copied and pasted elsewhere. You can make changes to the questions, add to the questions, move the graphics around, add new graphics, change the slides, etc. – YOUR CHOICE! After modifying the slides to suit your students' needs, you can simply upload it to google slides! Easy breezy!
The uneditable PowerPoint version is included in google slides. Students can complete it digitally, or you can show the slides to your students whole class. Text box has already been created for them to type in their responses if you choose to share the slides with them!
▶ QUESTION WORKSHEETS - 2 Variations / Print and Digital
▶ 3 ACTIVITY WORKSHEETS
▶ LIST OF QUESTIONS
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❌ 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.
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