This is a Needs and Wants lesson plan that includes a discussion guide, a sorting cut and paste activity for students, and a mini booklet for the...
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Positive thinking is a crucial skill for students to learn and implement so they can be successful learners. Often students will think negatively...
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Start the school year off right with my Self Concept SmartBoard lessons. The file includes 6 mini lessons covering the following topics.
1. I'm ...
Help students realize that it is OK to be different and SPECIAL with this unique self-esteem lesson. The lesson begins by telling a story (includ...
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Ths Valentine's Day Love Book is a fantastic way to get your students thinking about the things they love in their life! Celebrate the season of ...
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Ths resolution book is a fantastic way to get your students ready for the New Year with a fun writing activity! Each student will use their own p...
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A reversal poem is a cool free-verse poem that has a negative message when read top-to-bottom and a positive message when read in reverse, bottom...
This St. Patrick's Day Mini Book is a fantastic way to get your students thinking about this lucky holiday! Celebrate the season of luck with thi...
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Behavior Bingo Brag Boards are a great way to reinforce positive behaviors!
This board encourages your students to work as a team. It also remin...
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Five-day Close Reading Lesson Plan
Essential Question: How can failure bring fortune?
This story is used as a read aloud for kindergarten.
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October is Fire Prevention Month, and this activity is a great way to review fire safety information presented during the week. In this cooperat...
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Salt in His Shoes is a story about Michael Jordan as told by his mother. It is a perfect companion piece to an activity for Martin Luther King, ...
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Students often have a difficult time thinking about cause and effect - especially when related to their behavior. These activities help them lear...
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This is a lesson plan for the book "How to Lose All Your Friends" by Nancy Carlson. You will need the book in order to complete this lesson. Wi...
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Using the children's book Don't Squeal Unless It's a Big Deal, explore the topic tattling. A great lesson for the beginning of the year or a mid-...
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This is a great lesson to do at the beginning of the school year. Student analyze their past shortcomings and successes and use those to create b...
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The lyrics, the music video, and Taylor Swift's personal life can be pulled out of this lesson. I will warn you that this will cause a lot of bea...
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The Peaceable Being Lesson is a wonderful lesson from A Character Education Program that I created called Circle Gatherings. This lesson is grea...
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FREEBIE! This anger management activity connects to the book, That Makes Me Mad, by Steven Kroll. This activity would supplement a lesson about ...
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Since Shakespearean plays are complex and adolescents tend to grow confused and frustrated at the unordinary language, foreign settings, and adva...
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I used this activity as part of Student Leadership Training - for students taking part in Leadership Roles within the school. This activity looks...
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This exceptional empowerment pop tune and thoughtful lesson plan have a rich history of inspiring students to come up with their own "change the ...
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Bullying leaves a mark on everyone it touches. This 1 minute video and simple exercise will help you create a powerful discussion about the effec...
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Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker is a great book to read to your students at the beginning of the year. It clearly shows how much can be gained from...
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Start off the school year right with "Character Education". This is the first in a series of activities on Character Education. This one deals ...
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This lesson uses the book Room on the Broom by Axel Scheffler. It is a great book to use when discussing friendship.
This is a guidance lesson on empathy, compassion, and respect using the popular book and song by Steve Seskin and Allan Shamblin, Don't Laugh at ...
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This lesson will help students not only understand the process of writing a SMART goal, but will also understand the importance of creating goals...
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Looking for a Unit Study focused on Autumn without all the "spooks", goblins, and witches of Halloween? Then you will greatly enjoy this Unit Stu...
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This is a social skills instructional plan for recess. It focuses on three levels of play and discusses specific strategies for each level. This ...
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This is a book list for you to use as a supplement to your character education lesson plans. Included in the list are books for:
Friendship
Resp...
This is a one week lesson plan for the beginning of the year kick-off to the 7 habits of leadership. It includes start-up ideas in the following...
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A simple classroom activity that encourages students - through reflection and small group discussion - to focus on the power of sharing positive ...
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This is a behavior plan that includes student record sheet, parent explanation, and explanation of the behavior system. This is a WORD file and ...
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This is an original lesson plan on "The Three Questions" by Jon Muth. The lesson plan includes benchmarks, pre-during-post reading activities, vo...
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Great way to introduce the topic and the book makes the kids laugh out loud!
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This is a mini lesson on friendship. As a class, you will make friendship salad. Then students will complete the worksheet about friendship.
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Lesson plans that enables the student to learn 10 character traits through a personal assessment followed by the exploration of a historical / fa...
You can use these no bullying signs in your classroom and there is one for your school. There are also two writing sheets featuring Martin Luthe...
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The bullying epidemic has created a strong need for teachers to remind students it's our differences that make us all special. We need to be res...
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This is the first lesson from Teaching the 7 Habits. It includes a class contract, scoring rubric, preparation notes, and class activities. See h...
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This is a fun educational lesson (includes lesson plan) to get students sharing with each other and thinking about what makes them feel good. Th...
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I used this as a quick partner activity to brainstorm smart choices that kids can make when they are at recess.
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This inspirational song and lesson plan packed with positivity remind students there is always a rainbow after the storm! "Beyond the Bend' has b...
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This colorful song and lesson plan help students clue in to their own inner nuances. Armed with fresh insight, a student need no longer be bullie...
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This video and lesson plan talk about how anger is normal and natural but how we express it is where things can get out of control. Learning how ...
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Students will know……..
• Share, take turns, use good manners and treat others with respect.
• Learn the skills needed to work as part of ...
I wrote this short story to not only teach my students about Kristallnact but also to teach them to accept differences in others. This lesson in...
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This product is a lesson plan that was done to teach 3rd grade students about cultural awareness. Students were to bring artifacts that are preci...
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This lesson plan helps students deal with anxiety. It was created to go with our colorful "Monkey" tune. Both the lesson plan and song help stude...
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