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Second Step: KindergartenLesson WorksheetsThese lesson worksheets were designed to follow the 24 lessons of the Second Step Curriculum for Kindergarten. They are the perfect extension to the each lesson. They have limited amount of writing so they are great adaptations for kindergarten students who are averse to writing or have special needs. This resource is intended for teachers, special educators, counselors, social workers, or psychologists to use after each lesson. This resource includes 2

Second Step: 1st Grade Lesson Worksheets Thank you for downloading this resource. These lesson worksheets were designed to follow the 21 lessons of the Second Step Curriculum for 1st Grade. They are the perfect extension to the lessons, homework, or small group lessons to reteach or reinforce the concepts. They have limited amount of writing so they are great adaptations for 1st Grade students who are averse to writing or have special needs. This resource is intended for teachers, special educ

Description:This 5 lesson unit uses The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin book to teach bully prevention topics such as empathy skills, recognizing, reporting, and refusing bullying behavior. This unit is the perfect way to explore these topics in a fun and age appropriate way. It is a great resource for classroom teachers, special educators, counselors, social workers, or psychologists to use with students in Kindergarten to 2nd Grade. This bully prevention unit is specifically adapted for

Second Step: 2nd Grade Lesson Worksheets These lesson worksheets were designed to follow the 21 lessons of the Second Step Curriculum for 2nd Grade. They are the perfect extension to the lessons, homework, or small group lessons to reteach or reinforce the concepts. They have limited amount of writing so they are great adaptations for 2nd Grade students who are averse to writing or have special needs. This resource is intended for teachers, special educators, counselors, social workers, or psy

Includes 270 pages! This unit uses popular children's books to teach social emotional skills. This program can easily be incorporated into times you may already have in your schedule like morning meeting, read aloud time, book buddy time, etc. This program can also be used by specialists or in small groups to help reinforce skills they may be struggling with. Unit FeaturesEach lesson has a TEACHER SCRIPT to assist you in introducing concepts and discussions with students. The lesson can range

You Get What You Get by Julie GassmanThis resource uses the book You Get What You Get by Julie Gassman to teach disappointment to young students. The main character of the book, Melvin, throws fit after fit when he doesn't get what he wants. However, the rule at school is that he gets what he gets and doesn’t throw a fit. He does not do this at home until one day when his sister throws a fit. He accidentally shares the rule with his family. He soon realizes it is the best way to handle disappoin

Second Step: 3rd Grade Lesson Worksheets These lesson worksheets were designed to follow the 21 lessons of the Second Step Curriculum for 3rd Grade. They are the perfect extension to the lessons, homework, or small group lessons to reteach or reinforce the concepts. They have limited amount of writing so they are great adaptations for 3rd Grade students who are averse to writing or have special needs. This resource is intended for teachers, special educators, counselors, social workers, or psyc

Second Step: 4th Grade Lesson Worksheets These lesson worksheets were designed to follow the 21 lessons of the Second Step Curriculum for 4th Grade. They are the perfect extension to the lessons, homework, or small group lessons to reteach or reinforce the concepts. They have limited amount of writing so they are great adaptations for 4th Grade students who are averse to writing or have special needs. This resource is intended for teachers, special educators, counselors, social workers, or psy

The Way I Feel by Janan CainThis resource uses the book The Way I Feel by Janan Cain to explore a variety of feelings in a fun and vibrant way. The book explores what might make you sad, scared, happy or excited. It also helps children explore what they might do when they have those feelings. This is a great book for helping students recognize feelings and how their body might feel when they have them. Using children's books to teach social skills is an excellent way to engage students in topics

Waiting Is Not Easy! by Mo WilliemsThis resource uses the book Waiting Is Not Easy! In this fun story, Piggie has a surprise for Gerald, but he is going to have to wait for it. And Wait. And wait some more. This is very hard for Gerald. He at first is so excited that he can not wait. He begins asking Piggie lots of questions. When Piggie still won’t tell him he tries to wait but it is getting harder. He goes through the emotions of frustration and worry that the surprise will never come. The pic

