Recommended Grade Level: Elementary and Middle SEL Skill(s): Emotion Regulation Duration: 30 minutes Materials: Positive Self Talk Lesson Instructions Mind-Body Warm Up: Gather students and spread them far enough so they can engage in light stretching without touching. Say: “Today we are going to imagine we are … Read more
Recommended Grade Level: Elementary and Middle School SEL Skill(s): Communication Duration: 30 minutes Materials: Staying on Topic Lesson Instructions Prompt: Ask students if they’ve ever started talking with someone, and before they know it, the conversation is about something else completely— or maybe they’ve even forgotten what they wanted to … Read more
Recommended Grade Level: Upper Elementary and Beginning Middle School SEL Skill(s): Emotion Regulation Duration: 30 – 45 minutes Materials: Transition to Middle School Packet (Available when logged in to your Centervention educator account) Reflecting On Strengths First up is a lesson that engages a positive mindset for facing the new … Read more
Recommended Grade Level: Elementary and Middle SEL Skill(s): Communication Duration: 30 minutes Materials: Chart Paper, Tape, and Markers Tattling vs Telling Cards Something’s Bugging Me Slips Tattling vs Telling Lesson Prep: Hang chart paper on the wall and draw a column down the middle. On the left side, write the … Read more
It can be so hard to initiate a conversation with someone we don’t know, and it might even be harder with people we’ve met before but we’re not sure where we stand socially! Some kids are much better initiators than adults, but others really struggle. Using the conversation starters for … Read more
Recommended Grade Level: Elementary SEL Skill(s): Emotion Regulation Duration: 30 minutes Materials: Feelings Worksheets Instructions for Grades 2 – 5 The first page of the worksheet is divided into two halves: BIG and SMALL. Students will cut out the situations on page two, decide if it deserves a big emotion … Read more
Recommended Grade Level: Elementary SEL Skill(s): Emotion Regulation Duration: 30 minutes Materials: Feelings Faces Lesson Instructions Gather students and show them the Feelings Poster. Tell them that you are going to play detective. Say: “I have this poster of faces and they’re each showing a feeling, but we don’t know … Read more
Recommended Grade Level: All SEL Skill(s): Empathy Duration: 30 Minutes Materials: Bullying Lesson Instructions Prep: About an hour before the lesson starts, and unbeknownst to your students, firmly tap one of the two apples on a table or your desk. This will create invisible bruises underneath its skin, but as … Read more