Zach Gets Frustrated by William MulcahyThis resource uses the book Zach Gets Frustrated by William Mulcahy to teach about how to manage frustration. Zach and his family go to the beach, but Zach is having a lousy day. Zach kicks sand, yells angry words, and asks his dad if they can just go home now. Instead, his dad teaches him a simple, three-step approach to get a handle on frustration when things aren’t going his way: 1) name it (why are you frustrated?); 2) tame it (self-regulation exercises

Includes 73 pages! This unit uses popular children's books to teach social emotional skills. This program can easily be incorporated into times you may already have in your schedule like morning meeting, read aloud time, book buddy time, etc. This program can also be used by specialists or in small groups to help reinforce skills they may be struggling with. Unit FeaturesEach lesson has a TEACHER SCRIPT to assist you in introducing concepts and discussions with students. The lesson can range

Includes 74 pages! This unit uses the popular Elephant and Piggie books to teach social problem solving. Students love the engaging characters that always seem to find themselves in a little bit of trouble. This resource can easily be incorporated into times you may already have in your schedule like morning meeting, read aloud time, book buddy time, etc. This program can also be used by specialists or in small groups to help reinforce social emotional skills they may be struggling with. Unit

Zach Apologizes by William MulcahyThis resource uses the book Zach Apologizes to teach students about how to apologize when they make a mistake. In the book, Zach shoves his little brother to the floor and knows he did something wrong. Even so, it’s hard to apologize. Like any seven-year-old, Zach tries to ignore the problem, but finally, with his mom’s help, he learns the four steps to apologizing: (1) say what you did; (2) tell how it made the other person feel; (3) say what you could have don

Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo WilliemsThis resource uses the Elephant and Piggie book, Should I Share My Ice Cream to teach about sharing. Learning to share can be a hard thing for most children. This book uses the fun characters, Elephant and Piggie to teach how important sharing is. It also highlights how hard sharing something you really like can be. Students love the struggle that Elephant is in when deciding to share his ice cream. This book is a great way to teach about sharing and fr

Can I Play Too? by Mo WilliemsThis resource uses the Elephant and Piggie book, Can I Play Too to teach about problem solving. This is a great story to help children learn how to problem solve when playing with others. In this book, Elephant and Piggie are playing catch when a friend, Snake, asks if he can play too. At first, Elephant and Piggie are reluctant because their friend does not have arms and they do not know what to say. Snake feels that they don’t like him. Elephant and Piggie try sev

Don’t Push the Button by Bill Cotter This book uses the student’s curiosity to engage them with the lead character, Larry. There is just one rule the students need to follow, don’t push the button. Larry struggles to follow the rule and encourages the students to push the button when no one is looking. When they do listen to Larry, things happen to Larry that he was not expecting. This book is a great way to help students to practice both ignoring negative peer influences and how to handle inte

Steps and Stones – Calming Down Strong Feelings - PreK-2 No Prep Lesson & Activities Steps and Stones: An Ahn’s Anger Story by Gail SilverThis resource uses the book Steps and Stones: An Ahn’s Anger Story to teach about how to calm down strong feelings. When Anh’s friends don’t want to play with him at recess he feels left out. His anger shows up to keep him company. His anger, personified as a red hairy impulsive creature, teaches him some valuable lessons about not getting carried away by hi

Puppy Mind by Andrew Jordan NanceThis book is about a boy who discovers that his mind is like a puppy. He learns that his mind can wander and needs to be watched carefully so it does not get in trouble. He learns how to train his mind so that he can focus on the present. This book incorporates both breathing and mindfulness to help focus his attention. This lesson plan uses fun interactions to help students learn how to focus their attention when in school. Using children's books to teach soc

Glad Monster, Sad Monster by Ed Emberly and Anne MirandaThis resource uses the book Glad Monster, Sad Monster to teach children feeling vocabulary and how to distinguish feelings in others. The colorful monsters act out different emotions to life’s everyday events. The book also comes with masks of the different monster feelings. This is a great interactive way to teach the names of feelings and the ways they are expressed in facial expressions. Although not fully aligned with other emotional cu